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Pick 5 · draw

Sunday, 18 January 2026

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 16
  5. 20

Jackpot$170,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/40 · since Aug 2023draw 886 of 1,155 under them

← 2026-01-17All recent draws2026-01-19 →

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 feed8 12 15 16 2029 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

16oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 16 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd10th
  • low99th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

8131times
12112times
15118times
16118times
20

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 45kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$8.5Kto 4.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 459%$5.0K
  • Match 341%$3.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.07 by chance$160,000
  2. Match 4

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104times

Every number was expected about that many times after 885 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 3 of 5 numbers (8, 15, 20) with the draw of 5 January 2026 — its closest relative in 885 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

71

The numbers add up to 71 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 103. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 13 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 2.2× 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 →
10≈ 12 by chance
$500
  • Match 3392≈ 408 by chance$9.00
  • Match 24,490≈ 4.5k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈45k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 4,490 winners, 0% more than the 4.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$160,000
    Match 410$500
    Match 3392$9.00
    Match 24,490$0.00
    Totals4,892—