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Hit 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 20
  3. 23
  4. 33
  5. 38

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 1,104 of 1,676 under them

← 2017-01-16All recent draws2017-01-21 →

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 feed4 20 23 33 3829 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 1,103 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 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread86th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 141 of each

4139times
20135times
23163times
33141times
38

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 81kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$118.3Kto 9.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 585%$100.0K
  • Match 36.6%$7.8K
  • Match 27.1%$8.4K
  • 1 other tier1.8%$2.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.14 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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147times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,103 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 (20, 33, 38) with the draw of 28 December 2015 — its closest relative in 1,103 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2017): 20, 23 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 76th 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

4 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 0.6× 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 →
21≈ 24 by chance
$100
  • Match 3784≈ 785 by chance$10.00
  • Match 28,375≈ 8.4k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈81k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 784 winners, 0% fewer than the 785 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$100,000
    Match 421$100
    Match 3784$10.00
    Match 28,375$1.00
    Totals9,181—