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Fantasy 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 23
  5. 24

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

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,467 of 6,435 under them

← 2017-01-17All recent draws2017-01-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:48 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 15 16 23 2429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 316 of each

8320times
15341times
16319times
23319times
24

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 150kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.8Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$10.0K
  • Match 337%$15.2K
  • Match 238%$15.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners110100Prize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.26 by chanceno winners
  2. Match 4100

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329times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,466 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 (15, 16, 23, 24) with the draw of 8 December 2016 — its closest relative in 2,466 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2017): 16 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 28th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 23–24. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 11 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 1.5× 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 →
≈ 44 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,522≈ 1.5k by chance$10.00
  • Match 215,561≈ 16k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈150k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,522 winners, 4% more than the 1.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$0.00
    Match 4100$100
    Match 31,522$10.00
    Match 215,561$1.00
    Totals17,183—