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Take 5 · draw

Tuesday, 9 October 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 17
  4. 37
  5. 38

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 3,107 of 6,988 under them

← 2018-10-08All recent draws2018-10-10 →

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 feed4 7 17 37 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum55th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread86th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 398 of each

4406times
7412times
17458times
37401times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-09

  • Lines in play≈ 809kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$415.4Kto 93k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 1.4

Where the money went

  • Match 440%$165.7K
  • Match 340%$165.6K
  • Match 220%$84.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 1.4 by chance$57,576
  2. Match 4

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386times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,106 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 (4, 17, 37, 38) with the draw of 31 August 2017 — its closest relative in 3,106 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 60% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 October 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 16 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 →
294≈ 239 by chance
$564
  • Match 38,494≈ 7.9k by chance$19.50
  • Match 284,112≈ 84k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈809k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,494 winners, 8% more than the 7.9k 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 4294$564
    Match 38,494$19.50
    Match 284,112$1.00
    Totals92,900—