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Pick 5 · draw

Wednesday, 4 May 2016

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 20
  3. 29
  4. 34
  5. 36

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 1,899 of 4,167 under them

← 2016-05-03All recent draws2016-05-05 →

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 feed7 20 29 34 3629 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Pick 5 was a 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 1,898 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap54th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread63th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 250 of each

7222times
20258times
29263times
34231times
36

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254times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,898 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 (7, 20, 29, 34) with the draw of 24 July 2014 — its closest relative in 1,898 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 47% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 May 2016): 29 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 88th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. No two numbers side by side. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 4 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

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