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Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 16
  4. 26
  5. 28

Jackpot$325,000

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 1,291 of 3,336 under them

← 2022-05-16All recent draws2022-05-18 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed2 4 16 26 2829 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd1th
  • low65th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 150 of each

2154times
4171times
16160times
26146times
28

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 209kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.7Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$12.5K
  • Match 320%$7.9K
  • Match 247%$18.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.22 by chance$325,000
  2. Match 4

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153times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,290 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 (2, 4, 16) with the draw of 9 May 2022 — its closest relative in 1,290 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2022): 26 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

76

The numbers add up to 76 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. No two numbers side by side. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 8 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
50≈ 41 by chance
$250
  • Match 31,581≈ 1.5k by chance$5.00
  • Match 218,302≈ 18k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈209k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,581 winners, 4% more than the 1.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$325,000
    Match 450$250
    Match 31,581$5.00
    Match 218,302$1.00
    Totals19,933—