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Easy 5 · draw

Wednesday, 21 December 2022

ResultEasy 5

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 27

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

Rules5/37 · since Apr 2010draw 1,219 of 1,616 under them

← 2022-12-17All recent draws2022-12-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed16 17 22 23 2729 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 December 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 165 of each

16161times
17161times
22161times
23154times
27

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-21

  • Lines in play≈ 64kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$14.7Kto 8.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 418%$2.6K
  • Match 332%$4.7K
  • Match 250%$7.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.15 by chance$120,000
  2. Match 4

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191times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,218 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 (16, 22, 23, 27) with the draw of 4 December 2013 — its closest relative in 1,218 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 36% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 December 2022): 17 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 66th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 95. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 22–23. 46% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.4× 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 →
26≈ 24 by chance
$100
  • Match 3676≈ 734 by chance$7.00
  • Match 27,338≈ 7.3k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈64k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 676 winners, 8% fewer than the 734 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$120,000
    Match 426$100
    Match 3676$7.00
    Match 27,338$1.00
    Totals8,040—