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Take 5 · draw

Friday, 18 May 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 32
  5. 36

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,963 of 6,988 under them

← 2018-05-17All recent draws2018-05-19 →

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 22 32 3629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread14th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 380 of each

17441times
18384times
22384times
32344times
36

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379times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,962 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 (18, 22, 32, 36) with the draw of 6 December 2016 — its closest relative in 2,962 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2018): 32 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 84th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 18 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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