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Take 5 · draw

Sunday, 22 January 2017

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 21
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 30

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,482 of 6,988 under them

← 2017-01-21All recent draws2017-01-23 →

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 21 26 29 3029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 318 of each

17381times
21301times
26298times
29325times
30

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298times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,481 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 (17, 26, 29) with the draw of 8 January 2017 — its closest relative in 2,481 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 January 2017): 17, 26 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 19 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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