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Pick 5 · draw

Monday, 17 August 2026

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 6
  4. 21
  5. 40

Jackpot$80,000

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 1,097 of 1,153 under them

← 2026-08-16All recent draws2026-08-18 →

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 feed1 3 6 21 406 Oct 2026, 06:46 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread99th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 137 of each

1131times
3142times
6138times
21128times
40

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 34kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$9.6Kto 3.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 468%$6.5K
  • Match 332%$3.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.05 by chance$80,000
  2. Match 413≈ 9.0 by chance

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128times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,096 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 (1, 3, 6) with the draw of 14 December 2025 — its closest relative in 1,096 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 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. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 33 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$500
  • Match 3339≈ 306 by chance$9.00
  • Match 23,363≈ 3.4k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈34k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 3,363 winners, 0% more than the 3.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$80,000
    Match 413$500
    Match 3339$9.00
    Match 23,363$0.00
    Totals3,715—