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Take 5 · draw

Saturday, 26 December 2020

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 37

Jackpot$60,138

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 3,916 of 6,990 under them

← 2020-12-25All recent draws2020-12-27 →

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 feed2 11 16 17 3729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd64th
  • low89th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 502 of each

2513times
11491times
16478times
17565times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-26

  • Lines in play≈ 732kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$375.6Kto 83k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$90.2K
  • Match 340%$149.2K
  • Match 220%$76.1K
  • 1 other tier16%$60.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.3 by chance$60,138

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495times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,915 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 3 of 5 numbers (2, 11, 37) with the draw of 13 February 2020 — its closest relative in 3,915 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 December 2020): 11 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

83

The numbers add up to 83 — the 24th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 25 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 4165≈ 216 by chance$547
  • Match 36,632≈ 7.1k by chance$22.50
  • Match 276,051≈ 76k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈732k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,632 winners, 7% fewer than the 7.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$60,138
    Match 4165$547
    Match 36,632$22.50
    Match 276,051$1.00
    Totals82,849—