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Cash 5 · draw

Sunday, 21 August 2016

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 25
  3. 28
  4. 31
  5. 34

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 2,425 of 6,124 under them

← 2016-08-20All recent draws2016-08-22 →

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 feed7 25 28 31 3429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 August 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.

  • sum95th
  • odd64th
  • low9th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 346 of each

7362times
25330times
28365times
31334times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-21

  • Lines in play≈ 48kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$20.2Kto 3.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 15lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 433%$6.6K
  • Match 332%$6.4K
  • Match 1 with Kicker20%$4.0K
  • 2 other tiers16%$3.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.15 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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359times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,424 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 (7, 25, 28) with the draw of 9 August 2016 — its closest relative in 2,424 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2016): 34 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 95th 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

7 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 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 →
22≈ 22 by chance
$300
  • Match 3637≈ 637 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker17$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker419$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,011$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈48k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 637 winners, 0% more than the 637 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 422$300
    Match 3637$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker17$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker419$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,011$2.00
    Totals3,106—