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Fantasy 5 · draw

Saturday, 5 May 2018

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 20
  4. 21
  5. 25

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 933 of 4,015 under them

← 2018-05-04All recent draws2018-05-06 →

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 feed4 6 20 21 2529 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

497times
6101times
20127times
21118times
25

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-05

  • Lines in play≈ 209kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$165.2Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 576%$125.0K
  • Match 38.4%$14.0K
  • Match 212%$19.1K
  • 1 other tier4.3%$7.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.25 by chance$62,500

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118times

Every number was expected about that many times after 932 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 (4, 6, 25) with the draw of 23 October 2017 — its closest relative in 932 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 2018): 6, 20 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

76

The numbers add up to 76 — the 11th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 12 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 1.7× 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 →
  • Match 449≈ 45 by chance$146
  • Match 31,744≈ 1.6k by chance$8.00
  • Match 219,093≈ 19k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈209k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,744 winners, 7% more 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 52$62,500
    Match 449$146
    Match 31,744$8.00
    Match 219,093$1.00