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Cash Ball · draw

Saturday, 17 August 2024

ResultCash Ball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 8
  5. 18

The crowdHeld 54% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/35 + 1/25 · since Jan 2017draw 2,728 of 3,529 under them

← 2024-08-16All recent draws2024-08-18 →

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 feed1 3 4 8 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd48th
  • low97th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours83th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 312 of each

1296times
3285times
4317times
8301times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 22kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$14.3Kto 3.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 6lines took a prize
  • Match 4 + Cash Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 416%$2.3K
  • Match 340%$5.8K
  • Match 212%$1.7K
  • 4 other tiers32%$4.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 + Cash Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance$225,000

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Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

1897times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,727 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 4 numbers (1, 3, 8) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 January 2022 — its closest relative in 2,727 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2024): 1 carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

16

The numbers add up to 16 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 15 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 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 41≈ 0.40 by chance$2,250
  • Match 3 + Cash Ball5≈ 2.0 by chance$225
  • Match 2 + Cash Ball52≈ 45 by chance$25.00
  • Match 3115≈ 49 by chance$50.00
  • Match 1 + Cash Ball326≈ 287 by chance$5.00
  • Match 0 + Cash Ball502≈ 502 by chance$1.00
  • Match 21,717≈ 1.1k by chance$1.00
  • EZ Match712—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈22k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,717 winners, 54% more than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 4 + Cash Ball0$225,000
    Match 41$2,250
    Match 3 + Cash Ball5$225
    Match 3115$50.00
    Match 2 + Cash Ball52$25.00
    Match 21,717$1.00
    Match 1 + Cash Ball326$5.00
    Match 0 + Cash Ball502$1.00
    EZ Match712—
    Totals3,430—