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Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 2 January 2016

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 27
  4. 28
  5. 32

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 2,193 of 6,129 under them

← 2016-01-01All recent draws2016-01-03 →

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 feed4 6 27 28 3229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2016 — 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.

  • sum63th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 313 of each

4313times
6331times
27316times
28323times
32

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 62kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$24.8Kto 3.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 16lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 428%$6.9K
  • Match 333%$8.3K
  • Match 1 with Kicker20%$5.0K
  • 2 other tiers19%$4.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.19 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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315times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,192 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 (4, 27, 28, 32) with the draw of 11 July 2014 — its closest relative in 2,192 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2016): 27 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 10 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less 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 →
23≈ 29 by chance
$300
  • Match 3827≈ 827 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker32$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker527$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,481$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈62k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 827 winners, 0% more than the 827 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 423$300
    Match 3827$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker32$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker527$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,481$2.00
    Totals3,890—