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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 12 May 2022

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 9
  3. 17
  4. 22
  5. 30

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 4,511 of 6,138 under them

← 2022-05-11All recent draws2022-05-13 →

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 9 17 22 3029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 644 of each

1622times
9673times
17677times
22693times
30

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 61kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$129.5Kto 3.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 16lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 577%$100K
  • Match 45.6%$7.2K
  • Match 36.3%$8.2K
  • 4 other tiers11%$14.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.19 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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645times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,510 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, 9, 17, 22) with the draw of 25 February 2017 — its closest relative in 4,510 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2022): 9, 17, 22 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

79

The numbers add up to 79 — the 30th 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 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 1.9× 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 →
24≈ 28 by chance
$300
  • Match 3818≈ 818 by chance$10.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
  • Match 3 with Kicker39$65.00
  • Match 2 with Kicker498$5.00
  • Match 1 with Kicker2,387$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 — 818 winners, 0% more than the 818 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$100,000
    Match 424$300
    Match 3818$10.00
    Match 4 with Kicker1$4,350
    Match 3 with Kicker39$65.00
    Match 2 with Kicker498$5.00
    Match 1 with Kicker2,387$2.00
    Totals3,768—