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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 27 August 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 19
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 26
  6. 44

Jackpot$4,700,000

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 886 of 1,616 under them

← 2020-08-24All recent draws2020-08-29 →

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 feed16 19 22 24 26 4429 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 885 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 27 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd5th
  • low95th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread12th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

16127times
19106times
2296times
24101times
26

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-27

  • Lines in play≈ 523kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$181.7Kto 75k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$19.3K
  • Match 322%$40K
  • Match 235%$62.8K
  • 6 other tiers33%$59.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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105times
44100times

Every number was expected about that many times after 885 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 (16, 19, 26, 44) with the draw of 1 August 2016 — its closest relative in 885 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2020): 44 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 7 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 46% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,700,000
  • Match 56≈ 7.1 by chance$2,326
  • Match 4406≈ 399 by chance$47.50
  • Match 38,000≈ 7.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 262,833≈ 63k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$58,150
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot5$1,188
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot55$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot405$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,446$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,639$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈523k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,000 winners, 3% more than the 7.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,700,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$58,150
    Match 56$2,326
    Match 4 + Extra Shot5$1,188
    Match 4406$47.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot55$125
    Match 38,000$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot405$25.00
    Match 262,833$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,446$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,639$5.00
    Totals74,795—