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Take 5 · draw · midday

Thursday, 18 May 2023

middayTake 5

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 28
  4. 32
  5. 33

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 272 of 7,036 under them

← 2023-05-17All recent draws2023-05-19 →

Also drawn that day

  • evening
    1. 6
    2. 15
    3. 28
    4. 31
    5. 34

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 feed7 8 28 32 3329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

734times
835times
2838times
3229times
33

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39times

Every number was expected about that many times after 271 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 (28, 32, 33) with the draw of 18 December 2022 — its closest relative in 271 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2023): 7 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 32–33. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 21 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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.

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