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Pick 5 · draw · evening

Friday, 21 August 2026

eveningPick 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/9 · since Sep 2012draw 3,589 of 7,280 under them

← 2026-08-20All recent draws2026-08-22 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 1
    2. 1
    3. 4
    4. 6
    5. 7

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 feed1 5 6 7 86 Oct 2026, 13:56 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd70th
  • low30th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours86th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1,794 of each

11,757times
51,757times
61,755times
71,806times
8

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1,834times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,588 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 8 August 2026. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2026): 1, 6, 7 carried over. Chance says 100% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

27

The numbers add up to 27 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 23. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6, 6–7, 7–8. 98% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

8 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 3.1× 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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