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Take 5 · draw

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 29
  5. 37

Jackpot$59,209

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 3,857 of 6,990 under them

← 2020-10-27All recent draws2020-10-29 →

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 feed10 15 16 29 3729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 October 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

77oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 77 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 100% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 494 of each

10518times
15527times
16473times
29502times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-10-28

  • Lines in play≈ 666kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$363.7Kto 75k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$88.8K
  • Match 340%$146.6K
  • Match 219%$69.2K
  • 1 other tier16%$59.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.2 by chance$59,209

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491times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,856 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 (10, 15, 16, 37) with the draw of 23 March 2016 — its closest relative in 3,856 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 October 2020): 10 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 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 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 4183≈ 197 by chance$485
  • Match 35,982≈ 6.5k by chance$24.50
  • Match 269,199≈ 69k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈666k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,982 winners, 8% fewer than the 6.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$59,209
    Match 4183$485
    Match 35,982$24.50
    Match 269,199$1.00
    Totals75,365—