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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 16 August 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 17
  5. 20

Jackpot$120,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 · since Jun 2017draw 1,518 of 3,415 under them

← 2021-08-15All recent draws2021-08-17 →

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 8 17 2029 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd65th
  • low99th
  • widest gap11th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread5th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 169 of each

3183times
7164times
8178times
17202times
20

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164times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,517 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 4 of 5 numbers (3, 8, 17, 20) with the draw of 3 January 2019 — its closest relative in 1,517 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 22% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2021): 3 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

55

The numbers add up to 55 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 3.7× 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.

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