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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
US · WI · ball game
Latest drawThursday, 22 October 2026
Jackpot$48,000
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 23 Oct 2026, 03:40 UTC.
5 numbers from 1–31. 6,029 draws held here since 2010-04-08.
Your numbers, read by every tool
Type the numbers you always play. Has the line ever come up? How close has Badger 5 come? What has each number done, what does the line look like, and has the same set turned up anywhere else in the world?
Every tool, for this game
Each one opens with Badger 5 already selected. The line under every title is true of this game’s rules right now — not a promise about its next draw.

In 6,029 draws every number is expected about 972 times, and a ball favoured by more than 12% over its share would already have shown — see which ones strayed, and how far chance allows.

A number waits 6 draws on average; 4% of the time it waits 19 or more. It is never “due”.

The 5 numbers add up to about 80, give or take 19. Most tickets sit in that bell — and so do most draws.

52.5% of draws contain two numbers side by side. That is the rules talking, not luck.

465 possible pairs, each expected together 129.7 times so far — and about 5 will look “special” by chance alone.

All 31 numbers as a constellation of who appeared with whom — indistinguishable from a shuffled sky.

61% of draws repeat a number from the draw before. A whole draw repeating: 100.0% likely by now.

Sorted, the numbers sit about 5.3 apart on average — and every “spread” you can name is exactly as likely as every other.

It takes about 24 draws for every one of the 31 numbers to appear at least once. The last few are the slow ones.

169,911 possible tickets. Every one has a face — and a typicality score you can look up.

Seven independent tests of randomness run live against all 6,029 draws. Any of them can fail; watch whether they do.

The lowest number lands near 5, the highest near 27. Position is a property of sorting, not of the balls.

5/31 rescaled onto the same axes as every other game here. One law, many machines.

Six documented cases of a beaten lottery. Not one involved patterns in past draws.

What the world believes about 7, 8, 13 and 17 — and what every machine says back.

At 30 million tickets, an average line keeps about 1% of a jackpot it wins. Unpopular numbers keep more — and still lose money.

A full wheel of 10 numbers here is 252 tickets. A guarantee is real; a profit is not.

Five folk claims about 5/31 games, each answered with the closed form that kills it — never a tip for the next draw.

Lock a past-only rule, score it on later draws, and compare every hit with the exact 5-of-31 overlap law.

This is a without-replacement ball game; the Digit Laboratory is for Pick 3 and Pick 4.
Not for this game
The Chernoff Map reads the straight tier of a digit game, which counts tickets on one exact number; a ball game has no such row.
Not for this game
This game draws once a day, so it has no second draw to compare its first with.
Not for this gameThis draw, read by every tool
What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 972 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,028 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (7, 12, 24, 28) with the draw of 14 November 2023 — its closest relative in 6,028 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (21 October 2026): 24 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 89 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →7 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →What the top prize has been, draw by draw. It climbs while nobody wins and drops to the floor when somebody does — the sawtooth every rollover game draws.
Happenedwhat chance predicts
Completed waits between wins, against the geometric law those waits follow if every draw is an independent chance at the jackpot. The law takes its one parameter from the waits themselves, so this compares shape, not level.
Open any draw to read it by every tool — the same six readings the latest result gets above, each against what chance predicted at the time.
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 23 Oct 2026, 03:40 UTC.
Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 972 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,028 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.
These waits do not fall away from zero the way the law does — they pile up in the middle. That is what happens when the chance of a win is not the same on every draw of a run: few tickets are sold when the prize is small, and so many when it is enormous that a win becomes close to certain. The wait is more predictable than a constant chance allows, and less predictable than it feels.
| Draws waited | Happened | Chance says |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 22 | 38.5 |
| 1 | 28 | 29.4 |
| 2 | 22 | 22.5 |
| 3 | 29 | 17.2 |
| 4 | 8 | 13.1 |
| 5 | 21 | 10.0 |
| 6 | 15 | 7.6 |
| 7 | 10 | 5.8 |
| 8 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 9 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 10+ | 2 | 11.0 |
Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 972 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,027 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (2, 15, 24, 31) with the draw of 1 April 2025 — its closest relative in 6,027 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (20 October 2026): 24 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 102 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →15 had not appeared for 23 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 972 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,026 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (5, 18, 24) with the draw of 22 September 2026 — its closest relative in 6,026 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (19 October 2026): 24 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 66 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →16 had not appeared for 5 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 972 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,025 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (6, 12, 24, 28) with the draw of 14 November 2023 — its closest relative in 6,025 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (18 October 2026): 24, 26 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 96 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →28 had not appeared for 5 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 972 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,024 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (10, 14, 24, 26) with the draw of 8 February 2015 — its closest relative in 6,024 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (17 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 92 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →18 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 971 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,023 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (6, 11, 21, 27) with the draw of 11 August 2017 — its closest relative in 6,023 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (16 October 2026): 6 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 88 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →21 had not appeared for 6 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 971 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,022 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (3, 5, 6, 12) with the draw of 21 January 2020 — its closest relative in 6,022 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (15 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 55 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →5 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 971 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,021 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (10, 16, 17, 23) with the draw of 17 April 2026 — its closest relative in 6,021 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (14 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 75 — the 39th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10, 16–17. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →17 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 971 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,020 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (4, 11, 28, 31) with the draw of 3 November 2023 — its closest relative in 6,020 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (13 October 2026): 28 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 98 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →24 had not appeared for 6 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 971 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,019 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (3, 16, 28, 29) with the draw of 13 January 2023 — its closest relative in 6,019 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (12 October 2026): 13, 16 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 89 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →29 had not appeared for 5 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 971 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,018 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (13, 16, 19, 27) with the draw of 12 April 2019 — its closest relative in 6,018 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (11 October 2026): 27 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 98 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →23 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less 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 →Scored 17 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 970 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 6,017 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (20, 21, 27, 30) with the draw of 31 January 2023 — its closest relative in 6,017 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (10 October 2026): 20 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 126 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21, 27–28. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →28 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →