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Badger 5 · draw

Monday, 5 January 2026

ResultBadger 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 23

Jackpot$41,000

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

Rules5/31 · since Apr 2010draw 5,739 of 6,021 under them

← 2026-01-04All recent draws2026-01-06 →

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 feed4 7 18 21 2329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap59th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 925 of each

4934times
7933times
18867times
21901times
23

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 42kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$9.3Kto 7.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 6lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 415%$1.4K
  • Match 316%$1.5K
  • Match 269%$6.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.25 by chance$30,000
  2. Match 4

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919times

Every number was expected about that many times after 5,738 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 (4, 18, 21, 23) with the draw of 17 October 2013 — its closest relative in 5,738 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2026): 21 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

73

The numbers add up to 73 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.5× 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
27≈ 32 by chance
$50.00
  • Match 3753≈ 805 by chance$2.00
  • Match 26,443≈ 6.4k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈42k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 753 winners, 7% fewer than the 805 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$30,000
    Match 427$50.00
    Match 3753$2.00
    Match 26,443$1.00
    Totals7,223—