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Pick 5 · draw

Friday, 5 January 2018

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 14
  5. 30

Jackpot$66,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 2,118 of 4,167 under them

← 2018-01-04All recent draws2018-01-06 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed5 8 9 14 3029 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 2,117 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 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd33th
  • low90th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread41th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 279 of each

5279times
8250times
9290times
14258times
30

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301times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,117 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 (5, 8, 9, 30) with the draw of 12 December 2016 — its closest relative in 2,117 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

66

The numbers add up to 66 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 9 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 2.5× 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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