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Fantasy 5 · draw

Thursday, 16 May 2024

ResultFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 35
  4. 36
  5. 37

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 5,138 of 6,437 under them

← 2024-05-15All recent draws2024-05-17 →

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 feed4 16 35 36 3729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread81th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 659 of each

4685times
16673times
35653times
36637times
37

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 122kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$194.1Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 586%$167.5K
  • Match 35.9%$11.4K
  • Match 26.5%$12.7K
  • 1 other tier1.3%$2.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.21 by chance

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660times

Every number was expected about that many times after 5,137 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, 35, 36, 37) with the draw of 6 January 2020 — its closest relative in 5,137 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 78% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2024): 37 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36, 36–37. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 22 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 0.6× 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 →
$167,477
  • Match 425≈ 36 by chance$100
  • Match 31,143≈ 1.2k by chance$10.00
  • Match 212,678≈ 13k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈122k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,143 winners, 4% fewer than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$167,477
    Match 425$100
    Match 31,143$10.00
    Match 212,678$1.00
    Totals13,847—