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Cowboy Draw · draw

Thursday, 31 August 2017

ResultCowboy Draw

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 14
  3. 19
  4. 27
  5. 38

Jackpot$515,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Mar 2015draw 255 of 1,208 under them

← 2017-08-28All recent draws2017-09-04 →

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 feed3 14 19 27 3829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap22th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread67th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

327times
1424times
1925times
2729times
38

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 37kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$25.2Kto 3.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 420%$5K
  • Match 320%$5.2K
  • Match 260%$15K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$515,000
  2. Match 4

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20times

Every number was expected about that many times after 254 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 3 of 5 numbers (3, 14, 27) with the draw of 24 August 2017 — its closest relative in 254 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 August 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 7 draws. A number waits about 9 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 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 6.1 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 3258≈ 237 by chance$20.00
  • Match 23,006≈ 3.0k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈37k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 3,006 winners, 0% more than the 3.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$515,000
    Match 45$1,000
    Match 3258$20.00
    Match 23,006$5.00