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Fantasy 5 · draw

Thursday, 4 October 2018

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 34

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 1,085 of 4,015 under them

← 2018-10-03All recent draws2018-10-05 →

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 feed3 6 17 18 3429 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 October 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 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread58th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 129 of each

3139times
6115times
17129times
18132times
34

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-04

  • Lines in play≈ 211kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$208.5Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 588%$183.5K
  • Match 43.8%$8.0K
  • Match 38.2%$17.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.25 by chance$183,536
  2. Match 4

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120times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,084 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 (3, 6, 17) with the draw of 16 August 2018 — its closest relative in 1,084 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 October 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

78

The numbers add up to 78 — the 13th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 23 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 1.1× 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 →
50≈ 46 by chance
$159
  • Match 31,704≈ 1.7k by chance$10.00
  • Match 219,307≈ 19k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈211k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,704 winners, 3% more than the 1.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$183,536
    Match 450$159
    Match 31,704$10.00
    Match 219,307$0.00