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Take 5 · draw · evening

Saturday, 16 December 2023

eveningTake 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 17
  5. 18

Jackpot$36,460

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 644 of 7,036 under them

← 2023-12-15All recent draws2023-12-17 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 1
    2. 16
    3. 26
    4. 27
    5. 31

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 feed5 8 9 17 1829 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 16 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

20oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd64th
  • low99th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 82 of each

585times
868times
983times
1773times
1881times

Every number was expected about that many times after 643 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 (9, 17, 18) with the draw of 26 November 2022 — its closest relative in 643 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

57

The numbers add up to 57 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 17–18. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 12 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 476kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$231.3Kto 55k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.83

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$54.7K
  • Match 339%$90.7K
  • Match 221%$49.4K
  • 1 other tier16%$36.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.83 by chance$18,230
  2. Match 4154≈ 140 by chance$355
  3. Match 35,184≈ 4.6k by chance$17.50
  4. Match 249,432≈ 49k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈476k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,184 winners, 12% more than the 4.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 52$18,230
Match 4154$355
Match 35,184$17.50
Match 249,432$1.00
Totals54,772—