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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 16 March 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 11
  4. 18
  5. 26

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 4,704 of 6,021 under them

← 2023-03-15All recent draws2023-03-17 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed8 9 11 18 2629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap24th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 735 of each

8715times
9715times
11736times
18725times
26

Prize breakdown · 2023-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 41kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$18.1Kto 6.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 6lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$5.4K
  • Match 337%$6.7K
  • Match 233%$6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.20 by chance$20,000
  2. Match 4

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753times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,703 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 (8, 9, 11, 18) with the draw of 6 September 2015 — its closest relative in 4,703 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 March 2023): 26 carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

72

The numbers add up to 72 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 83. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 51% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 23 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 1.9× 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 →
27≈ 28 by chance
$200
  • Match 3669≈ 718 by chance$10.00
  • Match 25,986≈ 6.0k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈41k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 669 winners, 7% fewer than the 718 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 427$200
    Match 3669$10.00
    Match 25,986$1.00
    Totals6,682—