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Take 5 · draw

Thursday, 4 August 2016

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 23
  5. 26

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,311 of 6,988 under them

← 2016-08-03All recent draws2016-08-05 →

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 feed14 16 17 23 2629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread2th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 296 of each

14304times
16286times
17352times
23289times
26

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269times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,310 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 4 of 5 numbers (14, 17, 23, 26) with the draw of 16 June 2010 — its closest relative in 2,310 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 August 2016): 17 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 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 1.6× 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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