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Jersey Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 22 May 2017

ResultJersey Cash 5

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 29
  3. 36
  4. 39
  5. 42

Jackpot$411,000

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 975 of 2,104 under them

← 2017-05-21All recent draws2017-05-23 →

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 feed20 29 36 39 4229 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 974 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 22 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread17th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 113 of each

20115times
29108times
36122times
39112times
42

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122times

Every number was expected about that many times after 974 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 (20, 29, 39) with the draw of 7 December 2016 — its closest relative in 974 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

166

The numbers add up to 166 — the 98th 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

42 had not appeared for 14 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-22

  • Lines in play≈ 48kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$127.1Kto 7.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 6lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 447%$60K
  • Match 346%$58.6K
  • Match 2 + XTRA6.7%$8.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.05 by chance$411,000
  2. Match 481≈ 9.5 by chance$741
  3. Match 33,258≈ 352 by chance$18.00
  4. Match 2 + XTRA4,229≈ 4.2k by chance$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈48k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + XTRA — 4,229 winners, 0% more than the 4.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 50$411,000
Match 481$741
Match 33,258$18.00
Match 2 + XTRA4,229$2.00
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