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Fantasy 5 · draw

Tuesday, 28 August 2018

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 14
  3. 17
  4. 24
  5. 40

Jackpot$1,500,000

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 1,048 of 4,015 under them

← 2018-08-27All recent draws2018-08-29 →

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 feed8 14 17 24 4029 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum43th
  • odd10th
  • low66th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 125 of each

8133times
14124times
17124times
24131times
40

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 817kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.7Mto 81k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.96

Where the money went

  • Match 590%$1.6M
  • Match 34.0%$69.5K
  • Match 24.3%$74.6K
  • 1 other tier1.9%$34.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.96 by chance

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114times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,047 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 (17, 24, 40) with the draw of 13 May 2018 — its closest relative in 1,047 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2018): 24 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 43th 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

14 had not appeared for 30 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 →
$784,100
  • Match 4177≈ 178 by chance$192
  • Match 36,320≈ 6.4k by chance$11.00
  • Match 274,613≈ 75k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈817k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,320 winners, 1% fewer than the 6.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 52$784,100
    Match 4177$192
    Match 36,320$11.00
    Match 274,613$1.00