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Take 5 · draw

Wednesday, 8 January 2020

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 28
  3. 29
  4. 31
  5. 37

Jackpot$59,459

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 3,563 of 6,990 under them

← 2020-01-07All recent draws2020-01-09 →

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 feed11 28 29 31 3729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd89th
  • low9th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 457 of each

11434times
28406times
29462times
31487times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-08

  • Lines in play≈ 679kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$365.8Kto 77k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$89.1K
  • Match 340%$146.6K
  • Match 219%$70.6K
  • 1 other tier16%$59.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.2 by chance$59,459

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453times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,562 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 (11, 28, 29, 37) with the draw of 20 August 2017 — its closest relative in 3,562 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 65% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 January 2020): 31 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 11 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 0.9× 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 4152≈ 201 by chance$587
  • Match 36,375≈ 6.6k by chance$23.00
  • Match 270,585≈ 71k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈679k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,375 winners, 4% fewer than the 6.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$59,459
    Match 4152$587
    Match 36,375$23.00
    Match 270,585$1.00
    Totals77,113—