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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 8 January 2018

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 20
  4. 23
  5. 40

Jackpot$149,500

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 · since Jun 2017draw 202 of 3,413 under them

← 2018-01-07All recent draws2018-01-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:45 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 7 20 23 4029 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd65th
  • low89th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread77th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

333times
721times
2025times
2317times
40

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24times

Every number was expected about that many times after 201 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (7, 23, 40) with the draw of 24 November 2017 — its closest relative in 201 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

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