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Take 5 · draw

Thursday, 20 October 2016

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 33
  5. 37

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,388 of 6,988 under them

← 2016-10-19All recent draws2016-10-21 →

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 feed9 25 26 33 3729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd89th
  • low9th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread53th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 306 of each

9315times
25296times
26283times
33318times
37319times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,387 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 (9, 26, 33, 37) with the draw of 24 October 2014 — its closest relative in 2,387 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 51% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 October 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 35 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

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