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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 17 August 2026

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 27

Jackpot$626,500

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

Rules5/45 · since Jun 2017draw 3,345 of 3,415 under them

← 2026-08-16All recent draws2026-08-18 →

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 feed2 9 18 20 2727 Oct 2026, 07:21 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd32th
  • low89th
  • widest gap11th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 372 of each

2347times
9400times
18375times
20368times
27

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 91kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$10.8Kto 8.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 418%$2K
  • Match 382%$8.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.07 by chance$626,500
  2. Match 4

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369times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,344 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, 9, 18, 27) with the draw of 29 March 2023 — its closest relative in 3,344 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 42% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2026): 18 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

76

The numbers add up to 76 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 9 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 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
10≈ 15 by chance
$200
  • Match 3588≈ 582 by chance$15.00
  • Match 27,374≈ 7.4k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈91k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 588 winners, 1% more than the 582 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$626,500
    Match 410$200
    Match 3588$15.00
    Match 27,374$0.00
    Totals7,972—