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Cash 5 · draw

Sunday, 18 December 2016

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 40

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017draw 977 of 1,156 under them

← 2016-12-17All recent draws2016-12-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:45 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 16 22 27 4029 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Cash 5 was a 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 976 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd9th
  • low32th
  • widest gap46th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread46th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 119 of each

12107times
16124times
22122times
27134times
40

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115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 976 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (12, 22, 27) with the draw of 17 December 2016 — its closest relative in 976 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 December 2016): 12, 22, 27 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. No two numbers side by side. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 8 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

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