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Fantasy 5 · draw

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 29

Jackpot$1,300,000

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 951 of 4,015 under them

← 2018-05-22All recent draws2018-05-24 →

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 feed2 16 18 21 2929 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 113 of each

2124times
1693times
18122times
21121times
29

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-23

  • Lines in play≈ 770kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.5Mto 77k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.91

Where the money went

  • Match 589%$1.4M
  • Match 34.3%$65.7K
  • Match 24.6%$70.4K
  • 1 other tier2.1%$31.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.91 by chance

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123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 950 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 (18, 21, 29) with the draw of 31 March 2018 — its closest relative in 950 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 May 2018): 16, 18 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 20th 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

2 had not appeared for 9 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 1.6× 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 →
$1,361,859
  • Match 4166≈ 168 by chance$189
  • Match 35,976≈ 6.0k by chance$11.00
  • Match 270,362≈ 70k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈770k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,976 winners, 1% fewer than the 6.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$1,361,859
    Match 4166$189
    Match 35,976$11.00
    Match 270,362$1.00