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Fantasy 5 · draw

Saturday, 29 October 2016

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 41
  5. 42

Jackpot$1,020,925

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 392 of 4,015 under them

← 2016-10-28All recent draws2016-10-30 →

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 18 20 41 4229 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd34th
  • low66th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread30th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 47 of each

1746times
1852times
2053times
4153times
42

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-29

  • Lines in play≈ 574kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.1Mto 57k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.67

Where the money went

  • Match 593%$1.0M
  • Match 42.3%$25.3K
  • Match 34.9%$54.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.67 by chance$1,020,925
  2. Match 4

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48times

Every number was expected about that many times after 391 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 (18, 41, 42) with the draw of 3 May 2016 — its closest relative in 391 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 October 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 41–42. 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 →
109≈ 125 by chance
$232
  • Match 34,163≈ 4.5k by chance$13.00
  • Match 252,419≈ 52k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈574k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,163 winners, 7% fewer than the 4.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$1,020,925
    Match 4109$232
    Match 34,163$13.00
    Match 252,419$0.00