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Cash4Life · draw

Monday, 2 May 2022

ResultCash4Life

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 28
  3. 31
  4. 41
  5. 43
  6. 1

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015draw 1,471 of 2,862 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 28 31 41 43 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd90th
  • low34th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours35th
  • spread10th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 123 of each

17112times
28117times
31127times
41125times
43

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112times
Stars · a separate 1-of-4 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 368 of each

1388times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,470 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (17, 31, 43) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 28 January 2022 — its closest relative in 1,470 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 36% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (25% expected).

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Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 57th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 153. No two numbers side by side. 30% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 35 draws. A number waits about 12 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 20% of the jackpot.

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

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