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Hit 5 · draw

Saturday, 20 January 2024

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 29

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 1,232 of 2,234 under them

← 2024-01-19All recent draws2024-01-21 →

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 feed16 17 21 22 2929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2024 — 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 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 147 of each

16146times
17142times
21161times
22144times
29

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 93kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$11.9Kto 9.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 415%$1.8K
  • Match 385%$10.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.11 by chance$195,000
  2. Match 4

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173times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,231 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, 17, 29) with the draw of 7 November 2023 — its closest relative in 1,231 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2024): 22 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 21–22. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 8 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more 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 →
12≈ 20 by chance
$150
  • Match 3671≈ 727 by chance$15.00
  • Match 28,481≈ 8.5k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈93k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 671 winners, 8% fewer than the 727 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$195,000
    Match 412$150
    Match 3671$15.00
    Match 28,481$0.00
    Totals9,164—