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Match 5 · draw

Saturday, 4 January 2025

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 20
  3. 25
  4. 28
  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 853 of 1,503 under them

← 2025-01-03All recent draws2025-01-05 →

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 feed8 20 25 28 3229 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd9th
  • low9th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread46th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 122 of each

8131times
20104times
25124times
28131times
32

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 33kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$7.4Kto 4.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 443%$3.2K
  • Match 357%$4.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.10 by chance$56,000
  2. Match 416≈ 15 by chance

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117times

Every number was expected about that many times after 852 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 (8, 20, 25) with the draw of 21 December 2024 — its closest relative in 852 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2025): 25 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 85th 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

20 had not appeared for 14 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 0.8× 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 →
$200
  • Match 3421≈ 436 by chance$10.00
  • Match 24,068≈ 4.1k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈33k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 4,068 winners, 0% more than the 4.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$56,000
    Match 416$200
    Match 3421$10.00
    Match 24,068$0.00
    Totals4,505—