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Match 4 · draw

Tuesday, 22 August 2017

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 11
  3. 15
  4. 17

Jackpot$10,000

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

Rules4/24 · since Jan 2010draw 2,791 of 6,123 under them

← 2017-08-21All recent draws2017-08-23 →

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 feed7 11 15 1729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2017 — 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 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd98th
  • low50th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread15th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 465 of each

7470times
11449times
15460times
17462times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,790 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.

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 20kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$8.3Kto 2.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 40 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • Match 349%$4.0K
  • Match 251%$4.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 40≈ 1.9 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3201≈ 149 by chance

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (11, 15, 17) with the draw of 5 January 2017 — its closest relative in 2,790 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 August 2017): 11, 15 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

50

The numbers add up to 50 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 50. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 25 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$20.00
  • Match 22,126≈ 2.1k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈20k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,126 winners, 0% more than the 2.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 40$10,000
    Match 3201$20.00
    Match 22,126$2.00
    Totals2,327—