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Fantasy 5 · draw

Monday, 18 May 2026

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 7
  4. 29
  5. 41

Jackpot$271,000

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 3,868 of 4,017 under them

← 2026-05-17All recent draws2026-05-19 →

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 feed2 3 7 29 4129 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd90th
  • low66th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread95th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 460 of each

2477times
3447times
7454times
29493times
41

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 222kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$26.7Kto 22k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$8.4K
  • Match 368%$18.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.26 by chance$182,000
  2. Match 4

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477times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,867 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, 7, 29, 41) with the draw of 15 January 2018 — its closest relative in 3,867 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 57% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2026): 29, 41 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 18 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
37≈ 48 by chance
$228
  • Match 31,660≈ 1.7k by chance$11.00
  • Match 220,250≈ 20k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈222k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,660 winners, 4% fewer 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 50$182,000
    Match 437$228
    Match 31,660$11.00
    Match 220,250$0.00
    Totals21,947—