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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 August 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 24
  3. 26
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 39
  7. 4

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 715 of 1,359 under them

← 2020-08-19All recent draws2020-08-26 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed20 24 26 36 37 39 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread6th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

20106times
24111times
26103times
36105times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 8.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.8Mto 277k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • Match 636%NZ$1M
  • Match 421%NZ$588.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$564.7K
  • 3 other tiers23%NZ$652.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 2.2 by chance

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102times
39103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 714 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 4 of 6 numbers (20, 24, 26, 39) with the draw of 23 October 2019 — its closest relative in 714 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2020): 26, 37 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus15≈ 13 by chanceNZ$19,585
  • Match 5408≈ 430 by chanceNZ$714
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,036≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$65.00
  • Match 416,354≈ 17k by chanceNZ$36.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus22,587≈ 23k by chanceNZ$25.00
  • Match 3236,829≈ 237k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 16,354 winners, 5% fewer than the 17k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus15NZ$19,585
    Match 5408NZ$714
    Match 4 + Bonus1,036NZ$65.00
    Match 416,354NZ$36.00
    Match 3 + Bonus22,587NZ$25.00
    Match 3236,829NZ$0.00
    Totals277,230—