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LuckyDay Lotto · draw · evening

Monday, 26 August 2024

eveningLuckyDay Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 23
  5. 30

Jackpot$250,000

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 2,543 of 4,954 under them

← 2024-08-25All recent draws2024-08-27 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 10
    2. 25
    3. 29
    4. 30
    5. 39

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 18 20 23 3029 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 26 August 2024 — 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 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd32th
  • low89th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread31th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 282 of each

3293times
18275times
20266times
23297times
30282times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,542 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 (18, 23, 30) with the draw of 16 September 2023 — its closest relative in 2,542 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 August 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 22th 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

20 had not appeared for 28 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2024-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 158kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$34Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 414%$4.8K
  • Match 348%$16.4K
  • Match 238%$12.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.13 by chance$250,000
  2. Match 424≈ 26 by chance$200
  3. Match 31,092≈ 1.0k by chance$15.00
  4. Match 212,772≈ 13k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈158k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,092 winners, 8% more than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

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MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 50$250,000
Match 424$200
Match 31,092$15.00
Match 212,772$1.00
Totals13,888—