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Cash 5 · draw

Sunday, 20 August 2017

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 7
  4. 17
  5. 40

Jackpot$50,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018draw 459 of 897 under them

← 2017-08-19All recent draws2017-08-21 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed3 4 7 17 4029 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Cash 5 was a 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 458 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 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd64th
  • low89th
  • widest gap95th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread92th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 56 of each

356times
465times
755times
1764times
40

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52times

Every number was expected about that many times after 458 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 (4, 17, 40) with the draw of 13 May 2017 — its closest relative in 458 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2017): 4, 40 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

71

The numbers add up to 71 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 8 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 1.5× 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.

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