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Fantasy 5 · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2016

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 17
  3. 27
  4. 29
  5. 31

Jackpot$341,000

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 322 of 4,014 under them

← 2016-08-19All recent draws2016-08-21 →

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 feed14 17 27 29 3129 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd90th
  • low34th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread7th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

1444times
1740times
2740times
2947times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 291kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$35.2Kto 29k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.34

Where the money went

  • Match 433%$11.8K
  • Match 367%$23.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.34 by chance$341,000
  2. Match 4

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37times

Every number was expected about that many times after 321 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 (14, 17, 27) with the draw of 5 May 2016 — its closest relative in 321 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2016): 31 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 65th 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

29 had not appeared for 10 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 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 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
79≈ 63 by chance
$149
  • Match 32,346≈ 2.3k by chance$10.00
  • Match 226,611≈ 27k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈291k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,346 winners, 3% more than the 2.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$341,000
    Match 479$149
    Match 32,346$10.00
    Match 226,611$0.00