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Hit 5 · draw

Saturday, 23 January 2016

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 20
  3. 31
  4. 32
  5. 34

Jackpot$140,000

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 949 of 1,676 under them

← 2016-01-20All recent draws2016-01-25 →

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 feed17 20 31 32 3429 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 948 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 23 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 122 of each

17122times
20119times
31118times
32111times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-23

  • Lines in play≈ 143kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$32.3Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 414%$4.6K
  • Match 340%$12.9K
  • Match 246%$14.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.25 by chance$140,000
  2. Match 4

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133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 948 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 4 of 5 numbers (17, 31, 32, 34) with the draw of 1 February 2012 — its closest relative in 948 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2016): 20 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 11 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
46≈ 42 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,289≈ 1.4k by chance$10.00
  • Match 214,811≈ 15k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈143k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,289 winners, 7% fewer than the 1.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$140,000
    Match 446$100
    Match 31,289$10.00
    Match 214,811$1.00
    Totals16,146—