fantasy 5 is drawn every day during a live broadcast at 11:15p.m. et. a single ball machine is used with balls numbered from 1 through 36. (before july 16, 2001, the matrix was 1 through 26, and before 1993, it was 1 through 39). five balls are drawn from the machine. anyone who matches all five numbers in any order wins or shares a top prize pool of around $200,000. originally, if no one matched all five, the pool rolled down to the 4-out-of-5 winners.