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Hit 5 · draw

Saturday, 18 December 2021

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 21
  5. 41

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

Rules5/42 · since Sep 2020draw 469 of 2,232 under them

← 2021-12-17All recent draws2021-12-19 →

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 feed4 12 17 21 4129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd66th
  • low90th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread88th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 56 of each

461times
1251times
1751times
2166times
41

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 68kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$11.1Kto 6.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$3.3K
  • Match 370%$7.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.08 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 422≈ 15 by chance

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67times

Every number was expected about that many times after 468 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 (12, 21, 41) with the draw of 17 October 2021 — its closest relative in 468 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 December 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 27 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
$150
  • Match 3522≈ 536 by chance$15.00
  • Match 26,255≈ 6.3k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈68k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 522 winners, 3% fewer than the 536 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 422$150
    Match 3522$15.00
    Match 26,255$0.00
    Totals6,799—