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Tennessee Cash · draw

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

ResultTennessee Cash

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 31

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 881 of 2,514 under them

← 2016-05-16All recent draws2016-05-20 →

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 feed2 4 17 18 3129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2016 — 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.

  • sum20th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 126 of each

2117times
4134times
17119times
1899times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 77kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$16.9Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 539%$6.7K
  • Match 325%$4.2K
  • Match 2 + Cash Ball13%$2.2K
  • 3 other tiers22%$3.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.20 by chance$6,651
  2. Match 4 + Cash Ball

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140times

Every number was expected about that many times after 880 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, 4, 31) with the draw of 4 May 2016 — its closest relative in 880 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

72

The numbers add up to 72 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 29 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 1.6× 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 →
5≈ 5.9 by chance
$156
  • Match 422≈ 30 by chance$35.00
  • Match 3 + Cash Ball222≈ 172 by chance$10.00
  • Match 3844≈ 859 by chance$5.00
  • Match 2 + Cash Ball2,238≈ 1.6k by chance$1.00
  • Match 28,018≈ 8.0k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈77k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Cash Ball — 2,238 winners, 40% more than the 1.6k 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 51$6,651
    Match 4 + Cash Ball5$156
    Match 422$35.00
    Match 3 + Cash Ball222$10.00
    Match 3844$5.00
    Match 2 + Cash Ball2,238$1.00
    Match 28,018$0.00
    Totals11,350—