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Fantasy 5 · draw

Monday, 16 May 2016

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 21
  3. 30
  4. 34
  5. 35

Jackpot$192,000

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

Rules5/42 · since Oct 2015draw 226 of 4,015 under them

← 2016-05-15All recent draws2016-05-17 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:43 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 21 30 34 3529 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd66th
  • low34th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

1730times
2124times
3031times
3425times
35

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 195kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$25.6Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$8.1K
  • Match 368%$17.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.23 by chance$192,000
  2. Match 4

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28times

Every number was expected about that many times after 225 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 (21, 30, 34) with the draw of 1 May 2016 — its closest relative in 225 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
37≈ 42 by chance
$219
  • Match 31,459≈ 1.5k by chance$12.00
  • Match 217,794≈ 18k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈195k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,459 winners, 4% fewer than the 1.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$192,000
    Match 437$219
    Match 31,459$12.00
    Match 217,794$0.00