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Take 5 · draw

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 22
  3. 26
  4. 32
  5. 36

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,947 of 7,008 under them

← 2018-05-01All recent draws2018-05-03 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:51 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 22 26 32 3629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd1th
  • low9th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread86th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 378 of each

2396times
22383times
26357times
32340times
36

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377times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,946 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 (2, 22, 26, 32) with the draw of 16 December 2013 — its closest relative in 2,946 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 58% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2018): 22 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 8 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

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