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Pick 5 · draw

Saturday, 27 January 2018

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 17
  3. 19
  4. 20
  5. 25

Jackpot$154,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 2,140 of 4,167 under them

← 2018-01-26All recent draws2018-01-28 →

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 feed15 17 19 20 2529 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 2,139 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 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd90th
  • low67th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 281 of each

15267times
17266times
19285times
20290times
25

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284times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,139 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 (15, 17, 19, 20) with the draw of 17 October 2015 — its closest relative in 2,139 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 51% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 47th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 24 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 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 1% of the jackpot.

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

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