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Take 5 · draw

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 26
  5. 27

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,324 of 6,988 under them

← 2016-08-16All recent draws2016-08-18 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed17 18 23 26 2729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 298 of each

17353times
18296times
23291times
26270times
27

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312times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,323 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 (17, 18, 26, 27) with the draw of 5 February 2016 — its closest relative in 2,323 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 26–27. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 13 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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