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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 32
  4. 36
  5. 38

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 2,196 of 2,502 under them

← 2023-05-15All recent draws2023-05-17 →

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 12 32 36 3829 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 2,195 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd1th
  • low33th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread97th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 289 of each

2285times
12258times
32340times
36318times
38

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 9.8kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$13.9Kto 4.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$4.2K
  • Match 318%$2.4K
  • Match 239%$5.4K
  • 3 other tiers14%$1.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.02 by chance$100,000

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305times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,195 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 (2, 36, 38) with the draw of 8 March 2023 — its closest relative in 2,195 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2023): 32 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 82th 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

38 had not appeared for 21 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 0.5× 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 →
Match 4
1≈ 3.2 by chance
$300
  • Match 3103≈ 103 by chance$5.00
  • Match 21,066≈ 1.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 50$200,000
  • Match 47$600
  • Match 3243$10.00
  • Match 22,679$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.8k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,066 winners, 0% more than the 1.1k 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 3103$5.00
    Match 3 (with Power-Up)243$10.00
    Match 21,066$1.00
    Match 2 (with Power-Up)2,679$2.00
    Totals4,099—