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Take 5 · draw

Tuesday, 25 August 2020

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 12
  4. 18
  5. 37

Jackpot$57,576

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 3,793 of 6,990 under them

← 2020-08-24All recent draws2020-08-26 →

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 feed1 2 12 18 3729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 August 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.

  • sum11th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 486 of each

1478times
2495times
12487times
18474times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-25

  • Lines in play≈ 697kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$370.4Kto 79k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 440%$150.0K
  • Match 340%$147.9K
  • Match 220%$72.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 1.2 by chance$57,576
  2. Match 4

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480times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,792 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, 12, 18, 37) with the draw of 5 November 2017 — its closest relative in 3,792 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2020): 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: 1–2. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 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 1.0× 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 →
189≈ 206 by chance
$794
  • Match 36,575≈ 6.8k by chance$22.50
  • Match 272,441≈ 72k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈697k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,575 winners, 3% fewer than the 6.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$57,576
    Match 4189$794
    Match 36,575$22.50
    Match 272,441$1.00
    Totals79,205—