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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 24 December 2018

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 40
  5. 42

Jackpot$200,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/43 · since Apr 2010draw 3,172 of 6,036 under them

← 2018-12-23All recent draws2018-12-25 →

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 feed14 15 16 40 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd9th
  • low65th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread40th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 369 of each

14359times
15378times
16353times
40342times
42

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375times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,171 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 (14, 16, 42) with the draw of 7 July 2018 — its closest relative in 3,171 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 December 2018): 14 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15, 15–16. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 11 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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