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Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 20 May 2017

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. 16
  5. 23

Jackpot$20,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/32 · since Apr 2010draw 2,584 of 6,009 under them

← 2017-05-19All recent draws2017-05-21 →

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 feed9 10 12 16 2329 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd33th
  • low91th
  • widest gap15th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 404 of each

9370times
10415times
12390times
16397times
23

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417times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,583 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 4 of 5 numbers (9, 10, 16, 23) with the draw of 7 January 2015 — its closest relative in 2,583 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 83. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 51% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 6 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 0% of the jackpot.

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

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