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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 8 December 2016

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 14
  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 2,534 of 6,128 under them

← 2016-12-07All recent draws2016-12-09 →

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 feed2 6 8 14 3429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

20oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd1th
  • low89th
  • widest gap95th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread93th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 362 of each

2356times
6369times
8354times
14387times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-08

  • Lines in play≈ 66kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$24.7Kto 3.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$7.5K
  • Match 336%$8.8K
  • Match 1 with Kicker17%$4.1K
  • 2 other tiers18%$4.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.20 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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369times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,533 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 24 August 2013. Chance gave a match this close a 0.8% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

64

The numbers add up to 64 — the 11th 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

14 had not appeared for 17 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
25≈ 30 by chance
$300
  • Match 3878≈ 878 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker33$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker440$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,041$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 — 878 winners, 0% more than the 878 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 425$300
    Match 3878$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker33$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker440$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,041$2.00
    Totals3,417—