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Fantasy 5 · draw · evening

Saturday, 20 August 2022

eveningFantasy 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 20
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 29

Jackpot$202,608

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

Rules5/36 · since Jan 2012draw 3,202 of 5,424 under them

← 2022-08-19All recent draws2022-08-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:42 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 20 23 28 2929 Aug 2026, 09:29 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 445 of each

4410times
20450times
23436times
28437times
29

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 722kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$324.7Kto 95k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 55 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • Match 562%$202.6K
  • Match 410%$32.6K
  • Match 328%$89.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 55≈ 1.9 by chance$40,522
  2. Match 4

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484times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,201 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 (20, 23, 29) with the draw of 8 August 2022 — its closest relative in 3,201 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2022): 29 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 28 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
244≈ 297 by chance
$134
  • Match 38,526≈ 8.9k by chance$10.50
  • Match 286,039≈ 86k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈722k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,526 winners, 4% fewer than the 8.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 55$40,522
    Match 4244$134
    Match 38,526$10.50
    Match 286,039$0.00
    Totals94,814—