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Jersey Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 5 December 2017

ResultJersey Cash 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 22

Jackpot$253,000

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 1,171 of 2,104 under them

← 2017-12-04All recent draws2017-12-06 →

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 feed4 12 18 20 2229 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 1,170 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

20oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd1th
  • low99th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread8th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 136 of each

4146times
12150times
18145times
20133times
22124times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,170 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 (12, 18, 22) with the draw of 5 March 2017 — its closest relative in 1,170 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 December 2017): 22 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

20 had not appeared for 19 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 2.2× 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 · 2017-12-05

  • Lines in play≈ 59kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$364Kto 9.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 6lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 573%$267K
  • Match 411%$41.5K
  • Match 312%$45.2K
  • 1 other tier2.8%$10.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.06 by chance$133,487
  2. Match 4127≈ 12 by chance$327
  3. Match 34,113≈ 428 by chance$11.00
  4. Match 2 + XTRA5,139≈ 5.1k by chance$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈59k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + XTRA — 5,139 winners, 0% more than the 5.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 52$133,487
Match 4127$327
Match 34,113$11.00
Match 2 + XTRA5,139$2.00
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