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Gopher 5 · draw

Friday, 12 January 2018

ResultGopher 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 21
  4. 26
  5. 42

Jackpot$120,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/47 · since Apr 2010draw 1,217 of 2,587 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:48 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 9 21 26 4229 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum25th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap53th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread83th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 129 of each

2132times
9124times
21127times
26149times
42

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127times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,216 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 3 of 5 numbers (2, 26, 42) with the draw of 25 June 2014 — its closest relative in 1,216 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

100

The numbers add up to 100 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. No two numbers side by side. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 9 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 4% of the jackpot.

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

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