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Match 5 · draw

Friday, 26 January 2024

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 18
  4. 24
  5. 29

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 509 of 1,498 under them

← 2024-01-25All recent draws2024-01-27 →

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 feed3 6 18 24 2929 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 73 of each

357times
665times
1882times
2464times
29

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-26

  • Lines in play≈ 37kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$64.5Kto 5.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 587%$56.0K
  • Match 45.6%$3.6K
  • Match 37.5%$4.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.11 by chance$56,000
  2. Match 4

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72times

Every number was expected about that many times after 508 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 (6, 24, 29) with the draw of 26 October 2023 — its closest relative in 508 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 January 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

80

The numbers add up to 80 — the 32th 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

3 had not appeared for 7 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 1.8× 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 →
18≈ 17 by chance
$200
  • Match 3485≈ 499 by chance$10.00
  • Match 24,661≈ 4.7k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈37k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 4,661 winners, 0% more than the 4.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$56,000
    Match 418$200
    Match 3485$10.00
    Match 24,661$0.00
    Totals5,165—