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Easy 5 · draw

Saturday, 20 May 2023

ResultEasy 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 21
  5. 22

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 1,262 of 1,615 under them

← 2023-05-17All recent draws2023-05-24 →

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 feed5 16 20 21 2229 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap39th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 170 of each

5166times
16168times
20165times
21175times
22

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 72kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$16.3Kto 9.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$2.2K
  • Match 336%$6.0K
  • Match 250%$8.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.17 by chance$230,000
  2. Match 4

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169times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,261 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 (16, 21, 22) with the draw of 15 April 2023 — its closest relative in 1,261 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2023): 5, 20 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 95. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21, 21–22. 46% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 10 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 1.7× 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 →
22≈ 26 by chance
$100
  • Match 3850≈ 819 by chance$7.00
  • Match 28,194≈ 8.2k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈72k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 850 winners, 4% more than the 819 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$230,000
    Match 422$100
    Match 3850$7.00
    Match 28,194$1.00
    Totals9,066—