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Take 5 · draw · evening

Monday, 1 May 2023

eveningTake 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 26

Jackpot$37,810

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

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 415 of 7,030 under them

← 2023-04-30All recent draws2023-05-02 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 5
    2. 6
    3. 36
    4. 37
    5. 38

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 feed8 18 20 25 2629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum45th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread11th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 53 of each

841times
1851times
2054times
2565times
2654times

Every number was expected about that many times after 414 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 3 of 5 numbers (8, 20, 26) with the draw of 12 October 2022 — its closest relative in 414 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2023): 25 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 32 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 2.0× 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 →

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-01

  • Lines in play≈ 443kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$234.4Kto 50k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.77

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$56.7K
  • Match 340%$93.9K
  • Match 220%$46K
  • 1 other tier16%$37.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.77 by chance$18,905
  2. Match 4133≈ 131 by chance$426
  3. Match 34,269≈ 4.3k by chance$22.00
  4. Match 246,026≈ 46k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈443k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,269 winners, 1% fewer than the 4.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 52$18,905
Match 4133$426
Match 34,269$22.00
Match 246,026$1.00
Totals50,430—