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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 29 August 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 26
  5. 28
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,200,000

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 1,356 of 2,631 under them

← 2018-08-27All recent draws2018-09-01 →

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 feed12 22 23 26 28 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread22th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 166 of each

12172times
22184times
23161times
26186times
28

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-29

  • Lines in play≈ 417kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.2Kto 7.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 515%$6K
  • Match 432%$13.1K
  • Match 354%$22.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,200,000
  2. Match 5

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166times
42155times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,355 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 6 numbers (12, 22, 23, 26) with the draw of 1 May 2010 — its closest relative in 1,355 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2018): 23 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

153

The numbers add up to 153 — the 53th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 28 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 7.7 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4437≈ 403 by chance$30.00
  • Match 37,352≈ 7.4k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈417k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,352 winners, 0% more than the 7.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,200,000
    Match 56$1,000
    Match 4437$30.00
    Match 37,352$3.00
    Totals7,795—