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Take 5 · draw · midday

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

middayTake 5

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 14
  3. 28
  4. 33
  5. 38

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 23 of 7,034 under them

← 2022-05-17All recent draws2022-05-19 →

Also drawn that day

  • evening
    1. 15
    2. 22
    3. 25
    4. 26
    5. 38

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 feed11 14 28 33 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

114times
143times
285times
336times
38

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1time

Every number was expected about that many times after 22 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (11, 33, 38) with the draw of 9 May 2022 — its closest relative in 22 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 20% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2022): 28, 33 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 83th 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

14 had not appeared for 13 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.

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