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Fantasy 5 · draw

Saturday, 21 January 2023

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 41

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 2,655 of 4,017 under them

← 2023-01-20All recent draws2023-01-22 →

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 16 17 18 4129 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd66th
  • low90th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread92th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 316 of each

3316times
16291times
17337times
18302times
41

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 335kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.0Kto 33k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.39

Where the money went

  • Match 433%$13.4K
  • Match 367%$27.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.39 by chance$462,000
  2. Match 4

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328times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,654 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 4 of 5 numbers (3, 17, 18, 41) with the draw of 17 May 2020 — its closest relative in 2,654 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 44% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2023): 18 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 17–18. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 32 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 →
65≈ 73 by chance
$206
  • Match 32,508≈ 2.6k by chance$11.00
  • Match 230,629≈ 31k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈335k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,508 winners, 4% fewer than the 2.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$462,000
    Match 465$206
    Match 32,508$11.00
    Match 230,629$0.00
    Totals33,202—