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Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 20 May 2017

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 31
  3. 36
  4. 38
  5. 40

Jackpot$60,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017draw 1,127 of 1,156 under them

← 2017-05-19All recent draws2017-05-21 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed3 31 36 38 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 1,126 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 20 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread92th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 137 of each

3143times
31142times
36144times
38115times
40

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133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,126 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 3 of 5 numbers (3, 36, 40) with the draw of 16 June 2016 — its closest relative in 1,126 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 95th 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

31 had not appeared for 10 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

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