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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 17 August 2022

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 17
  3. 27
  4. 28
  5. 43

Jackpot$630,000

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 1,383 of 3,336 under them

← 2022-08-16All recent draws2022-08-18 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed3 17 27 28 4329 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd89th
  • low32th
  • widest gap56th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread95th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 161 of each

3170times
17121times
27151times
28164times
43

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 319kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$55.9Kto 30k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.33

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$16K
  • Match 321%$12K
  • Match 250%$27.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.33 by chance$630,000
  2. Match 4

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139times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,382 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 (17, 27, 28) with the draw of 7 April 2022 — its closest relative in 1,382 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 61th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 31 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
64≈ 63 by chance
$250
  • Match 32,401≈ 2.3k by chance$5.00
  • Match 227,913≈ 28k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈319k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,401 winners, 3% more than the 2.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$630,000
    Match 464$250
    Match 32,401$5.00
    Match 227,913$1.00
    Totals30,378—