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Match 5 · draw

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 15
  4. 18
  5. 24

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 716 of 1,509 under them

← 2024-08-19All recent draws2024-08-21 →

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 feed4 9 15 18 2429 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread25th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

494times
999times
1594times
18112times
24

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 43kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$6.8Kto 6.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 418%$1.2K
  • Match 382%$5.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.13 by chance$132,000
  2. Match 4

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92times

Every number was expected about that many times after 715 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 5 numbers (4, 9, 18, 24) with the draw of 6 July 2024 — its closest relative in 715 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2024): 4 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. No two numbers side by side. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 21 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 1.8× 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 →
6≈ 20 by chance
$200
  • Match 3556≈ 582 by chance$10.00
  • Match 25,435≈ 5.4k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈43k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 556 winners, 5% fewer than the 582 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$132,000
    Match 46$200
    Match 3556$10.00
    Match 25,435$0.00
    Totals5,997—