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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 10
  4. 18
  5. 23

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 2,197 of 6,130 under them

← 2016-01-05All recent draws2016-01-07 →

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 6 10 18 2329 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread25th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 314 of each

3317times
6333times
10309times
18304times
23

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 85kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.3Kto 4.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 21lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 426%$10.8K
  • Match 327%$11.4K
  • Match 4 with Kicker21%$8.7K
  • 3 other tiers25%$10.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.26 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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329times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,196 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

This exact draw has happened before, on 17 July 2014. Chance gave a match this close a 0.7% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 January 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

60

The numbers add up to 60 — the 8th 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

18 had not appeared for 29 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 2.0× 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 →
36≈ 39 by chance
$300
  • Match 31,135≈ 1.1k by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker2$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker46$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker573$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,319$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈85k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,135 winners, 0% more than the 1.1k 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 436$300
    Match 31,135$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker2$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker46$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker573$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,319$2.00
    Totals4,111—