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Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. 15
  5. 16

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 4,880 of 6,138 under them

← 2023-05-15All recent draws2023-05-17 →

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 feed2 10 12 15 1629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2023 — 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.

  • sum5th
  • odd9th
  • low99th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread6th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 697 of each

2683times
10701times
12686times
15727times
16

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 66kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$30.5Kto 3.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$9K
  • Match 329%$8.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker14%$4.4K
  • 3 other tiers27%$8.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.20 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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737times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,879 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 (2, 10, 12, 15) with the draw of 13 July 2020 — its closest relative in 4,879 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2023): 15 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

55

The numbers add up to 55 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 20 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 1.9× 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 →
30≈ 30 by chance
$300
  • Match 3883≈ 883 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker28$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker527$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker1,912$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈66k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 883 winners, 0% more than the 883 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 430$300
    Match 3883$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker28$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker527$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker1,912$2.00
    Totals3,381—