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Take 5 · draw

Monday, 27 August 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 16
  5. 23

Jackpot$57,576

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 3,064 of 6,988 under them

← 2018-08-26All recent draws2018-08-28 →

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 feed8 14 15 16 2329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 393 of each

8384times
14391times
15424times
16380times
23

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-27

  • Lines in play≈ 768kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$386.4Kto 88k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 440%$154.3K
  • Match 339%$152.3K
  • Match 221%$79.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 1.3 by chance$57,576
  2. Match 4

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391times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,063 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 3 of 5 numbers (8, 16, 23) with the draw of 17 July 2018 — its closest relative in 3,063 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 August 2018): 8, 15 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

76

The numbers add up to 76 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15, 15–16. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 15 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 1.9× 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
301≈ 227 by chance
$513
  • Match 37,812≈ 7.5k by chance$19.50
  • Match 279,781≈ 80k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈768k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,812 winners, 4% more than the 7.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$57,576
    Match 4301$513
    Match 37,812$19.50
    Match 279,781$1.00
    Totals87,894—