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Cash 5 · draw

Sunday, 16 January 2022

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 17
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 36

Jackpot$158,000

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

Rules5/43 · since Nov 2018draw 1,170 of 3,336 under them

← 2022-01-15All recent draws2022-01-17 →

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 26 27 3629 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread12th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 136 of each

16141times
17100times
26134times
27130times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-16

  • Lines in play≈ 79kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$12.9Kto 7.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$3.3K
  • Match 321%$2.8K
  • Match 253%$6.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.08 by chance$158,000
  2. Match 4

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149times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,169 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 (16, 17, 26) with the draw of 2 January 2022 — its closest relative in 1,169 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 66th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 26–27. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 7 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
13≈ 16 by chance
$250
  • Match 3553≈ 576 by chance$5.00
  • Match 26,912≈ 6.9k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈79k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 553 winners, 4% fewer than the 576 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$158,000
    Match 413$250
    Match 3553$5.00
    Match 26,912$1.00
    Totals7,478—