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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 18 May 2026

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 22
  3. 25
  4. 27
  5. 38

Jackpot$279,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Oct 2023draw 944 of 1,103 under them

← 2026-05-17All recent draws2026-05-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 22 25 27 3829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap22th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread12th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

1792times
22101times
25127times
27108times
38

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 53kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$7.4Kto 4.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$1.6K
  • Match 320%$1.5K
  • Match 258%$4.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.04 by chance$260,000
  2. Match 4

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108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 943 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 (25, 27, 38) with the draw of 12 September 2025 — its closest relative in 943 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2026): 25 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 68th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 9 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 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8≈ 8.7 by chance
$200
  • Match 3303≈ 341 by chance$5.00
  • Match 24,318≈ 4.3k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈53k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 4,318 winners, 0% more than the 4.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$260,000
    Match 48$200
    Match 3303$5.00
    Match 24,318$1.00
    Totals4,629—