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Gopher 5 · draw

Wednesday, 5 September 2018

ResultGopher 5

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 40
  3. 42
  4. 44
  5. 45

Jackpot$280,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/47 · since Apr 2010draw 1,318 of 2,587 under them

← 2018-09-03All recent draws2018-09-07 →

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 feed9 40 42 44 4529 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread64th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 140 of each

9132times
40137times
42137times
44133times
45

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145times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,317 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 (9, 44, 45) with the draw of 6 July 2015 — its closest relative in 1,317 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 September 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. Side-by-side numbers: 44–45. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

44 had not appeared for 38 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

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