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Fantasy 5 · draw

Friday, 18 August 2017

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 18
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 37

Jackpot$134,602

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 677 of 4,014 under them

← 2017-08-17All recent draws2017-08-19 →

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 feed9 18 30 31 3729 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd66th
  • low34th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 80 of each

988times
1884times
3091times
3168times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 194kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.9Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 419%$8.0K
  • Match 340%$17.2K
  • Match 241%$17.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.23 by chance$125,000
  2. Match 4

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93times

Every number was expected about that many times after 676 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 4 of 5 numbers (18, 30, 31, 37) with the draw of 18 February 2016 — its closest relative in 676 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 14% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 37 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 1.0× 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 →
31≈ 42 by chance
$258
  • Match 31,565≈ 1.5k by chance$11.00
  • Match 217,696≈ 18k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈194k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,565 winners, 3% more than the 1.5k 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 431$258
    Match 31,565$11.00
    Match 217,696$1.00