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Fantasy 5 · draw

Saturday, 16 December 2017

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 33
  5. 37

Jackpot$342,000

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

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 2,795 of 6,435 under them

← 2017-12-15All recent draws2017-12-17 →

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 22 23 33 3729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 358 of each

8364times
22364times
23364times
33348times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 264kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$427.8Kto 30k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.46

Where the money went

  • Match 587%$370.0K
  • Match 35.5%$23.6K
  • Match 26.4%$27.5K
  • 1 other tier1.5%$6.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.46 by chance

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383times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,794 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 (8, 23, 33, 37) with the draw of 16 January 2016 — its closest relative in 2,794 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2017): 33 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 15 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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 →
$370,036
  • Match 466≈ 78 by chance$100
  • Match 32,364≈ 2.6k by chance$10.00
  • Match 227,475≈ 27k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈264k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,364 winners, 8% 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 51$370,036
    Match 466$100
    Match 32,364$10.00
    Match 227,475$1.00
    Totals29,906—