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Badger 5 · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

ResultBadger 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 28

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/31 · since Apr 2010draw 2,140 of 6,019 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 8 16 17 2829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap59th
  • neighbours68th
  • spread58th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 345 of each

5369times
8334times
16343times
17322times
28

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307times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,139 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

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (5, 8, 17, 28) with the draw of 26 October 2013 — its closest relative in 2,139 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 February 2016): 8 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

74

The numbers add up to 74 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 6 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.5× 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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