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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 26
  6. 36

Jackpot$1,100,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 414 of 2,631 under them

← 2012-08-20All recent draws2012-08-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 8 18 21 26 3629 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

749times
854times
1839times
2148times
26

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 443kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.2Kto 8.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 514%$6K
  • Match 430%$12.8K
  • Match 356%$23.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,100,000
  2. Match 5

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71times
3654times

Every number was expected about that many times after 413 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 6 numbers (18, 21, 26) with the draw of 2 July 2012 — its closest relative in 413 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2012): 8, 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 22 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 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 8.2 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4426≈ 429 by chance$30.00
  • Match 37,816≈ 7.8k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈443k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,816 winners, 0% more than the 7.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,100,000
    Match 56$1,000
    Match 4426$30.00
    Match 37,816$3.00
    Totals8,248—