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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 16 December 2010

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 26

Jackpot$100,000

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

Rules5/35 · since Jan 2010draw 350 of 6,128 under them

← 2010-12-15All recent draws2010-12-17 →

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 feed3 16 18 21 2629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread40th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

352times
1652times
1848times
2149times
26

Prize breakdown · 2010-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 76kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$143.2Kto 3.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 20lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 570%$100.0K
  • Match 411%$15.6K
  • Match 37.1%$10.2K
  • 4 other tiers12%$17.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.23 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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44times

Every number was expected about that many times after 349 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 (3, 16, 18, 26) with the draw of 27 March 2010 — its closest relative in 349 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 15% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2010): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. No two numbers side by side. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 9 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 →
52≈ 35 by chance
$300
  • Match 31,020≈ 1.0k by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker2$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker27$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker492$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,249$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈76k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,020 winners, 0% fewer than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$100,000
    Match 452$300
    Match 31,020$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker2$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker27$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker492$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,249$2.00
    Totals3,843—