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Fantasy 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 12
  4. 15
  5. 26

Jackpot$390,000

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 228 of 4,015 under them

← 2016-05-17All recent draws2016-05-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed2 7 12 15 2629 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread26th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

225times
721times
1226times
1528times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 338kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$39.1Kto 34k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.40

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$12.3K
  • Match 368%$26.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.40 by chance$390,000
  2. Match 4

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36times

Every number was expected about that many times after 227 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 (12, 15, 26) with the draw of 9 February 2016 — its closest relative in 227 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2016): 7 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

62

The numbers add up to 62 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 12 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 2.1× 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 →
102≈ 74 by chance
$121
  • Match 32,977≈ 2.6k by chance$9.00
  • Match 230,872≈ 31k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈338k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,977 winners, 13% more than the 2.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$390,000
    Match 4102$121
    Match 32,977$9.00
    Match 230,872$0.00