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Hit 5 · draw

Saturday, 17 October 2026

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 18
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 38

Jackpot$315,000

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 2,233 of 2,233 under them

← 2026-10-16All recent drawsLatest on record

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 18 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 18 26 29 3818 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd10th
  • low34th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread34th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 266 of each

12255times
18279times
26236times
29292times
38

Prize breakdown · 2026-10-17

  • Lines in play≈ 123kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$18.1Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$3.9K
  • Match 378%$14.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.15 by chance$315,000
  2. Match 4

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277times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,232 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, 18, 26) with the draw of 28 January 2026 — its closest relative in 2,232 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 October 2026): 29 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 71th 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

12 had not appeared for 52 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 →
26≈ 27 by chance
$150
  • Match 3949≈ 966 by chance$15.00
  • Match 211,268≈ 11k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈123k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 949 winners, 2% fewer than the 966 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$315,000
    Match 426$150
    Match 3949$15.00
    Match 211,268$0.00