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Cash Ball · draw

Sunday, 18 August 2024

ResultCash Ball

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 24
  4. 25
  5. 20

The crowdHeld 2% 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 2,729 of 3,513 under them

← 2024-08-17All recent draws2024-08-19 →

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 feed1 6 24 25 + 2029 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours83th
  • spread60th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 312 of each

1297times
6287times
24311times
25315times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 22kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$11.4Kto 2.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 4 + Cash Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 439%$4.5K
  • Match 324%$2.8K
  • Match 1 + Cash Ball13%$1.5K
  • 4 other tiers23%$2.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 + Cash Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

20103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,728 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, 6, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 August 2023 — its closest relative in 2,728 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2024): 1 carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

56

The numbers add up to 56 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 21 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$225,000
  • Match 42≈ 0.40 by chance$2,250
  • Match 3 + Cash Ball1≈ 2.0 by chance$225
  • Match 2 + Cash Ball34≈ 45 by chance$25.00
  • Match 356≈ 50 by chance$50.00
  • Match 1 + Cash Ball291≈ 289 by chance$5.00
  • Match 0 + Cash Ball506≈ 506 by chance$1.00
  • Match 21,094≈ 1.1k by chance$1.00
  • EZ Match556—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈22k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,094 winners, 2% fewer than the 1.1k 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 42$2,250
    Match 3 + Cash Ball1$225
    Match 356$50.00
    Match 2 + Cash Ball34$25.00
    Match 21,094$1.00
    Match 1 + Cash Ball291$5.00
    Match 0 + Cash Ball506$1.00
    EZ Match556—
    Totals2,540—