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Take 5 · draw

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 26
  5. 32

Jackpot$61,722

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 3,835 of 6,990 under them

← 2020-10-05All recent draws2020-10-07 →

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 feed8 18 20 26 3229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 October 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd1th
  • low64th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 492 of each

8494times
18481times
20476times
26479times
32

Prize breakdown · 2020-10-06

  • Lines in play≈ 713kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$379.8Kto 81k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$92.6K
  • Match 340%$151.4K
  • Match 220%$74.1K
  • 1 other tier16%$61.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.2 by chance$61,722

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458times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,834 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 (18, 20, 26, 32) with the draw of 1 July 2016 — its closest relative in 3,834 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 October 2020): 32 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 56th 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

8 had not appeared for 15 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 →
  • Match 4175≈ 211 by chance$529
  • Match 36,880≈ 7.0k by chance$22.00
  • Match 274,145≈ 74k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈713k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,880 winners, 1% fewer than the 7.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$61,722
    Match 4175$529
    Match 36,880$22.00
    Match 274,145$1.00
    Totals81,201—