Take 5 Analysis Dashboard

The visualizations on this page show you what has already happened in Take 5, not what will happen next. Here's how to interpret them correctly:

Number Frequency

The frequency chart counts how many times each number has shown up in past drawings. Some numbers will appear slightly more often than others — this is normal and is called "statistical variance." In a truly random process with thousands of drawings, you'd expect all numbers to converge to the same count, but with only a few hundred or few thousand drawings, normal variation produces apparent "winners." These differences are noise, not signal.

Hot and Cold Numbers

We label the top 10 most-frequent numbers as "hot" and the 10 least-frequent as "cold." This is a descriptive categorization, not a predictive recommendation. A hot number is no more likely to be drawn tomorrow than a cold number — the drawing machine has no memory.

Odd/Even Distribution

This metric shows how often drawings have a 3-odd/2-even split, 2-odd/3-even split, and so on. Most drawings (~66%) fall into mixed splits because the space of mixed combinations is mathematically larger than all-same combinations. It's not that the lottery "prefers" mixed — it's that there are simply more mixed combinations available.

So What Is This Data Actually Useful For?

Two honest uses: (1) it's interesting, and curiosity is a valid reason to look at data; (2) if you do play, knowing which numbers are popular (birthday numbers 1–31) can help you pick numbers that are less likely to share a jackpot with many other winners. Read our full breakdown on smart number-picking strategies for the complete playbook.