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Lotto · draw

Monday, 17 August 2015

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 49
  5. 51
  6. 52

Jackpot$4,250,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 99 of 1,616 under them

← 2015-08-15All recent draws2015-08-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 16 18 49 51 5229 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 98 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

79times
1614times
1817times
4916times
51

Prize breakdown · 2015-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 474kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$149.6Kto 66k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$18.5K
  • Match 323%$34.2K
  • Match 238%$57K
  • 6 other tiers27%$39.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

12times
5211times

Every number was expected about that many times after 98 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 6 numbers (16, 49, 52) with the draw of 30 March 2015 — its closest relative in 98 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 79% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2015): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

193

The numbers add up to 193 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 51–52. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

52 had not appeared for 11 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 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 60% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,250,000
  • Match 54≈ 6.4 by chance$3,329
  • Match 4331≈ 361 by chance$56.00
  • Match 36,833≈ 7.1k by chance$5.00
  • Match 256,973≈ 57k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,400
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot36$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot271$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot896$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot988$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈474k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,833 winners, 3% fewer than the 7.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 54$3,329
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,400
    Match 4331$56.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot36$125
    Match 36,833$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot271$25.00
    Match 256,973$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot896$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot988$5.00
    Totals0—