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Hit 5 · draw

Monday, 16 July 2012

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 18
  4. 38
  5. 39

Jackpot$100,000

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

Rules5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020draw 398 of 1,676 under them

← 2012-07-14All recent draws2012-07-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 7 18 38 3929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Hit 5 was a 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 397 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 July 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread86th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

551times
760times
1847times
3843times
39

Prize breakdown · 2012-07-16

  • Lines in play≈ 85kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$19.8Kto 9.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$2.6K
  • Match 342%$8.4K
  • Match 245%$8.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.15 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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44times

Every number was expected about that many times after 397 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 (7, 18, 38) with the draw of 26 May 2012 — its closest relative in 397 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 July 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 8 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 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
26≈ 25 by chance
$100
  • Match 3837≈ 829 by chance$10.00
  • Match 28,846≈ 8.8k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈85k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 837 winners, 1% more than the 829 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$100,000
    Match 426$100
    Match 3837$10.00
    Match 28,846$1.00
    Totals9,709—