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Cash Ball · draw

Wednesday, 17 August 2022

ResultCash Ball

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 18
  4. 26
  5. 7

Jackpot$225,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/35 + 1/25 · since Jan 2017draw 1,997 of 3,521 under them

← 2022-08-16All recent draws2022-08-18 →

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 feed4 12 18 26 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd2th
  • low81th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 228 of each

4239times
12209times
18232times
26237times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

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Times drawn before — chance expected 77 of each

777times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,996 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 4 numbers (4, 18, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 July 2022 — its closest relative in 1,996 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

60

The numbers add up to 60 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. No two numbers side by side. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 15 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 0% of the jackpot.

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

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