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Badger 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

ResultBadger 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 12
  5. 24

Jackpot$10,000

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 5,783 of 6,021 under them

← 2026-02-17All recent draws2026-02-19 →

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 feed2 4 6 12 2429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 February 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd1th
  • low89th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread51th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 933 of each

2988times
4942times
6912times
12956times
24

Prize breakdown · 2026-02-18

  • Lines in play≈ 136kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$160.0Kto 24k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 6lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.80

Where the money went

  • Match 580%$128.0K
  • Match 43.6%$5.8K
  • Match 213%$20.8K
  • 1 other tier3.4%$5.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.80 by chance

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887times

Every number was expected about that many times after 5,782 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 (2, 4, 6, 24) with the draw of 3 February 2023 — its closest relative in 5,782 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 February 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

48

The numbers add up to 48 — the 4th 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

12 had not appeared for 30 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 1.6× 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 →
$128,000
  • Match 4116≈ 104 by chance$50.00
  • Match 32,684≈ 2.6k by chance$2.00
  • Match 220,802≈ 21k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈136k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,684 winners, 3% more than the 2.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$128,000
    Match 4116$50.00
    Match 32,684$2.00
    Match 220,802$1.00
    Totals23,603—