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Pick 5 · draw

Tuesday, 27 December 2016

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 20
  4. 28
  5. 29

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 2,109 of 4,167 under them

← 2016-12-26All recent draws2016-12-28 →

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 feed2 8 20 28 2929 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 2,108 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 27 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd10th
  • low33th
  • widest gap45th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 277 of each

2291times
8249times
20285times
28288times
29

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288times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,108 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 4 of 5 numbers (2, 8, 20, 28) with the draw of 14 December 2016 — its closest relative in 2,108 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 December 2016): 2 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 32th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 13 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

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