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Lotto · draw

Monday, 31 August 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 45
  6. 46

Jackpot$2,800,000

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 1,670 of 2,626 under them

← 2020-08-29All recent draws2020-09-02 →

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 8 20 25 45 4629 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread78th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 204 of each

4221times
8204times
20196times
25196times
45

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 455kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$51.2Kto 8.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 527%$14.0K
  • Match 426%$13.1K
  • Match 347%$24.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,800,000
  2. Match 5

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201times
46191times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,669 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 5 of 6 numbers (4, 8, 20, 25, 45) with the draw of 27 May 2017 — its closest relative in 1,669 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 3.0% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 August 2020): 8, 20 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 47th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 45–46. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

46 had not appeared for 38 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
14≈ 8.4 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4436≈ 440 by chance$30.00
  • Match 38,024≈ 8.0k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈455k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,024 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$2,800,000
    Match 514$1,000
    Match 4436$30.00
    Match 38,024$3.00
    Totals8,474—