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Cowboy Draw · draw

Monday, 26 February 2018

ResultCowboy Draw

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 20
  3. 24
  4. 25
  5. 45

Jackpot$860,000

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 306 of 1,208 under them

← 2018-02-22All recent draws2018-03-01 →

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 feed6 20 24 25 4529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 February 2018 — 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 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum57th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread85th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

630times
2042times
2431times
2540times
45

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-26

  • Lines in play≈ 53kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$36.6Kto 4.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$8K
  • Match 319%$7K
  • Match 259%$21.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.04 by chance$860,000
  2. Match 4

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38times

Every number was expected about that many times after 305 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 (20, 24, 25) with the draw of 4 December 2017 — its closest relative in 305 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 February 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 29 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 →
8≈ 8.7 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 3349≈ 341 by chance$20.00
  • Match 24,314≈ 4.3k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈53k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 4,314 winners, 0% more than the 4.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$860,000
    Match 48$1,000
    Match 3349$20.00
    Match 24,314$5.00