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Pick 5 · draw

Tuesday, 5 May 2026

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. 16
  4. 29
  5. 31

Jackpot$220,000

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 993 of 1,156 under them

← 2026-05-04All recent draws2026-05-06 →

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 feed1 7 16 29 3129 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd90th
  • low66th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 124 of each

1114times
7116times
16128times
29101times
31

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-05

  • Lines in play≈ 60kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$16.3Kto 6.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.09

Where the money went

  • Match 470%$11.5K
  • Match 330%$4.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.09 by chance$210,000
  2. Match 4

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119times

Every number was expected about that many times after 992 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 (1, 7, 16, 29) with the draw of 21 June 2024 — its closest relative in 992 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 23% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 22th 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

29 had not appeared for 31 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 →
23≈ 16 by chance
$500
  • Match 3538≈ 539 by chance$9.00
  • Match 25,929≈ 5.9k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈60k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 538 winners, 0% fewer than the 539 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$210,000
    Match 423$500
    Match 3538$9.00
    Match 25,929$0.00
    Totals6,490—