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Fantasy 5 · draw

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 22
  2. 23
  3. 28
  4. 38
  5. 42

Jackpot$931,000

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 2,050 of 4,017 under them

← 2021-05-25All recent draws2021-05-27 →

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 feed22 23 28 38 4229 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd10th
  • low1th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 244 of each

22247times
23245times
28235times
38247times
42

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-26

  • Lines in play≈ 598kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$78.8Kto 59k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.70

Where the money went

  • Match 433%$25.7K
  • Match 367%$53.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.70 by chance$931,000
  2. Match 4

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230times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,049 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 (22, 23, 38) with the draw of 16 December 2020 — its closest relative in 2,049 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 May 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

153

The numbers add up to 153 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 31 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
120≈ 130 by chance
$214
  • Match 34,425≈ 4.7k by chance$12.00
  • Match 254,633≈ 55k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈598k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,425 winners, 6% fewer than the 4.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$931,000
    Match 4120$214
    Match 34,425$12.00
    Match 254,633$0.00
    Totals59,178—