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Take 5 · draw

Tuesday, 22 December 2020

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 12
  4. 15
  5. 23

Jackpot$60,870

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 3,912 of 6,990 under them

← 2020-12-21All recent draws2020-12-23 →

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 feed4 6 12 15 2329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 501 of each

4493times
6563times
12505times
15535times
23

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 780kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$381.4Kto 90k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.4

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$91.3K
  • Match 339%$148.2K
  • Match 221%$81.1K
  • 1 other tier16%$60.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.4 by chance$60,870

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503times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,911 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 (4, 6, 12, 23) with the draw of 8 May 2017 — its closest relative in 3,911 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 69% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2020): 6, 15 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

60

The numbers add up to 60 — the 4th 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

12 had not appeared for 9 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 4272≈ 230 by chance$336
  • Match 38,235≈ 7.6k by chance$18.00
  • Match 281,067≈ 81k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈780k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,235 winners, 8% more than the 7.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$60,870
    Match 4272$336
    Match 38,235$18.00
    Match 281,067$1.00
    Totals89,575—