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Take 5 · draw

Thursday, 6 December 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 21
  5. 22

Jackpot$65,649

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 3,165 of 6,988 under them

← 2018-12-05All recent draws2018-12-07 →

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 11 12 21 2229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 406 of each

4414times
11381times
12406times
21392times
22

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-06

  • Lines in play≈ 861kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$415.3Kto 99k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 1.5

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$98.4K
  • Match 339%$161.8K
  • Match 222%$89.5K
  • 1 other tier16%$65.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 1.5 by chance$21,883

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

416times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,164 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 (12, 21, 22) with the draw of 15 September 2018 — its closest relative in 3,164 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 December 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12, 21–22. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 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 2.1× 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 4306≈ 254 by chance$322
  • Match 38,987≈ 8.4k by chance$18.00
  • Match 289,482≈ 89k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈861k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,987 winners, 7% more than the 8.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 53$21,883
    Match 4306$322
    Match 38,987$18.00
    Match 289,482$1.00
    Totals98,778—