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Hit 5 · draw

Thursday, 4 January 2024

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 16
  3. 21
  4. 31
  5. 33

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 1,216 of 2,233 under them

← 2024-01-03All recent draws2024-01-05 →

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 feed1 16 21 31 3329 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd90th
  • low66th
  • widest gap59th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 145 of each

1155times
16144times
21159times
31155times
33

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 76kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$10.6Kto 7.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.09

Where the money went

  • Match 418%$2K
  • Match 382%$8.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.09 by chance$165,000
  2. Match 4

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143times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,215 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 (16, 21, 33) with the draw of 23 November 2023 — its closest relative in 1,215 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 41th 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

31 had not appeared for 20 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 →
13≈ 16 by chance
$150
  • Match 3574≈ 594 by chance$15.00
  • Match 26,929≈ 6.9k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈76k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 574 winners, 3% fewer than the 594 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$165,000
    Match 413$150
    Match 3574$15.00
    Match 26,929$0.00
    Totals7,516—