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Cash 5 · draw

Friday, 20 January 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 16
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 31

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 4,660 of 6,036 under them

← 2023-01-19All recent draws2023-01-21 →

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 feed11 16 26 29 3129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread12th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 542 of each

11527times
16534times
26549times
29550times
31

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 136kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$39.4Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 414%$5.6K
  • Match 325%$10K
  • Match 260%$23.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.14 by chance$350,000
  2. Match 4

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529times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,659 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 (11, 16, 26, 29) with the draw of 20 January 2019 — its closest relative in 4,659 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 60% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2023): 16 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. No two numbers side by side. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 23 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
28≈ 27 by chance
$200
  • Match 31,003≈ 990 by chance$10.00
  • Match 211,882≈ 12k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈136k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,003 winners, 1% more than the 990 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$350,000
    Match 428$200
    Match 31,003$10.00
    Match 211,882$2.00
    Totals12,913—