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Pick 5 · draw

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9

Jackpot$50,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/9 · since Aug 2021draw 170 of 1,894 under them

← 2022-01-17All recent draws2022-01-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 6 7 8 929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd70th
  • low5th
  • widest gap46th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread18th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

381times
684times
780times
891times
9

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-18

  • Paid out$0to 44 winning lines
  • Straight2 winnersthe top tier
Tier110100Winners110Prize each
  1. Straight2—
  2. Box20—
  3. Front 212—
  4. Back 210—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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93times

Every number was expected about that many times after 169 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

This exact draw has happened before, on 12 January 2022. Chance gave a match this close a 49% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2022): 9 carried over. Chance says 100% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

33

The numbers add up to 33 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 23. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7, 7–8, 8–9. 98% 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 2 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 3.7× 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 →
MatchWinnersPrize each
Straight2—
Box20—
Front 40—
Back 40—
Front 30—
Back 30—
Front 212—
Back 210—
Totals44—