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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 22 December 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 41
  5. 42

Jackpot$430,000

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 4,266 of 6,037 under them

← 2021-12-21All recent draws2021-12-23 →

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 feed1 18 23 41 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread98th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 496 of each

1475times
18488times
23507times
41535times
42

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 143kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.8Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$4.2K
  • Match 324%$9.5K
  • Match 265%$25.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.15 by chance$430,000
  2. Match 4

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500times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,265 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 3 of 5 numbers (1, 23, 42) with the draw of 14 September 2021 — its closest relative in 4,265 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2021): 41 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 70th 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

1 had not appeared for 22 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
21≈ 28 by chance
$200
  • Match 3947≈ 1.0k by chance$10.00
  • Match 212,563≈ 13k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈143k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 947 winners, 10% fewer than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$430,000
    Match 421$200
    Match 3947$10.00
    Match 212,563$2.00
    Totals13,531—