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Fantasy 5 · draw · evening

Saturday, 17 August 2024

eveningFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 29

Jackpot$129,363

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 3,699 of 5,404 under them

← 2024-08-16All recent draws2024-08-18 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 21
    2. 27
    3. 28
    4. 29
    5. 36

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 15 17 18 2929 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 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd67th
  • low90th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread60th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 514 of each

2543times
15466times
17511times
18503times
29545times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,698 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 (15, 18, 29) with the draw of 31 May 2024 — its closest relative in 3,698 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 30th 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

29 had not appeared for 36 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 1.5× 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2024-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 461kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$207.0Kto 61k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 563%$129.4K
  • Match 410%$20.8K
  • Match 327%$56.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.2 by chance$129,363
  2. Match 4153≈ 190 by chance$136
  3. Match 35,409≈ 5.7k by chance$10.50
  4. Match 255,024≈ 55k by chance—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈461k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,409 winners, 5% fewer than the 5.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 51$129,363
Match 4153$136
Match 35,409$10.50
Match 255,024$0.00
Totals60,587—