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Hit 5 · draw

Friday, 16 December 2022

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 31
  3. 37
  4. 38
  5. 39

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 832 of 2,232 under them

← 2022-12-15All recent draws2022-12-17 →

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 31 37 38 3929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum95th
  • odd66th
  • low10th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread79th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 99 of each

4111times
31105times
37100times
3889times
39

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 56kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$8.7Kto 5.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 421%$1.8K
  • Match 379%$6.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.07 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 412≈ 12 by chance

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84times

Every number was expected about that many times after 831 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 (31, 37, 38) with the draw of 30 October 2022 — its closest relative in 831 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 94th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38, 38–39. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 28 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$150
  • Match 3460≈ 437 by chance$15.00
  • Match 25,099≈ 5.1k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈56k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 5,099 winners, 0% more than the 5.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$100,000
    Match 412$150
    Match 3460$15.00
    Match 25,099$0.00
    Totals5,571—