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Pick 5 · draw

Friday, 21 August 2026

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 16
  3. 33
  4. 36
  5. 37

Jackpot$130,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/40 · since Aug 2023draw 1,101 of 1,152 under them

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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 feed9 16 33 36 3710 Oct 2026, 16:47 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 August 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.

  • sum87th
  • odd66th
  • low34th
  • widest gap77th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 138 of each

9142times
16139times
33147times
36137times
37

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135times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,100 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (16, 33, 36) with the draw of 25 May 2026 — its closest relative in 1,100 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 103. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

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