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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 27 August 2012

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 30
  3. 32
  4. 36
  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 839 of 2,502 under them

← 2012-08-26All recent draws2012-08-28 →

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 feed17 30 32 36 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 838 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 27 August 2012 — 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.

  • sum99th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap54th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each

17101times
30113times
32127times
36127times
37111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 838 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 (17, 30, 37) with the draw of 2 July 2012 — its closest relative in 838 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 August 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

152

The numbers add up to 152 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 9 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-27

  • Lines in play≈ 12kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$13.7Kto 3.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 431%$4.2K
  • Match 313%$1.8K
  • Match 229%$4K
  • 3 other tiers27%$3.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.02 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 46≈ 3.8 by chance$300
  3. Match 3118≈ 122 by chance$5.00
  4. Match 21,261≈ 1.3k by chance$1.00
  5. Match 50$200,000
  6. Match 47$600
  7. Match 3182$10.00
  8. Match 21,994$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈12k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,261 winners, 0% more 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 50$100,000
Match 5 (with Power-Up)0$200,000
Match 46$300
Match 4 (with Power-Up)7$600
Match 3118$5.00
Match 3 (with Power-Up)182$10.00
Match 21,261$1.00
Match 2 (with Power-Up)1,994$2.00
Totals3,568—