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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Sunday, 18 January 2026

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 16
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 41

Jackpot$170,000

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

Rules5/42 · since Mar 2024draw 672 of 954 under them

← 2026-01-17All recent draws2026-01-19 →

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 feed14 16 30 31 4129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd34th
  • low34th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 80 of each

1482times
1667times
3070times
3187times
41

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 39kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$8.1Kto 3.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 441%$3.3K
  • Match 315%$1.2K
  • Match 244%$3.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.05 by chance$160,000
  2. Match 4

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84times

Every number was expected about that many times after 671 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 (16, 30, 31) with the draw of 27 May 2025 — its closest relative in 671 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 34 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
11≈ 8.5 by chance
$300
  • Match 3241≈ 305 by chance$5.00
  • Match 23,562≈ 3.6k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈39k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 3,562 winners, 0% more than the 3.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$160,000
    Match 411$300
    Match 3241$5.00
    Match 23,562$1.00
    Totals3,814—