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Saturday Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 August 2018

ResultSaturday Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 17
  3. 19
  4. 26
  5. 37
  6. 38
  7. 2
  8. 10

JackpotA$4,359,645

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

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009draw 503 of 930 under them

← 2018-08-11All recent draws2018-08-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 17 19 26 37 38 + 2 1029 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

79oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 79 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread41th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 67 of each

670times
1762times
1960times
2666times
37

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 44Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$15.6Mto 548k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 81lines took a prize
  • 17 winnerschance said 5.4

Where the money went

  • 128%A$4.4M
  • 521%A$3.2M
  • 627%A$4.2M
  • 3 other tiers24%A$3.8M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 17≈ 5.4 by chance

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65times
3870times

Every number was expected about that many times after 502 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (6, 17, 26, 38) with the draw of 14 March 2009 — its closest relative in 502 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 August 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 138. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 53% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 11 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$622,807
  • 31,020≈ 1.3k by chanceA$1,252
  • 454,171≈ 60k by chanceA$35.65
  • 259A$10,026
  • 5148,322A$21.85
  • 6344,416A$12.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈44M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 1,020 winners, 20% fewer than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    17A$622,807
    259A$10,026
    31,020A$1,252
    454,171A$35.65
    5148,322A$21.85
    6344,416A$12.10