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Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 18 January 2025

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 25
  3. 28
  4. 29
  5. 34

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

Rules5/45 · since Jun 2017draw 2,769 of 3,415 under them

← 2025-01-17All recent draws2025-01-19 →

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 feed8 25 28 29 3429 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread27th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 308 of each

8321times
25287times
28325times
29294times
34

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 41kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.9Kto 3.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 45.1%$200
  • Match 395%$3.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$115,000
  2. Match 4

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313times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,768 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 (8, 25, 28, 29) with the draw of 30 May 2021 — its closest relative in 2,768 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 37% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2025): 8, 29 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 20 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 6.8 by chance
$200
  • Match 3248≈ 264 by chance$15.00
  • Match 23,343≈ 3.3k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈41k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 3,343 winners, 0% more than the 3.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$115,000
    Match 41$200
    Match 3248$15.00
    Match 23,343$0.00
    Totals3,592—