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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 22 December 2016

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 19
  3. 20
  4. 22
  5. 24

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 2,548 of 6,128 under them

← 2016-12-21All recent draws2016-12-23 →

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 feed12 19 20 22 2429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd9th
  • low9th
  • widest gap11th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 364 of each

12342times
19346times
20321times
22397times
24

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 69kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$34.9Kto 3.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 434%$11.7K
  • Match 326%$9.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker12%$4.4K
  • 3 other tiers28%$9.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.21 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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344times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,547 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 (12, 19, 22) with the draw of 4 June 2016 — its closest relative in 2,547 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2016): 24 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: 19–20. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 6 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 →
39≈ 32 by chance
$300
  • Match 3921≈ 921 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker47$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker463$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,116$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈69k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 921 winners, 0% more than the 921 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 439$300
    Match 3921$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker47$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker463$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,116$2.00
    Totals3,587—