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Fantasy 5 · draw · evening

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

eveningFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 33

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 3,357 of 5,406 under them

← 2023-05-16All recent draws2023-05-18 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 10
    2. 14
    3. 18
    4. 28
    5. 34

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 feed4 17 22 27 3329 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread73th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 466 of each

4427times
17461times
22442times
27494times
33460times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,356 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 (17, 22, 27, 33) with the draw of 18 October 2016 — its closest relative in 3,356 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2023): 22 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 67th 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

17 had not appeared for 26 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2023-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 493kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$222.2Kto 65k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 452%$115.4K
  • Match 348%$106.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 1.3 by chanceno winners
  2. Match 4208≈ 203 by chance$555
  3. Match 36,102≈ 6.1k by chance$17.50
  4. Match 258,812≈ 59k by chance—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈493k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,102 winners, 0% more than the 6.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 50$0.00
Match 4208$555
Match 36,102$17.50
Match 258,812$0.00
Totals65,122—