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Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 19 May 2018

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 27
  3. 30
  4. 41
  5. 42

Jackpot$400,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/43 · since Apr 2010draw 2,953 of 6,035 under them

← 2018-05-18All recent draws2018-05-20 →

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 feed20 27 30 41 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap25th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread17th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 343 of each

20345times
27325times
30354times
41374times
42

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346times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,952 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 4 of 5 numbers (20, 27, 30, 41) with the draw of 12 July 2017 — its closest relative in 2,952 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 44% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 May 2018): 30 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 26 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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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