LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇺🇸 1-800-GAMBLERall helplines →

Pick 5 · draw

Thursday, 16 December 2021

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 24
  3. 25
  4. 29
  5. 31

Jackpot$74,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 3,559 of 4,167 under them

← 2021-12-15All recent draws2021-12-17 →

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 feed6 24 25 29 3129 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 3,558 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 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd67th
  • low10th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 468 of each

6513times
24500times
25459times
29482times
31

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

502times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,558 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 (6, 25, 29, 31) with the draw of 22 December 2010 — its closest relative in 3,558 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 69% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2021): 24 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 12 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →