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Take 5 · draw

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 26
  5. 27

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,239 of 6,988 under them

← 2016-05-23All recent draws2016-05-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:51 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 15 17 26 2729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 May 2016 — 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 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd89th
  • low64th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 287 of each

1291times
15299times
17341times
26258times
27

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300times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,238 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 (1, 17, 26) with the draw of 26 April 2016 — its closest relative in 2,238 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 May 2016): 26 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 28th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 12 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 1.7× 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.

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