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North 5 · draw

Thursday, 5 January 2012

ResultNorth 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 11
  4. 26
  5. 31

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/31 · Apr 2010 – Jan 2025draw 636 of 5,384 under them

← 2012-01-04All recent draws2012-01-06 →

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 feed3 5 11 26 3129 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

North 5 was a 5/31 · Apr 2010 – Jan 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 635 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd89th
  • low64th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread91th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

3104times
5118times
11117times
26103times
31

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117times

Every number was expected about that many times after 635 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 (3, 11, 31) with the draw of 14 October 2011 — its closest relative in 635 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

76

The numbers add up to 76 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 16 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.6× 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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