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Big Sky Bonus · draw

Wednesday, 28 August 2024

ResultBig Sky Bonus

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 14
  4. 31

The crowdHeld 12% 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 2,841 of 2,889 under them

← 2024-08-27All recent draws2024-08-29 →

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 feed8 9 14 3129 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 2,840 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 28 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum45th
  • odd47th
  • low81th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread70th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 366 of each

8407times
9414times
14398times
31163times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,840 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 · 2024-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 5.2kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.2Kto 615 winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus Bonus28%$1.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus41%$1.7K
  • Match 214%$570
  • 3 other tiers17%$722
Tier1101001kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.01 by chance$20,104
  2. Match 4

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (8, 14, 31) with the draw of 5 April 2024 — its closest relative in 2,840 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 44% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

62

The numbers add up to 62 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 64. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 6 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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≈ 0.15 by chance
$20,094
  • Match 3 plus Bonus1≈ 1.0 by chance$30.00
  • Match 322≈ 17 by chance$20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus21≈ 20 by chance$12.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus117≈ 113 by chance$10.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus169≈ 169 by chance$10.00
  • Match 2285≈ 324 by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.2k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 285 winners against 324 expected — a modest stretch for a count this size, the kind one tier in twenty shows.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 4 plus Bonus0$20,104
    Match 40$20,094
    Match 3 plus Bonus1$30.00
    Match 322$20.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus21$12.00
    Match 2285$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus117$10.00
    Match 0 plus Bonus169$10.00
    Totals615—