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Fantasy 5 · draw · evening

Thursday, 18 August 2022

eveningFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 9
  4. 20
  5. 25

Jackpot$174,208

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 3,200 of 5,404 under them

← 2022-08-17All recent draws2022-08-19 →

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 feed2 7 9 20 2529 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 444 of each

2474times
7452times
9434times
20449times
25

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 675kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$280.6Kto 90k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 1.8

Where the money went

  • Match 562%$174.2K
  • Match 410%$28.1K
  • Match 328%$78.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 1.8 by chance$58,069
  2. Match 4

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447times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,199 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 (2, 9, 20, 25) with the draw of 18 November 2016 — its closest relative in 3,199 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2022): 9 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

63

The numbers add up to 63 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 12 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 2.4× 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 →
338≈ 278 by chance
$83.00
  • Match 38,707≈ 8.3k by chance$9.00
  • Match 280,518≈ 81k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈675k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,707 winners, 5% more than the 8.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 53$58,069
    Match 4338$83.00
    Match 38,707$9.00
    Match 280,518$0.00
    Totals89,566—