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Match 5 · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2022

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 29
  5. 30

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

Rules5/35 · since Apr 2021draw 205 of 1,509 under them

← 2022-08-18All recent draws2022-08-23 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 16 18 29 3029 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap45th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

1220times
1633times
1834times
2930times
30

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 65kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$15.2Kto 9.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 445%$6.8K
  • Match 355%$8.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.20 by chance$91,000
  2. Match 434≈ 30 by chance

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34times

Every number was expected about that many times after 204 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 5 numbers (12, 16, 18) with the draw of 14 September 2021 — its closest relative in 204 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 6 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$200
  • Match 3840≈ 874 by chance$10.00
  • Match 28,157≈ 8.2k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈65k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 840 winners, 4% fewer than the 874 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$91,000
    Match 434$200
    Match 3840$10.00
    Match 28,157$0.00
    Totals9,031—