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Pick 5 · draw

Tuesday, 3 May 2022

ResultPick 5

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

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/9 · since Aug 2021draw 274 of 1,894 under them

← 2022-05-02All recent draws2022-05-04 →

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 5 7 8 829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2022 — 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 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd70th
  • low30th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours14th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 137 of each

3127times
5119times
7139times
8144times
8

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-03

  • Paid out$0.0to 20 winning lines
  • Box5 winnersthe top tier
Tier110Winners110Prize each
  1. Box5—
  2. Back 31—
  3. Front 28—
  4. Back 26—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Straight

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144times

Every number was expected about that many times after 273 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 24 March 2022. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2022): 3 carried over. Chance says 100% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

31

The numbers add up to 31 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 23. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 98% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 10 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 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.

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Box5—
Front 40—
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Front 30—
Back 31—
Front 28—
Back 26—
Totals20—