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Pick 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 11
  4. 22
  5. 28

Jackpot$50,000

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 945 of 1,156 under them

← 2026-03-17All recent draws2026-03-19 →

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 feed2 9 11 22 2829 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd34th
  • low66th
  • widest gap31th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread39th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 118 of each

2101times
9116times
11115times
22118times
28

Prize breakdown · 2026-03-18

  • Lines in play≈ 92kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$312.6Kto 10k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 593%$290.0K
  • Match 44.8%$15.0K
  • Match 32.4%$7.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.14 by chance$290,000
  2. Match 4

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110times

Every number was expected about that many times after 944 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 (2, 22, 28) with the draw of 30 January 2026 — its closest relative in 944 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 March 2026): 11 carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

72

The numbers add up to 72 — the 11th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 103. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 15 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 2.4× 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 →
30≈ 25 by chance
$500
  • Match 3847≈ 835 by chance$9.00
  • Match 29,187≈ 9.2k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈92k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 847 winners, 1% more than the 835 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$290,000
    Match 430$500
    Match 3847$9.00
    Match 29,187$0.00
    Totals10,065—