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Montana Cash · draw

Saturday, 28 July 2018

ResultMontana Cash

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 17
  3. 36
  4. 37
  5. 40

Jackpot$330,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 · since May 2014draw 440 of 1,299 under them

← 2018-07-25All recent draws2018-08-01 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed16 17 36 37 4029 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 July 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread20th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 49 of each

1646times
1742times
3644times
3757times
40

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48times

Every number was expected about that many times after 439 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 2 of 5 numbers (16, 37) with the draw of 18 July 2018 — its closest relative in 439 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 July 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 36–37. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 25 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 8% of the jackpot.

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

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