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Jersey Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

ResultJersey Cash 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 21
  3. 28
  4. 30
  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

Rules5/45 · since Jun 2020draw 931 of 2,294 under them

← 2023-01-17All recent draws2023-01-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed17 21 28 30 4229 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum79th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 103 of each

17107times
21108times
28119times
30105times
42

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 41kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$50.7Kto 4.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 440%$20.3K
  • Match 347%$23.7K
  • Match 2 + XTRA13%$6.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$123,000
  2. Match 4

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95times

Every number was expected about that many times after 930 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 (17, 21, 30, 42) with the draw of 30 January 2021 — its closest relative in 930 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 14% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
34≈ 6.7 by chance
$598
  • Match 31,480≈ 262 by chance$16.00
  • Match 2 + XTRA3,320≈ 3.3k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈41k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + XTRA — 3,320 winners, 0% more than the 3.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$123,000
    Match 434$598
    Match 31,480$16.00
    Match 2 + XTRA3,320$2.00
    Totals4,834—