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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 12 August 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 24
  5. 40
  6. 49

Jackpot$2,000,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,662 of 2,632 under them

← 2020-08-10All recent draws2020-08-15 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 5 8 24 40 4929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 203 of each

4219times
5190times
8200times
24194times
40

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-12

  • Lines in play≈ 453kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.8Kto 8.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 514%$6K
  • Match 428%$11.8K
  • Match 357%$24K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,000,000
  2. Match 5

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213times
49200times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,661 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (5, 8, 24, 40) with the draw of 11 September 2019 — its closest relative in 1,661 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 August 2020): 49 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 8.4 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4393≈ 439 by chance$30.00
  • Match 37,998≈ 8.0k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈453k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,998 winners, 0% more than the 8.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,000,000
    Match 56$1,000
    Match 4393$30.00
    Match 37,998$3.00
    Totals8,397—