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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 15 October 2012

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 25
  4. 28
  5. 36

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 888 of 2,502 under them

← 2012-10-14All recent draws2012-10-16 →

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 feed2 14 25 28 3629 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 887 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 15 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd10th
  • low33th
  • widest gap45th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread90th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 117 of each

2109times
14102times
25115times
28120times
36132times

Every number was expected about that many times after 887 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 (2, 14, 25, 36) with the draw of 4 August 2011 — its closest relative in 887 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 October 2012): 14 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 62th 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

36 had not appeared for 10 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 · 2012-10-15

  • Lines in play≈ 13kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$21.5Kto 3.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 433%$7.2K
  • Match 317%$3.7K
  • Match 239%$8.4K
  • 3 other tiers10%$2.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 41≈ 4.2 by chance$300
  3. Match 3107≈ 134 by chance$5.00
  4. Match 21,388≈ 1.4k by chance$1.00
  5. Match 50$400,000
  6. Match 46$1,200
  7. Match 3184$20.00
  8. Match 22,110$4.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈13k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,388 winners, 0% more than the 1.4k 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$400,000
Match 41$300
Match 4 (with Power-Up)6$1,200
Match 3107$5.00
Match 3 (with Power-Up)184$20.00
Match 21,388$1.00
Match 2 (with Power-Up)2,110$4.00
Totals3,796—