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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 23 August 2012

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 19

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

Rules5/35 · since Jan 2010draw 966 of 6,135 under them

← 2012-08-22All recent draws2012-08-24 →

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 feed5 13 14 16 1929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd64th
  • low89th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread6th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 138 of each

5142times
13126times
14146times
16135times
19

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-23

  • Lines in play≈ 80kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$139.1Kto 4.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 20lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 572%$100K
  • Match 410%$14.1K
  • Match 37.7%$10.8K
  • 4 other tiers10%$14.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.25 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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136times

Every number was expected about that many times after 965 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 (5, 13, 16, 19) with the draw of 8 August 2012 — its closest relative in 965 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 36% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2012): 14, 16 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

67

The numbers add up to 67 — the 14th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
47≈ 37 by chance
$300
  • Match 31,076≈ 1.1k by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker36$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker569$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,358$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈80k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,076 winners, 0% more than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$100,000
    Match 447$300
    Match 31,076$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker36$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker569$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,358$2.00
    Totals4,088—