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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 19 August 2015

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 12
  5. 16

Jackpot$196,200

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 2,057 of 6,136 under them

← 2015-08-18All recent draws2015-08-20 →

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 8 9 12 1629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 August 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd31th
  • low99th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 294 of each

5310times
8284times
9299times
12273times
16

Prize breakdown · 2015-08-19

  • Lines in play≈ 95kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$234.7Kto 4.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.29

Where the money went

  • Match 584%$196.2K
  • Match 44.8%$11.2K
  • Match 35.4%$12.7K
  • 4 other tiers6.2%$14.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.29 by chance$98,100

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282times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,056 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, 8, 9, 16) with the draw of 21 September 2012 — its closest relative in 2,056 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 August 2015): 12 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

50

The numbers add up to 50 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 31 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 2.4× 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 →
Match 4
38≈ 44 by chance
$294
  • Match 31,273≈ 1.3k by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker49$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker577$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,075$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈95k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,273 winners, 0% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 52$98,100
    Match 438$294
    Match 31,273$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker49$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker577$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,075$2.00
    Totals4,015—