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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 26 August 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 15
  3. 23
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 51

Jackpot$4,500,000

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 416 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-08-24All recent draws2017-08-28 →

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 feed5 15 23 36 37 5129 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 415 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 26 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 48 of each

547times
1550times
2347times
3659times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 485kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$152.3Kto 68k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$19.2K
  • Match 323%$34.3K
  • Match 238%$58.4K
  • 6 other tiers27%$40.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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46times
5157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 415 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 (5, 36, 37, 51) with the draw of 22 December 2016 — its closest relative in 415 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

167

The numbers add up to 167 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 32 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 63% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,500,000
  • Match 58≈ 6.6 by chance$1,712
  • Match 4312≈ 370 by chance$61.50
  • Match 36,857≈ 7.2k by chance$5.00
  • Match 258,350≈ 58k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,538
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot29$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot256$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,017$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,013$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈485k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,857 winners, 5% fewer than the 7.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 58$1,712
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,538
    Match 4312$61.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot29$125
    Match 36,857$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot256$25.00
    Match 258,350$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,017$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,013$5.00
    Totals0—