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Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 3 January 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 12
  3. 18
  4. 23
  5. 29

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

Rules5/32 · since Apr 2010draw 4,632 of 6,020 under them

← 2023-01-02All recent draws2023-01-04 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 12 18 23 2929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum55th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread74th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 724 of each

3732times
12718times
18715times
23735times
29

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 39kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$59.8Kto 6.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 6lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 567%$40K
  • Match 412%$7.2K
  • Match 312%$6.9K
  • 1 other tier10%$5.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.20 by chance$20,000
  2. Match 4

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686times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,631 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 4 of 5 numbers (3, 12, 18, 23) with the draw of 1 June 2016 — its closest relative in 4,631 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

85

The numbers add up to 85 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 83. No two numbers side by side. 51% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
36≈ 26 by chance
$200
  • Match 3690≈ 686 by chance$10.00
  • Match 25,718≈ 5.7k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈39k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 690 winners, 1% more than the 686 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 52$20,000
    Match 436$200
    Match 3690$10.00
    Match 25,718$1.00
    Totals6,446—