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Pick 5 · draw

Sunday, 16 December 2018

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 31
  5. 37

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 2,463 of 4,167 under them

← 2018-12-15All recent draws2018-12-17 →

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 feed4 18 21 31 3729 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 2,462 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 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap63th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread86th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 324 of each

4315times
18322times
21318times
31348times
37

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322times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,462 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 (4, 18, 21, 37) with the draw of 28 August 2012 — its closest relative in 2,462 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 71th 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

4 had not appeared for 10 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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