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Take 5 · draw

Tuesday, 30 October 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 9
  4. 17
  5. 20

Jackpot$64,830

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 3,128 of 6,988 under them

← 2018-10-29All recent draws2018-10-31 →

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 feed2 4 9 17 2029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd31th
  • low99th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 401 of each

2418times
4409times
9413times
17461times
20

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-30

  • Lines in play≈ 836kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$409.1Kto 96k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 1.5

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$97.1K
  • Match 339%$160.3K
  • Match 221%$86.9K
  • 1 other tier16%$64.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 1.5 by chance$21,610

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

375times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,127 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 (2, 4, 9, 20) with the draw of 20 December 2017 — its closest relative in 3,127 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 60% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 October 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

52

The numbers add up to 52 — the 2th 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

20 had not appeared for 19 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 2.4× 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 →
  • Match 4318≈ 247 by chance$306
  • Match 38,903≈ 8.1k by chance$18.00
  • Match 286,891≈ 87k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈836k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,903 winners, 9% more than the 8.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 53$21,610
    Match 4318$306
    Match 38,903$18.00
    Match 286,891$1.00
    Totals96,115—