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Pick 5 · draw

Thursday, 22 December 2011

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 36
  5. 38

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 534 of 4,167 under them

← 2011-12-21All recent draws2011-12-23 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 16 20 36 3829 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Pick 5 was a 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 533 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 22 December 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd1th
  • low33th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread46th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 70 of each

1281times
1674times
2072times
3656times
38

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77times

Every number was expected about that many times after 533 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 (16, 36, 38) with the draw of 7 September 2011 — its closest relative in 533 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2011): nothing carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 84th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. No two numbers side by side. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 36 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

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