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Badger 5 · draw

Thursday, 16 April 2026

ResultBadger 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 15
  5. 17

Jackpot$18,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/31 · since Apr 2010draw 5,840 of 6,021 under them

← 2026-04-15All recent draws2026-04-17 →

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 feed8 12 14 15 1729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 April 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours68th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 942 of each

8950times
12960times
14939times
15915times
17

Prize breakdown · 2026-04-16

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 40 winners$50.0
Tier110Winners110100Prize each
  1. Match 40$50.00
  2. Match 30$2.00
  3. Match 20$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 40$50.00
Match 30$2.00
Match 20$1.00

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949times

Every number was expected about that many times after 5,839 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 (8, 12, 14, 17) with the draw of 19 December 2019 — its closest relative in 5,839 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 April 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

66

The numbers add up to 66 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 10 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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