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Take 5 · draw · evening

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

eveningTake 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 38

Jackpot$30,641

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 1,453 of 7,006 under them

← 2026-10-20All recent drawsLatest on record

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 4
    2. 7
    3. 31
    4. 35
    5. 39

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 22 Oct 2026, 11:20 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 3 14 16 3822 Oct 2026, 11:20 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap95th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread97th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 186 of each

1170times
3189times
14200times
16202times
38178times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,452 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 4 of 5 numbers (1, 14, 16, 38) with the draw of 15 August 2023 — its closest relative in 1,452 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 October 2026): 3, 16 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

72

The numbers add up to 72 — the 12th 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

1 had not appeared for 16 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2026-10-21

  • Lines in play≈ 336kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$186.8Kto 38k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.58

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$45.9K
  • Match 340%$75.3K
  • Match 219%$34.9K
  • 1 other tier16%$30.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.58 by chance$15,321
  2. Match 490≈ 99 by chance$511
  3. Match 32,954≈ 3.3k by chance$25.50
  4. Match 234,872≈ 35k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈336k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,954 winners, 10% fewer than the 3.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 52$15,321
Match 490$511
Match 32,954$25.50
Match 234,872$1.00
Totals37,918—