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Treasure Hunt · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2016

ResultTreasure Hunt

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 23
  5. 24

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/30 · since Apr 2010draw 2,318 of 5,668 under them

← 2016-08-19All recent draws2016-08-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 12 16 23 2429 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum55th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread35th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 386 of each

5405times
12423times
16390times
23367times
24

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375times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,317 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 4 of 5 numbers (12, 16, 23, 24) with the draw of 27 August 2013 — its closest relative in 2,317 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2016): 24 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

80

The numbers add up to 80 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 5 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.3× 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.

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