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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Sunday, 21 December 2014

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 24
  3. 25
  4. 31
  5. 33

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 1,685 of 2,502 under them

← 2014-12-20All recent draws2014-12-22 →

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 24 25 31 3329 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 1,684 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 21 December 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd90th
  • low10th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread8th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 222 of each

17199times
24239times
25220times
31233times
33243times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,684 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 (17, 24, 31, 33) with the draw of 26 September 2013 — its closest relative in 1,684 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 43% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2014): 31 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 4 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 · 2014-12-21

  • Lines in play≈ 11kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$12.2Kto 3.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 434%$4.2K
  • Match 317%$2.1K
  • Match 233%$4K
  • 3 other tiers16%$1.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.02 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 41≈ 3.5 by chance$300
  3. Match 395≈ 113 by chance$5.00
  4. Match 21,164≈ 1.2k by chance$1.00
  5. Match 50$200,000
  6. Match 47$600
  7. Match 3207$10.00
  8. Match 22,005$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈11k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,164 winners, 0% more than the 1.2k 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 41$300
Match 4 (with Power-Up)7$600
Match 395$5.00
Match 3 (with Power-Up)207$10.00
Match 21,164$1.00
Match 2 (with Power-Up)2,005$2.00
Totals3,479—