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Match 5 · draw

Saturday, 28 January 2023

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 26
  5. 32

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 274 of 1,498 under them

← 2023-01-26All recent draws2023-01-31 →

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 feed2 17 18 26 3229 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap78th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread83th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

230times
1737times
1842times
2635times
32

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-28

  • Lines in play≈ 152kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$30.9Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.47

Where the money went

  • Match 433%$10.2K
  • Match 367%$20.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.47 by chance$598,000
  2. Match 4

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34times

Every number was expected about that many times after 273 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 (2, 17, 26) with the draw of 8 December 2022 — its closest relative in 273 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 January 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 22 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 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 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
51≈ 70 by chance
$200
  • Match 32,065≈ 2.0k by chance$10.00
  • Match 218,979≈ 19k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈152k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,065 winners, 2% more than the 2.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$598,000
    Match 451$200
    Match 32,065$10.00
    Match 218,979$0.00
    Totals21,095—