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Hit 5 · draw

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 28

Jackpot$100,000

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

Rules5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020draw 126 of 1,676 under them

← 2010-10-18All recent draws2010-10-23 →

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 feed3 15 16 20 2829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Hit 5 was a 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 125 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 October 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 16 of each

317times
159times
1617times
2018times
28

Prize breakdown · 2010-10-20

  • Lines in play≈ 86kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$120.7Kto 9.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 583%$100K
  • Match 36.9%$8.3K
  • Match 27.4%$8.9K
  • 1 other tier2.9%$3.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.15 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

16times

Every number was expected about that many times after 125 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 (3, 16, 20) with the draw of 28 July 2010 — its closest relative in 125 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 October 2010): 16 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 11 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 2.0× 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 →
35≈ 25 by chance
$100
  • Match 3827≈ 836 by chance$10.00
  • Match 28,912≈ 8.9k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈86k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 827 winners, 1% fewer than the 836 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$100,000
    Match 435$100
    Match 3827$10.00
    Match 28,912$1.00
    Totals9,775—