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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 18 August 2016

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 19
  3. 30
  4. 37
  5. 41

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/43 · since Apr 2010draw 2,318 of 6,034 under them

← 2016-08-17All recent draws2016-08-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 19 30 37 4129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd89th
  • low32th
  • widest gap25th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 269 of each

17285times
19283times
30275times
37269times
41

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289times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,317 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (17, 37, 41) with the draw of 24 July 2016 — its closest relative in 2,317 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 89th 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

30 had not appeared for 12 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

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