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Jersey Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 20 May 2017

ResultJersey Cash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 17
  4. 29
  5. 30

Jackpot$148,000

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 · Sep 2014 – Jun 2020draw 973 of 2,104 under them

← 2017-05-19All recent draws2017-05-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 8 17 29 3029 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Jersey Cash 5 was a 5/43 · Sep 2014 – Jun 2020 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 972 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 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum19th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread40th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 113 of each

2108times
8107times
17123times
29107times
30

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107times

Every number was expected about that many times after 972 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, 8, 17) with the draw of 15 October 2016 — its closest relative in 972 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 23 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 2.5× 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 →

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 45kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$86.4Kto 7.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 6lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 444%$38.4K
  • Match 346%$40K
  • Match 2 + XTRA9.2%$8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.05 by chance$148,000
  2. Match 4104≈ 9.0 by chance$369
  3. Match 33,335≈ 332 by chance$12.00
  4. Match 2 + XTRA3,985≈ 4.0k by chance$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈45k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + XTRA — 3,985 winners, 0% more than the 4.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 50$148,000
Match 4104$369
Match 33,335$12.00
Match 2 + XTRA3,985$2.00
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