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Tennessee Cash · draw

Friday, 5 October 2012

ResultTennessee Cash

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 26
  5. 30

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

Rules5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010draw 315 of 2,514 under them

← 2012-10-03All recent draws2012-10-08 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:54 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 20 21 26 3029 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd9th
  • low9th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread35th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

843times
2043times
2137times
2652times
30

Prize breakdown · 2012-10-05

  • Lines in play≈ 105kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$16.5Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 3 + Cash Ball18%$3K
  • Match 335%$5.7K
  • Match 2 + Cash Ball34%$5.6K
  • 2 other tiers13%$2.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.27 by chanceno winners
  2. Match 4 + Cash Ball

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37times

Every number was expected about that many times after 314 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 (20, 21, 26) with the draw of 2 March 2012 — its closest relative in 314 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 October 2012): 20 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 8.1 by chance
$184
  • Match 448≈ 40 by chance$23.00
  • Match 3 + Cash Ball301≈ 234 by chance$10.00
  • Match 31,142≈ 1.2k by chance$5.00
  • Match 2 + Cash Ball2,802≈ 2.2k by chance$2.00
  • Match 210,902≈ 11k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈105k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Cash Ball — 2,802 winners, 29% more than the 2.2k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Cash Ball0—
    Match 50$0.00
    Match 4 + Cash Ball6$184
    Match 448$23.00
    Match 3 + Cash Ball301$10.00
    Match 31,142$5.00
    Match 2 + Cash Ball2,802$2.00
    Match 210,902$0.00
    Totals15,201—