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Hit 5 · draw

Monday, 18 July 2016

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 26
  5. 30

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 1,025 of 1,676 under them

← 2016-07-16All recent draws2016-07-20 →

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 feed13 16 20 26 3029 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 1,024 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 18 July 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 131 of each

13145times
16140times
20130times
26133times
30

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-18

  • Lines in play≈ 76kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$17.9Kto 8.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 416%$2.9K
  • Match 339%$7.0K
  • Match 244%$7.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.13 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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128times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,024 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 (13, 16, 20) with the draw of 2 April 2016 — its closest relative in 1,024 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 July 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 57th 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

16 had not appeared for 8 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 1.3× 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 →
29≈ 23 by chance
$100
  • Match 3701≈ 745 by chance$10.00
  • Match 27,944≈ 7.9k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈76k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 701 winners, 6% fewer than the 745 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 429$100
    Match 3701$10.00
    Match 27,944$1.00
    Totals8,674—