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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 22
  3. 29
  4. 33
  5. 41

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017draw 980 of 1,156 under them

← 2016-12-20All recent draws2016-12-22 →

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 feed21 22 29 33 4129 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 979 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 21 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum95th
  • odd89th
  • low9th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread14th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 119 of each

21106times
22123times
29136times
33122times
41

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123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 979 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 4 of 5 numbers (21, 29, 33, 41) with the draw of 20 September 2016 — its closest relative in 979 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 21% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2016): 33 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 6 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

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