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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 23
  5. 31

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 930 of 6,135 under them

← 2012-07-17All recent draws2012-07-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed5 18 21 23 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 July 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd89th
  • low31th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

5138times
18136times
21140times
23136times
31

Prize breakdown · 2012-07-18

  • Lines in play≈ 66kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.1Kto 3.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 17lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$11.4K
  • Match 323%$8.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$8.7K
  • 3 other tiers24%$9.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.20 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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119times

Every number was expected about that many times after 929 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 (18, 21, 23) with the draw of 28 June 2012 — its closest relative in 929 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 July 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 63th 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

31 had not appeared for 12 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 1.5× 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 →
38≈ 30 by chance
$300
  • Match 3882≈ 882 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker2$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker29$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker524$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,353$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈66k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 882 winners, 0% more than the 882 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$100,000
    Match 438$300
    Match 3882$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker2$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker29$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker524$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,353$2.00
    Totals3,828—