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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 18
  3. 25
  4. 31
  5. 37

Jackpot$100,000

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

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024draw 470 of 2,502 under them

← 2011-08-23All recent draws2011-08-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 18 25 31 3729 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Palmetto Cash 5 was a 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 469 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 August 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread41th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 62 of each

1261times
1869times
2567times
3172times
3754times

Every number was expected about that many times after 469 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 (18, 31, 37) with the draw of 16 March 2011 — its closest relative in 469 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 August 2011): nothing carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. No two numbers side by side. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 23 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less 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 →

Prize breakdown · 2011-08-24

  • Lines in play≈ 15kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$18.5Kto 4.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$4.5K
  • Match 318%$3.3K
  • Match 238%$7.1K
  • 3 other tiers20%$3.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 44≈ 4.8 by chance$300
  3. Match 3171≈ 155 by chance$5.00
  4. Match 21,602≈ 1.6k by chance$1.00
  5. Match 50$300,000
  6. Match 45$900
  7. Match 3217$15.00
  8. Match 22,354$3.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈15k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,602 winners, 0% more than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 50$100,000
Match 5 (with Power-Up)0$300,000
Match 44$300
Match 4 (with Power-Up)5$900
Match 3171$5.00
Match 3 (with Power-Up)217$15.00
Match 21,602$1.00
Match 2 (with Power-Up)2,354$3.00
Totals4,353—