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Take 5 · draw

Wednesday, 23 December 2020

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 24
  3. 25
  4. 35
  5. 38

Jackpot$62,586

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 3,913 of 6,990 under them

← 2020-12-22All recent draws2020-12-24 →

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 feed12 24 25 35 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 502 of each

12506times
24477times
25492times
35501times
38

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-23

  • Lines in play≈ 711kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$386.6Kto 81k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$93.8K
  • Match 340%$156.3K
  • Match 219%$73.9K
  • 1 other tier16%$62.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.2 by chance$62,586

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483times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,912 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 (12, 25, 35, 38) with the draw of 22 November 2020 — its closest relative in 3,912 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 69% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2020): 12 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 20 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 4211≈ 210 by chance$445
  • Match 36,796≈ 6.9k by chance$23.00
  • Match 273,932≈ 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 — 6,796 winners, 2% fewer 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$62,586
    Match 4211$445
    Match 36,796$23.00
    Match 273,932$1.00
    Totals80,940—