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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 18 January 2018

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 12
  4. 23
  5. 29

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 2,936 of 6,124 under them

← 2018-01-17All recent draws2018-01-19 →

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 9 12 23 2929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd89th
  • low64th
  • widest gap45th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 419 of each

3429times
9431times
12403times
23417times
29

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 86kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$39.6Kto 4.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 21lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$12.6K
  • Match 329%$11.5K
  • Match 1 with Kicker12%$4.7K
  • 3 other tiers27%$10.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.26 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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396times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,935 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 (3, 9, 12, 29) with the draw of 12 October 2017 — its closest relative in 2,935 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

76

The numbers add up to 76 — the 25th 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

23 had not appeared for 10 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 2.1× 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 →
42≈ 40 by chance
$300
  • Match 31,152≈ 1.2k by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker54$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker577$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,354$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈86k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,152 winners, 0% more than the 1.2k 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 442$300
    Match 31,152$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker54$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker577$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,354$2.00
    Totals4,180—