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Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 16
  3. 23
  4. 25
  5. 31

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 3,270 of 6,137 under them

← 2018-12-17All recent draws2018-12-19 →

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 feed1 16 23 25 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd89th
  • low31th
  • widest gap78th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread83th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 467 of each

1462times
16489times
23475times
25424times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 56kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$21.9Kto 3.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 16lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$5.4K
  • Match 335%$7.6K
  • Match 1 with Kicker20%$4.4K
  • 2 other tiers21%$4.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.17 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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457times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,269 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 (1, 16, 23, 25) with the draw of 22 October 2013 — its closest relative in 3,269 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 78% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 December 2018): 16 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 60th 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

1 had not appeared for 16 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 →
18≈ 26 by chance
$300
  • Match 3757≈ 757 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker32$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker501$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,191$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈56k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 757 winners, 0% more than the 757 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 418$300
    Match 3757$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker0$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker32$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker501$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,191$2.00
    Totals3,499—