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Match 5 · draw

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 12
  3. 19
  4. 26
  5. 27

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 535 of 1,509 under them

← 2024-02-20All recent draws2024-02-22 →

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 feed6 12 19 26 2729 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 February 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap11th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread30th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 76 of each

670times
1272times
1983times
2673times
27

Prize breakdown · 2024-02-21

  • Lines in play≈ 37kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$7.3Kto 5.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$1.8K
  • Match 375%$5.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.11 by chance$68,000
  2. Match 49≈ 17 by chance

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63times

Every number was expected about that many times after 534 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, 12, 19) with the draw of 5 December 2023 — its closest relative in 534 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 18 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 →
$200
  • Match 3548≈ 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 50$68,000
    Match 49$200
    Match 3548$10.00
    Match 24,661$0.00
    Totals5,218—