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Pick 5 · draw

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 29

Jackpot$82,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 2,382 of 4,167 under them

← 2018-09-25All recent draws2018-09-27 →

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 feed14 16 22 27 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 2,381 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 26 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 313 of each

14290times
16306times
22326times
27326times
29

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317times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,381 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, 22, 27) with the draw of 15 September 2016 — its closest relative in 2,381 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 September 2018): 14 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 66th 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

22 had not appeared for 43 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 1.5× 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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