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Hit 5 · draw

Friday, 8 December 2023

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 22
  5. 42

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 1,189 of 2,233 under them

← 2023-12-07All recent draws2023-12-09 →

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 feed2 18 19 22 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum43th
  • odd10th
  • low66th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread98th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 141 of each

2149times
18140times
19141times
22138times
42

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-08

  • Lines in play≈ 129kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$353Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 595%$335K
  • Match 40.8%$2.7K
  • Match 34.3%$15.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.15 by chance$335,000
  2. Match 4

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125times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,188 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 (2, 18, 19, 42) with the draw of 3 May 2022 — its closest relative in 1,188 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 23% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 December 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 10 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 →
18≈ 28 by chance
$150
  • Match 31,021≈ 1.0k by chance$15.00
  • Match 211,801≈ 12k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈129k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,021 winners, 1% more than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$335,000
    Match 418$150
    Match 31,021$15.00
    Match 211,801$0.00
    Totals12,841—