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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 22 August 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 18
  3. 32
  4. 40
  5. 42
  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 1,510 of 1,616 under them

← 2024-08-19All recent draws2024-08-24 →

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 18 32 40 42 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 1,509 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 22 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd1th
  • low21th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 174 of each

16218times
18172times
32167times
40177times
42

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 312kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$161.6Kto 46k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.9%$14.4K
  • Match 315%$23.6K
  • Match 246%$74.9K
  • 6 other tiers30%$48.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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169times
48162times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,509 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, 18, 40, 48) with the draw of 28 June 2021 — its closest relative in 1,509 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 69% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

196

The numbers add up to 196 — the 85th 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

40 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 73% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$9,050,000
  • Match 57≈ 4.2 by chance$1,556
  • Match 4290≈ 238 by chance$49.50
  • Match 34,728≈ 4.6k by chance$5.00
  • Match 237,470≈ 37k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$38,900
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,238
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot348$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,264$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,436$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈312k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,728 winners, 2% more than the 4.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,050,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$38,900
    Match 57$1,556
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,238
    Match 4290$49.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
    Match 34,728$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot348$25.00
    Match 237,470$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,264$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,436$5.00
    Totals45,590—