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Take 5 · draw · evening

Thursday, 26 May 2022

eveningTake 5

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 26
  3. 30
  4. 35
  5. 38

Jackpot$38,793

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 190 of 7,032 under them

← 2022-05-25All recent draws2022-05-27 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 8
    2. 21
    3. 23
    4. 26
    5. 30

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 feed16 26 30 35 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd9th
  • low9th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1628times
2625times
3022times
3526times
3821times

Every number was expected about that many times after 189 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 (26, 30, 35) with the draw of 15 December 2021 — its closest relative in 189 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 85% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 May 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 97th 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

30 had not appeared for 35 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 →

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-26

  • Lines in play≈ 387kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$233.4Kto 44k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.67

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$58.2K
  • Match 341%$96.3K
  • Match 217%$40.2K
  • 1 other tier17%$38.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.67 by chance$38,793
  2. Match 485≈ 114 by chance$685
  3. Match 33,500≈ 3.8k by chance$27.50
  4. Match 240,199≈ 40k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈387k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,500 winners, 7% fewer than the 3.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 51$38,793
Match 485$685
Match 33,500$27.50
Match 240,199$1.00
Totals43,785—