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Fantasy 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 26
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 33

Jackpot$901,628

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 473 of 4,014 under them

← 2017-01-17All recent draws2017-01-19 →

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 feed21 26 29 30 3329 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd66th
  • low10th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 56 of each

2160times
2663times
2965times
3067times
33

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 564kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$977.1Kto 56k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.66

Where the money went

  • Match 592%$901.6K
  • Match 42.4%$23.9K
  • Match 35.3%$51.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.66 by chance$450,814
  2. Match 4

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52times

Every number was expected about that many times after 472 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, 29, 33) with the draw of 16 October 2016 — its closest relative in 472 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2017): 33 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 88th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 18 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
102≈ 123 by chance
$234
  • Match 34,301≈ 4.4k by chance$12.00
  • Match 251,551≈ 52k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈564k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,301 winners, 3% fewer than the 4.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 52$450,814
    Match 4102$234
    Match 34,301$12.00
    Match 251,551$0.00