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Take 5 · draw

Thursday, 5 January 2017

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 14
  3. 18
  4. 35
  5. 38

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,465 of 6,988 under them

← 2017-01-04All recent draws2017-01-06 →

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 feed6 14 18 35 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread76th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 316 of each

6350times
14317times
18316times
35323times
38

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303times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,464 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (6, 14, 18, 35) with the draw of 30 August 2011 — its closest relative in 2,464 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 38 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 0.6× 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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