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Cash Ball · draw

Friday, 8 May 2026

ResultCash Ball

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 29
  5. 24

Jackpot$225,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 3,357 of 3,521 under them

← 2026-05-07All recent draws2026-05-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 18 24 29 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

86oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 86 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap39th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 384 of each

7377times
18364times
24391times
29418times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-08

  • Lines in play≈ 32kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$12.7Kto 3.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 4 + Cash Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 418%$2.3K
  • Match 325%$3.2K
  • Match 1 + Cash Ball18%$2.3K
  • 4 other tiers39%$4.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 + Cash Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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Times drawn before — chance expected 129 of each

24130times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,356 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 (7, 18, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 July 2025 — its closest relative in 3,356 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 May 2026): 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

78

The numbers add up to 78 — the 61th 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

29 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 1.7× 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 41≈ 0.60 by chance$2,250
  • Match 3 + Cash Ball5≈ 3.0 by chance$225
  • Match 2 + Cash Ball58≈ 67 by chance$25.00
  • Match 364≈ 74 by chance$50.00
  • Match 1 + Cash Ball459≈ 429 by chance$5.00
  • Match 0 + Cash Ball750≈ 750 by chance$1.00
  • Match 21,580≈ 1.7k by chance$1.00
  • EZ Match777—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈32k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,580 winners, 5% fewer than the 1.7k 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 41$2,250
    Match 3 + Cash Ball5$225
    Match 364$50.00
    Match 2 + Cash Ball58$25.00
    Match 21,580$1.00
    Match 1 + Cash Ball459$5.00
    Match 0 + Cash Ball750$1.00
    EZ Match777—
    Totals3,694—