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Hit 5 · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 21
  3. 28
  4. 32
  5. 37

Jackpot$200,000

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 963 of 1,676 under them

← 2016-02-22All recent draws2016-02-27 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed12 21 28 32 3729 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 962 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 24 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 123 of each

12125times
21122times
28131times
32113times
37

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 129kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$30.3Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 415%$4.4K
  • Match 341%$12.5K
  • Match 244%$13.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.22 by chance$200,000
  2. Match 4

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142times

Every number was expected about that many times after 962 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 (12, 21, 28, 37) with the draw of 20 January 2014 — its closest relative in 962 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 February 2016): 12 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 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 →
44≈ 38 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,246≈ 1.3k by chance$10.00
  • Match 213,421≈ 13k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈129k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,246 winners, 1% fewer than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$200,000
    Match 444$100
    Match 31,246$10.00
    Match 213,421$1.00
    Totals14,711—