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Match 5 · draw

Monday, 22 January 2024

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 14
  4. 17
  5. 18

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 505 of 1,498 under them

← 2024-01-21All recent draws2024-01-23 →

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 6 14 17 1829 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd31th
  • low99th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

568times
664times
1462times
1771times
18

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-22

  • Lines in play≈ 58kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$271.7Kto 8.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 595%$258.0K
  • Match 42.3%$6.2K
  • Match 32.8%$7.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.18 by chance$258,000
  2. Match 4

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81times

Every number was expected about that many times after 504 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 (5, 17, 18) with the draw of 27 September 2023 — its closest relative in 504 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 January 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

60

The numbers add up to 60 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6, 17–18. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 30 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 1.6× 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 →
31≈ 27 by chance
$200
  • Match 3751≈ 782 by chance$10.00
  • Match 27,294≈ 7.3k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈58k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 751 winners, 4% fewer than the 782 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$258,000
    Match 431$200
    Match 3751$10.00
    Match 27,294$0.00
    Totals8,077—