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Badger 5 · draw

Saturday, 2 May 2026

ResultBadger 5

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 16
  5. 22

Jackpot$17,000

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 5,856 of 6,021 under them

← 2026-05-01All recent draws2026-05-03 →

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 feed7 8 9 16 2229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap17th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 944 of each

7955times
8952times
9931times
16956times
22

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 38kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$8.5Kto 6.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 6lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 414%$1.2K
  • Match 318%$1.6K
  • Match 268%$5.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.22 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 4

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914times

Every number was expected about that many times after 5,855 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

This exact draw has happened before, on 16 January 2017. Chance gave a match this close a 3.4% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2026): 9 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

62

The numbers add up to 62 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 8–9. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 8 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 2.0× 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 →
23≈ 29 by chance
$50.00
  • Match 3779≈ 719 by chance$2.00
  • Match 25,752≈ 5.8k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈38k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 779 winners, 8% more than the 719 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$10,000
    Match 423$50.00
    Match 3779$2.00
    Match 25,752$1.00
    Totals6,554—