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Fantasy 5 · draw

Friday, 5 August 2016

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 35
  5. 42

Jackpot$125,000

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 307 of 4,014 under them

← 2016-08-04All recent draws2016-08-06 →

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 feed20 23 24 35 4229 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd34th
  • low10th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

2043times
2344times
2436times
3534times
42

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-05

  • Lines in play≈ 198kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$26.6Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 433%$8.7K
  • Match 367%$17.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.23 by chance$125,000
  2. Match 4

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34times

Every number was expected about that many times after 306 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 (23, 35, 42) with the draw of 17 February 2016 — its closest relative in 306 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 9 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 →
24≈ 43 by chance
$363
  • Match 31,490≈ 1.6k by chance$12.00
  • Match 218,104≈ 18k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈198k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,490 winners, 4% fewer than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$125,000
    Match 424$363
    Match 31,490$12.00
    Match 218,104$0.00