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LuckyDay Lotto · draw · evening

Friday, 18 August 2023

eveningLuckyDay Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 32
  5. 43

Jackpot$200,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Jul 2014draw 2,285 of 4,954 under them

← 2023-08-17All recent draws2023-08-19 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 2
    2. 10
    3. 20
    4. 21
    5. 40

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 feed3 12 17 32 4329 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread89th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 254 of each

3266times
12259times
17260times
32242times
43292times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,284 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (3, 32, 43) with the draw of 21 June 2023 — its closest relative in 2,284 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 29 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2023-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 154kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$229.8Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 587%$200K
  • Match 36.1%$14K
  • Match 25.4%$12.5K
  • 1 other tier1.5%$3.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.13 by chance$200,000
  2. Match 417≈ 25 by chance$200
  3. Match 3930≈ 986 by chance$15.00
  4. Match 212,487≈ 12k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈154k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 930 winners, 6% fewer than the 986 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 51$200,000
Match 417$200
Match 3930$15.00
Match 212,487$1.00
Totals13,435—