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Pick 5 · draw

Friday, 11 May 2018

ResultPick 5

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

Jackpot$90,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2023draw 2,244 of 4,167 under them

← 2018-05-10All recent draws2018-05-12 →

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 feed1 5 8 9 1629 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 2,243 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 11 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd67th
  • low99th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 295 of each

1273times
5293times
8265times
9305times
16

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292times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,243 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 (1, 5, 9, 16) with the draw of 23 January 2014 — its closest relative in 2,243 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 May 2018): 9 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

39

The numbers add up to 39 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 17 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 2.7× 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.

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