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Fantasy 5 · draw · evening

Monday, 17 May 2021

eveningFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 12
  4. 17
  5. 18

Jackpot$188,434

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

Rules5/36 · since Jan 2012draw 2,849 of 5,404 under them

← 2021-05-16All recent draws2021-05-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:42 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 4 12 17 1829 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd10th
  • low99th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 396 of each

2409times
4370times
12391times
17389times
18

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 738kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$302.4Kto 98k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • Match 562%$188.4K
  • Match 410%$30.3K
  • Match 328%$83.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 2.0 by chance$188,434
  2. Match 4

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392times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,848 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 (2, 4, 12) with the draw of 23 November 2019 — its closest relative in 2,848 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

53

The numbers add up to 53 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 7 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 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 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
293≈ 303 by chance
$104
  • Match 39,290≈ 9.1k by chance$9.00
  • Match 287,942≈ 88k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈738k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,290 winners, 2% more than the 9.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$188,434
    Match 4293$104
    Match 39,290$9.00
    Match 287,942$0.00
    Totals97,526—