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Pick 5 · draw

Saturday, 16 January 2016

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 29
  5. 38

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 1,806 of 4,167 under them

← 2016-01-15All recent draws2016-01-18 →

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 feed20 22 23 29 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 1,805 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 16 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd33th
  • low1th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread13th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 238 of each

20244times
22255times
23256times
29250times
38

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246times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,805 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (20, 22, 23, 38) with the draw of 19 May 2011 — its closest relative in 1,805 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2016): 23, 38 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 5 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

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