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Hit 5 · draw

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 28
  3. 29
  4. 34
  5. 37

Jackpot$725,000

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 11 of 2,242 under them

← 2020-09-15All recent draws2020-09-17 →

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 feed9 28 29 34 3729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 September 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd66th
  • low10th
  • widest gap82th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

92times
283times
293times
341time
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-09-16

  • Lines in play≈ 280kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$43.1Kto 28k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.33

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$10.7K
  • Match 375%$32.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.33 by chance$725,000
  2. Match 4

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0times

Every number was expected about that many times after 10 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 (9, 29, 34) with the draw of 10 September 2020 — its closest relative in 10 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 7.8% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 September 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 6 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
71≈ 61 by chance
$150
  • Match 32,165≈ 2.2k by chance$15.00
  • Match 225,547≈ 26k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈280k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,165 winners, 1% fewer than the 2.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$725,000
    Match 471$150
    Match 32,165$15.00
    Match 225,547$0.00
    Totals27,783—