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Pick 5 · draw · evening

Monday, 22 August 2016

eveningPick 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 9

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/9 · since Sep 2012draw 975 of 7,280 under them

← 2016-08-21All recent draws2016-08-23 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 2
    2. 3
    3. 5
    4. 6
    5. 8

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 feed2 2 3 4 929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd30th
  • low95th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours50th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 487 of each

2512times
2512times
3491times
4490times
9

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513times

Every number was expected about that many times after 974 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

This exact draw has happened before, on 14 August 2016. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 August 2016): 2, 2, 4 carried over. Chance says 100% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

20

The numbers add up to 20 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 23. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3, 3–4. 98% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 4 draws. A number waits about 2 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

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