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Match 5 · draw

Tuesday, 3 January 2023

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 17
  4. 22
  5. 30

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

Rules5/35 · since Apr 2021draw 263 of 1,501 under them

← 2022-12-31All recent draws2023-01-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 7 17 22 3029 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 97% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

536times
742times
1732times
2244times
30

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 90kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$19.0Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.28

Where the money went

  • Match 438%$7.2K
  • Match 362%$11.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.28 by chance$197,000
  2. Match 4

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43times

Every number was expected about that many times after 262 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 (7, 22, 30) with the draw of 15 December 2022 — its closest relative in 262 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 33th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. No two numbers side by side. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 16 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 1.9× 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 →
36≈ 41 by chance
$200
  • Match 31,184≈ 1.2k by chance$10.00
  • Match 211,225≈ 11k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈90k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,184 winners, 2% 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 50$197,000
    Match 436$200
    Match 31,184$10.00
    Match 211,225$0.00
    Totals12,445—