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Take 5 · draw

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 35

Jackpot$63,379

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 3,122 of 6,988 under them

← 2018-10-23All recent draws2018-10-25 →

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 feed6 8 22 27 3529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 400 of each

6454times
8391times
22409times
27406times
35

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-24

  • Lines in play≈ 766kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$394.4Kto 87k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$95.0K
  • Match 340%$156.4K
  • Match 220%$79.6K
  • 1 other tier16%$63.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.3 by chance$63,379

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407times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,121 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 (6, 22, 27) with the draw of 22 September 2018 — its closest relative in 3,121 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 October 2018): 6 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 17 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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≈ 226 by chance$399
  • Match 36,952≈ 7.5k by chance$22.50
  • Match 279,649≈ 80k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈766k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,952 winners, 7% fewer 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 51$63,379
    Match 4238$399
    Match 36,952$22.50
    Match 279,649$1.00
    Totals86,840—