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Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 26 January 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 21
  3. 25
  4. 42
  5. 43

Jackpot$250,000

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 · since Apr 2010draw 3,936 of 6,037 under them

← 2021-01-25All recent draws2021-01-27 →

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 21 25 42 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd89th
  • low32th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 458 of each

17473times
21456times
25467times
42458times
43

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-26

  • Lines in play≈ 177kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$291.7Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 586%$250K
  • Match 35.6%$16.3K
  • Match 25.3%$15.5K
  • 1 other tier3.4%$9.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.18 by chance

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465times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,935 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, 25, 42) with the draw of 5 September 2017 — its closest relative in 3,935 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 January 2021): 17 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 13 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 0.6× 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$250,000
  • Match 429≈ 35 by chance$342
  • Match 31,165≈ 1.3k by chance$14.00
  • Match 215,492≈ 15k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈177k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,165 winners, 10% fewer than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$250,000
    Match 429$342
    Match 31,165$14.00
    Match 215,492$1.00
    Totals16,687—