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Take 5 · draw · evening

Monday, 4 May 2026

eveningTake 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 18
  4. 24
  5. 29

Jackpot$32,115

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 1,283 of 7,032 under them

← 2026-05-03All recent draws2026-05-05 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 1
    2. 8
    3. 13
    4. 16
    5. 32

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 feed4 12 18 24 2929 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 4 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 164 of each

4121times
12147times
18194times
24166times
29149times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,282 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 (4, 18, 24) with the draw of 29 April 2026 — its closest relative in 1,282 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 May 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 29th 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

29 had not appeared for 15 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 1.9× 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 · 2026-05-04

  • Lines in play≈ 378kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$197.8Kto 43k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 0.66

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$48.1K
  • Match 340%$78.3K
  • Match 220%$39.3K
  • 1 other tier16%$32.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 0.66 by chance$10,705
  2. Match 4128≈ 112 by chance$376
  3. Match 34,016≈ 3.7k by chance$19.50
  4. Match 239,276≈ 39k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈378k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,016 winners, 9% more than the 3.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 53$10,705
Match 4128$376
Match 34,016$19.50
Match 239,276$1.00
Totals43,423—