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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 18 August 2022

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 17

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 4,505 of 6,036 under them

← 2022-08-17All recent draws2022-08-19 →

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 feed2 4 10 11 1729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

21oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 21 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd32th
  • low99th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 524 of each

2525times
4530times
10522times
11510times
17

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 193kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$66.5Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$14.8K
  • Match 327%$17.8K
  • Match 251%$33.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.20 by chance$430,000
  2. Match 4

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528times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,504 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 (10, 11, 17) with the draw of 4 August 2021 — its closest relative in 4,504 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2022): 4 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

44

The numbers add up to 44 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 27 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
74≈ 38 by chance
$200
  • Match 31,781≈ 1.4k by chance$10.00
  • Match 216,947≈ 17k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈193k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,781 winners, 26% more than the 1.4k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$430,000
    Match 474$200
    Match 31,781$10.00
    Match 216,947$2.00
    Totals18,802—