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Take 5 · draw · evening

Thursday, 22 May 2025

eveningTake 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 26
  3. 29
  4. 34
  5. 38

Jackpot$31,641

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 936 of 7,032 under them

← 2025-05-21All recent draws2025-05-23 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 2
    2. 10
    3. 29
    4. 38
    5. 39

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 feed3 26 29 34 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 22 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread91th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 120 of each

3123times
26107times
29107times
34121times
38109times

Every number was expected about that many times after 935 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, 34, 38) with the draw of 15 May 2025 — its closest relative in 935 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2025): 38 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 89th 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

3 had not appeared for 23 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 0.7× 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 · 2025-05-22

  • Lines in play≈ 325kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$190.9Kto 37k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.56

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$47.4K
  • Match 341%$78K
  • Match 218%$33.8K
  • 1 other tier17%$31.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.56 by chance$31,641
  2. Match 482≈ 96 by chance$579
  3. Match 32,889≈ 3.2k by chance$27.00
  4. Match 233,808≈ 34k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈325k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,889 winners, 9% fewer than the 3.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 51$31,641
Match 482$579
Match 32,889$27.00
Match 233,808$1.00
Totals36,780—