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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 5 January 2017

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 15
  4. 28
  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 2,562 of 6,130 under them

← 2017-01-04All recent draws2017-01-06 →

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 8 15 28 3429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 366 of each

7377times
8357times
15386times
28384times
34

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 61kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.1Kto 3.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 17lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$7.8K
  • Match 328%$8.1K
  • Match 1 with Kicker16%$4.6K
  • 3 other tiers30%$8.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.19 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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372times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,561 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 (7, 15, 28, 34) with the draw of 28 October 2014 — its closest relative in 2,561 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2017): 7 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 53th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 12 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 →
26≈ 28 by chance
$300
  • Match 3813≈ 813 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker28$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker487$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,286$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈61k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 813 winners, 0% more than the 813 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 426$300
    Match 3813$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker28$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker487$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,286$2.00
    Totals3,641—