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Big Sky Bonus · draw

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

ResultBig Sky Bonus

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 29

The crowdHeld 9% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024draw 2,833 of 2,889 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 feed16 18 21 2929 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Big Sky Bonus was a 4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 2,832 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 20 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd47th
  • low16th
  • widest gap25th
  • neighbours33th
  • spread17th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 365 of each

16389times
18376times
21351times
29150times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,832 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.

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 2.4kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.7Kto 274 winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.00

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus Bonus26%$450
  • Match 0 plus Bonus46%$780
  • Match 216%$274
  • 2 other tiers12%$200
Tier1101001kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.00 by chance$6,607
  2. Match 4

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Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (16, 21, 29) with the draw of 24 May 2022 — its closest relative in 2,832 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2024): 21 carried over. Chance says 44% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 64. No two numbers side by side. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 8 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.07 by chance
$6,597
  • Match 3 plus Bonus0≈ 0.48 by chance$30.00
  • Match 34≈ 7.7 by chance$20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus10≈ 9.4 by chance$12.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus45≈ 52 by chance$10.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus78≈ 78 by chance$10.00
  • Match 2137≈ 150 by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.4k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4 winners against 7.7 expected — with counts this small, chance alone does that.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 4 plus Bonus0$6,607
    Match 40$6,597
    Match 3 plus Bonus0$30.00
    Match 34$20.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus10$12.00
    Match 2137$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus45$10.00
    Match 0 plus Bonus78$10.00
    Totals274—