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Hit 5 · draw

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 21
  5. 30

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 945 of 1,676 under them

← 2016-01-11All recent draws2016-01-16 →

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 18 20 21 3029 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 944 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 13 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

16127times
18123times
20117times
21120times
30

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-13

  • Lines in play≈ 131kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.1Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$3.5K
  • Match 341%$12K
  • Match 247%$13.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.23 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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122times

Every number was expected about that many times after 944 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, 21, 30) with the draw of 16 May 2015 — its closest relative in 944 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 January 2016): 16 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 57th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 17 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 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
35≈ 39 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,202≈ 1.3k by chance$10.00
  • Match 213,587≈ 14k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈131k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,202 winners, 6% fewer than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$100,000
    Match 435$100
    Match 31,202$10.00
    Match 213,587$1.00
    Totals14,824—