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Take 5 · draw

Thursday, 20 September 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 24
  2. 26
  3. 28
  4. 29
  5. 38

Jackpot$64,463

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 3,088 of 6,988 under them

← 2018-09-19All recent draws2018-09-21 →

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 feed24 26 28 29 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

20oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd9th
  • low1th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 396 of each

24372times
26372times
28356times
29402times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-20

  • Lines in play≈ 716kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$394.8Kto 82k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$96.6K
  • Match 340%$159.3K
  • Match 219%$74.4K
  • 1 other tier16%$64.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 1.2 by chance$32,232

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381times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,087 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 (24, 26, 29) with the draw of 8 July 2018 — its closest relative in 3,087 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 September 2018): 26 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 10 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 4238≈ 211 by chance$406
  • Match 37,410≈ 7.0k by chance$21.50
  • Match 274,401≈ 74k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈716k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,410 winners, 6% more than the 7.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 52$32,232
    Match 4238$406
    Match 37,410$21.50
    Match 274,401$1.00
    Totals82,051—