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Fantasy 5 · draw

Monday, 17 January 2022

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 20
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 37

Jackpot$157,000

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 4,279 of 6,008 under them

← 2022-01-16All recent draws2022-01-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 20 26 27 3729 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread76th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 548 of each

5558times
20516times
26526times
27572times
37

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 518kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$349.4Kto 59k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.90

Where the money went

  • Match 546%$160.2K
  • Match 417%$60.5K
  • Match 321%$74.9K
  • 1 other tier15%$53.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.90 by chance

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548times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,278 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 4 of 5 numbers (5, 20, 27, 37) with the draw of 24 July 2016 — its closest relative in 4,278 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2022): 26 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 36 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$160,167
  • Match 4140≈ 153 by chance$432
  • Match 34,684≈ 5.0k by chance$16.00
  • Match 253,805≈ 54k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈518k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,684 winners, 7% fewer than the 5.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$160,167
    Match 4140$432
    Match 34,684$16.00
    Match 253,805$1.00
    Totals58,630—