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Take 5 · draw

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 23
  3. 27
  4. 30
  5. 39

Jackpot$60,038

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 3,612 of 6,992 under them

← 2020-02-25All recent draws2020-02-27 →

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 feed17 23 27 30 3929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd89th
  • low9th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 463 of each

17529times
23461times
27470times
30436times
39

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-26

  • Lines in play≈ 711kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$371.5Kto 81k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$90.0K
  • Match 340%$147.5K
  • Match 220%$73.9K
  • 1 other tier16%$60.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.2 by chance$60,038

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451times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,611 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 (17, 23, 30, 39) with the draw of 15 February 2020 — its closest relative in 3,611 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 February 2020): 30, 39 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. 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 12 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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 4198≈ 210 by chance$455
  • Match 37,025≈ 6.9k by chance$21.00
  • Match 273,929≈ 74k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈711k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,025 winners, 1% more than the 6.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$60,038
    Match 4198$455
    Match 37,025$21.00
    Match 273,929$1.00
    Totals81,153—