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Hit 5 · draw

Monday, 17 December 2018

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 25
  5. 39

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 1,403 of 1,676 under them

← 2018-12-15All recent draws2018-12-19 →

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 18 24 25 3929 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 1,402 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 17 December 2018 — 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 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

17177times
18178times
24162times
25168times
39

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 116kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$26.4Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 410%$2.7K
  • Match 344%$11.7K
  • Match 245%$12.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.20 by chance$190,000
  2. Match 4

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158times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,402 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 (18, 24, 25, 39) with the draw of 25 July 2011 — its closest relative in 1,402 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 24–25. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 17 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 →
27≈ 34 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,173≈ 1.1k by chance$10.00
  • Match 212,012≈ 12k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈116k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,173 winners, 4% more than the 1.1k 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 427$100
    Match 31,173$10.00
    Match 212,012$1.00
    Totals13,212—