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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 17 August 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 43
  6. 48

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 1,351 of 1,616 under them

← 2023-08-14All recent draws2023-08-19 →

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 18 24 28 43 4829 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 1,350 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 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread60th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 156 of each

7161times
18150times
24152times
28172times
43

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 524kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$260.2Kto 76k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 48.5%$22K
  • Match 315%$39.7K
  • Match 248%$126.1K
  • 6 other tiers28%$72.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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169times
48144times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,350 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 (7, 24, 28) with the draw of 2 February 2023 — its closest relative in 1,350 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 59th 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

7 had not appeared for 13 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 50% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$21,500,000
  • Match 512≈ 7.1 by chance$1,384
  • Match 4449≈ 400 by chance$49.00
  • Match 37,938≈ 7.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 263,031≈ 63k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$34,588
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,225
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot75$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot594$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,800$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,988$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈524k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,938 winners, 2% 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$21,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$34,588
    Match 512$1,384
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,225
    Match 4449$49.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot75$125
    Match 37,938$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot594$25.00
    Match 263,031$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,800$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,988$5.00
    Totals75,890—