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Cash Ball · draw

Friday, 16 August 2024

ResultCash Ball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 14
  3. 19
  4. 23
  5. 23

The crowdHeld 4% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/35 + 1/25 · since Jan 2017draw 2,727 of 3,513 under them

← 2024-08-15All recent draws2024-08-17 →

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 feed1 14 19 23 + 2329 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd81th
  • low48th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 312 of each

1295times
14314times
19309times
23288times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 26kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$10.5Kto 3.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 4 + Cash Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 3 + Cash Ball19%$2.0K
  • Match 328%$3.0K
  • Match 1 + Cash Ball18%$1.9K
  • 3 other tiers34%$3.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 + Cash Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

2391times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,726 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 3 of 4 numbers (1, 14, 19) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 April 2023 — its closest relative in 2,726 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2024): 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

57

The numbers add up to 57 — the 22th 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

14 had not appeared for 17 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 1.5× 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$225,000
  • Match 40≈ 0.48 by chance$2,250
  • Match 3 + Cash Ball9≈ 2.4 by chance$225
  • Match 2 + Cash Ball67≈ 54 by chance$25.00
  • Match 359≈ 60 by chance$50.00
  • Match 1 + Cash Ball386≈ 347 by chance$5.00
  • Match 0 + Cash Ball607≈ 607 by chance$1.00
  • Match 21,290≈ 1.3k by chance$1.00
  • EZ Match756—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈26k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,290 winners, 4% fewer than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 4 + Cash Ball0$225,000
    Match 40$2,250
    Match 3 + Cash Ball9$225
    Match 359$50.00
    Match 2 + Cash Ball67$25.00
    Match 21,290$1.00
    Match 1 + Cash Ball386$5.00
    Match 0 + Cash Ball607$1.00
    EZ Match756—
    Totals3,174—