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Match 5 · draw

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 19
  3. 21
  4. 26
  5. 28

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

Rules5/35 · since Apr 2021draw 612 of 1,509 under them

← 2024-05-07All recent draws2024-05-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed18 19 21 26 2829 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

1896times
1997times
2197times
2688times
28

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-08

  • Lines in play≈ 44kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$9.5Kto 6.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 436%$3.4K
  • Match 364%$6.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.14 by chance$98,000
  2. Match 417≈ 20 by chance

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85times

Every number was expected about that many times after 611 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 (18, 19, 21, 28) with the draw of 17 May 2022 — its closest relative in 611 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 May 2024): 28 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

112

The numbers add up to 112 — the 84th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 7 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$200
  • Match 3609≈ 588 by chance$10.00
  • Match 25,489≈ 5.5k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈44k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 609 winners, 4% more than the 588 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$98,000
    Match 417$200
    Match 3609$10.00
    Match 25,489$0.00
    Totals6,115—