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Fantasy 5 · draw

Friday, 18 May 2018

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 18
  3. 28
  4. 37
  5. 38

Jackpot$53,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 · since Mar 2011draw 2,247 of 5,243 under them

← 2018-05-17All recent draws2018-05-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:39 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 18 28 37 3829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2018 — 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 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd9th
  • low32th
  • widest gap37th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 274 of each

6282times
18307times
28283times
37263times
38

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266times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,246 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

This exact draw has happened before, on 23 October 2012. Chance gave a match this close a 0.3% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 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 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 4% of the jackpot.

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

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