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Fantasy 5 · draw

Friday, 5 January 2018

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 6
  4. 20
  5. 31

Jackpot$110,000

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 2,815 of 6,435 under them

← 2018-01-04All recent draws2018-01-06 →

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 feed2 3 6 20 3129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 361 of each

2364times
3327times
6357times
20366times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 156kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$145.5Kto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 576%$110.0K
  • Match 311%$15.8K
  • Match 211%$16.2K
  • 1 other tier2.4%$3.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.27 by chance

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369times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,814 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 (2, 3, 6, 20) with the draw of 26 December 2012 — its closest relative in 2,814 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 57% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

62

The numbers add up to 62 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 16 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 2.1× 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 →
$110,000
  • Match 435≈ 46 by chance$100
  • Match 31,579≈ 1.5k by chance$10.00
  • Match 216,226≈ 16k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈156k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,579 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 51$110,000
    Match 435$100
    Match 31,579$10.00
    Match 216,226$1.00
    Totals17,841—