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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 28 August 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 21
  3. 24
  4. 27
  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

Rules5/32 · since Apr 2010draw 4,869 of 6,020 under them

← 2023-08-27All recent draws2023-08-29 →

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 feed20 21 24 27 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd67th
  • low1th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 761 of each

20735times
21709times
24772times
27772times
31

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 34kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$13.5Kto 6.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$3K
  • Match 341%$5.6K
  • Match 236%$4.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.17 by chance$20,000
  2. Match 4

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747times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,868 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 4 of 5 numbers (20, 21, 24, 31) with the draw of 14 May 2014 — its closest relative in 4,868 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2023): 31 carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 83. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 51% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 8 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 1.2× 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 →
15≈ 23 by chance
$200
  • Match 3558≈ 591 by chance$10.00
  • Match 24,926≈ 4.9k by chance$1.00
  • EZ Match1,014—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈34k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 558 winners, 6% fewer than the 591 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 415$200
    Match 3558$10.00
    Match 24,926$1.00
    EZ Match1,014—
    Totals6,513—