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Take 5 · draw

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 26
  5. 27

Jackpot$64,585

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 3,164 of 6,988 under them

← 2018-12-04All recent draws2018-12-06 →

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 23 24 26 2729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 406 of each

2424times
23405times
24381times
26383times
27

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-05

  • Lines in play≈ 767kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$400.8Kto 87k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$96.8K
  • Match 340%$159.7K
  • Match 220%$79.7K
  • 1 other tier16%$64.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.3 by chance$64,585

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414times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,163 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, 23, 24, 27) with the draw of 15 July 2017 — its closest relative in 3,163 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 December 2018): 2 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24, 26–27. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 13 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 1.7× 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 4255≈ 226 by chance$380
  • Match 37,260≈ 7.5k by chance$22.00
  • Match 279,685≈ 80k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈767k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,260 winners, 3% 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$64,585
    Match 4255$380
    Match 37,260$22.00
    Match 279,685$1.00
    Totals87,201—