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Fantasy 5 · draw · evening

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

eveningFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 26
  5. 27

Jackpot$184,840

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 3,108 of 5,404 under them

← 2022-05-17All recent draws2022-05-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed1 8 9 26 2729 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread54th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 432 of each

1450times
8432times
9420times
26406times
27

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 716kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$296.7Kto 94k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • Match 562%$184.8K
  • Match 410%$29.8K
  • Match 328%$82.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 1.9 by chance$61,613
  2. Match 4

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463times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,107 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 (8, 9, 26, 27) with the draw of 20 August 2013 — its closest relative in 3,107 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2022): 8 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

71

The numbers add up to 71 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 26–27. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 15 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 2.2× 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 →
266≈ 294 by chance
$112
  • Match 38,636≈ 8.8k by chance$9.50
  • Match 285,351≈ 85k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈716k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,636 winners, 2% fewer than the 8.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 53$61,613
    Match 4266$112
    Match 38,636$9.50
    Match 285,351$0.00
    Totals94,256—