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Fantasy 5 · draw

Monday, 31 December 2018

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 27
  5. 31

Jackpot$150,000

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 1,173 of 4,017 under them

← 2018-12-30All recent draws2019-01-01 →

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 8 9 27 3129 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd90th
  • low66th
  • widest gap78th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 140 of each

3150times
8147times
9148times
27144times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 232kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$24.9Kto 23k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$8.0K
  • Match 368%$16.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.27 by chance$150,000
  2. Match 4

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124times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,172 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, 27, 31) with the draw of 21 December 2018 — its closest relative in 1,172 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 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: 8–9. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 11 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
55≈ 51 by chance
$146
  • Match 31,879≈ 1.8k by chance$9.00
  • Match 221,221≈ 21k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈232k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,879 winners, 3% 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$150,000
    Match 455$146
    Match 31,879$9.00
    Match 221,221$0.00