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Fantasy 5 · draw

Thursday, 17 May 2018

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 19
  3. 21
  4. 28
  5. 34

Jackpot$275,000

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 945 of 4,015 under them

← 2018-05-16All recent draws2018-05-18 →

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 feed13 19 21 28 3429 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

13108times
19121times
21119times
2897times
34

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 261kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$56.3Kto 26k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 418%$10.4K
  • Match 339%$22.1K
  • Match 242%$23.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.31 by chance$275,000
  2. Match 4

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106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 944 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 (13, 19, 21, 34) with the draw of 21 November 2016 — its closest relative in 944 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 19% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2018): 13, 19 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 27 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 →
61≈ 57 by chance
$170
  • Match 32,013≈ 2.0k by chance$11.00
  • Match 223,808≈ 24k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈261k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,013 winners, 1% fewer than the 2.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$275,000
    Match 461$170
    Match 32,013$11.00
    Match 223,808$1.00