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Fantasy 5 · draw

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 19
  5. 20

Jackpot$189,000

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 944 of 4,015 under them

← 2018-05-15All recent draws2018-05-17 →

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 feed6 12 13 19 2029 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

17oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 17 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd34th
  • low99th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

6102times
12117times
13107times
19120times
20

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 231kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.8Kto 23k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 418%$8.4K
  • Match 337%$17.3K
  • Match 245%$21.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.27 by chance$189,000
  2. Match 4

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130times

Every number was expected about that many times after 943 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 (12, 19, 20) with the draw of 2 December 2017 — its closest relative in 943 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13, 19–20. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 15 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 →
57≈ 50 by chance
$148
  • Match 31,917≈ 1.8k by chance$9.00
  • Match 221,140≈ 21k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈231k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,917 winners, 6% more than the 1.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$189,000
    Match 457$148
    Match 31,917$9.00
    Match 221,140$1.00