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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 18 August 2022

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 21
  3. 28
  4. 40
  5. 45

Jackpot$176,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 · since Jun 2017draw 1,885 of 3,400 under them

← 2022-08-17All recent draws2022-08-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed12 21 28 40 4529 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread57th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 209 of each

12199times
21201times
28221times
40213times
45

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212times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,884 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 (12, 28, 40, 45) with the draw of 21 May 2021 — its closest relative in 1,884 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 86th 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.

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The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 9 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

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