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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 18 May 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 19
  3. 20
  4. 31
  5. 42

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 1,657 of 3,336 under them

← 2023-05-17All recent draws2023-05-19 →

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 feed18 19 20 31 4229 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2023 — 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 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap25th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 193 of each

18182times
19196times
20204times
31206times
42

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 116kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$19Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 426%$5K
  • Match 320%$3.9K
  • Match 253%$10.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.12 by chance$166,000
  2. Match 4

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167times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,656 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 4 of 5 numbers (19, 20, 31, 42) with the draw of 2 February 2023 — its closest relative in 1,656 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2023): 19, 42 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19, 19–20. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 6 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 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
20≈ 23 by chance
$250
  • Match 3770≈ 844 by chance$5.00
  • Match 210,128≈ 10k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈116k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 770 winners, 9% fewer than the 844 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$166,000
    Match 420$250
    Match 3770$5.00
    Match 210,128$1.00
    Totals10,918—