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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 25 August 2016

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 20
  5. 24

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 2,429 of 6,136 under them

← 2016-08-24All recent draws2016-08-26 →

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 feed6 14 15 20 2429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd9th
  • low64th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 347 of each

6358times
14372times
15366times
20306times
24

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-25

  • Lines in play≈ 58kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$23.4Kto 3.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 435%$8.1K
  • Match 333%$7.8K
  • Match 1 with Kicker16%$3.8K
  • 2 other tiers16%$3.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.18 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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328times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,428 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 (14, 15, 20, 24) with the draw of 10 August 2014 — its closest relative in 2,428 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2016): 20 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

79

The numbers add up to 79 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 18 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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 →
27≈ 27 by chance
$300
  • Match 3780≈ 780 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker26$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker409$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker1,887$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈58k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 780 winners, 0% more than the 780 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$100,000
    Match 427$300
    Match 3780$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker26$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker409$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker1,887$2.00
    Totals3,129—