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Pick 5 · draw

Sunday, 17 May 2026

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 24
  4. 25
  5. 26

Jackpot$340,000

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 1,005 of 1,158 under them

← 2026-05-16All recent draws2026-05-18 →

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 9 24 25 2629 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2026 — 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 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd34th
  • low34th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours100th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 126 of each

8146times
9125times
24142times
25124times
26

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 96kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$18.8Kto 10k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 461%$11.5K
  • Match 339%$7.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.15 by chance$330,000
  2. Match 4

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146times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,004 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 (8, 9, 25, 26) with the draw of 9 November 2023 — its closest relative in 1,004 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 24% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2026): 24, 26 carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 33th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 103. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 24–25, 25–26. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 18 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 →
23≈ 26 by chance
$500
  • Match 3807≈ 869 by chance$9.00
  • Match 29,557≈ 9.6k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈96k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 807 winners, 7% fewer than the 869 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$330,000
    Match 423$500
    Match 3807$9.00
    Match 29,557$0.00
    Totals10,387—