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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 31 December 2018

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 28

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 3,283 of 6,137 under them

← 2018-12-30All recent draws2019-01-01 →

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 feed3 7 22 27 2829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum45th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap78th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread52th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 469 of each

3477times
7474times
22504times
27473times
28

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 82kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.4Kto 4.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$8.4K
  • Match 335%$11K
  • Match 1 with Kicker17%$5.3K
  • 2 other tiers22%$6.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.25 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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489times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,282 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 (3, 7, 22, 27) with the draw of 23 April 2012 — its closest relative in 3,282 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 78% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 19 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 2.0× 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 →
28≈ 38 by chance
$300
  • Match 31,098≈ 1.1k by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker48$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker727$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,626$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈82k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,098 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 50$100,000
    Match 428$300
    Match 31,098$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker48$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker727$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,626$2.00
    Totals4,527—