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Hit 5 · draw

Monday, 26 February 2018

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 19
  2. 28
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 37

Jackpot$190,000

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 1,277 of 1,676 under them

← 2018-02-24All recent draws2018-02-28 →

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 feed19 28 30 31 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 1,276 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 26 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 164 of each

19139times
28181times
30157times
31161times
37

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-26

  • Lines in play≈ 120kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$26.7Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$3.3K
  • Match 341%$11K
  • Match 246%$12.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.21 by chance$190,000
  2. Match 4

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187times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,276 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 (28, 30, 31) with the draw of 15 January 2018 — its closest relative in 1,276 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 February 2018): 30 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 6 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 →
33≈ 35 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,102≈ 1.2k by chance$10.00
  • Match 212,427≈ 12k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈120k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,102 winners, 5% fewer than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$190,000
    Match 433$100
    Match 31,102$10.00
    Match 212,427$1.00
    Totals13,562—