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Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 23
  4. 25
  5. 33

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 2,997 of 6,136 under them

← 2018-03-19All recent draws2018-03-21 →

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 16 23 25 3329 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 66% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd89th
  • low31th
  • widest gap45th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 428 of each

5447times
16438times
23430times
25389times
33

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-20

  • Lines in play≈ 77kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$242.8Kto 4.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 582%$200K
  • Match 45.4%$13.2K
  • Match 34.3%$10.3K
  • 4 other tiers7.9%$19.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.24 by chance$100,000

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422times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,996 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 (16, 23, 25, 33) with the draw of 13 October 2017 — its closest relative in 2,996 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 March 2018): 25, 33 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. No two numbers side by side. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 11 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less 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 →
Match 4
44≈ 36 by chance
$300
  • Match 31,034≈ 1.0k by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker2$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker40$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker570$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,577$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈77k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,034 winners, 0% more than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 52$100,000
    Match 444$300
    Match 31,034$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker2$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker40$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker570$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,577$2.00
    Totals4,269—