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Cash Ball · draw

Wednesday, 5 August 2026

ResultCash Ball

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 19
  3. 20
  4. 26
  5. 4

Jackpot$225,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 3,446 of 3,521 under them

← 2026-08-04All recent draws2026-08-06 →

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 feed18 19 20 26 + 420 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd16th
  • low16th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 394 of each

18375times
19383times
20392times
26391times
Stars · a separate 1-of-26 machine

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-05

  • Lines in play≈ 31kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$9.4Kto 3.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 4 + Cash Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Cash Ball18%$1.7K
  • Match 333%$3.2K
  • Match 1 + Cash Ball23%$2.2K
  • 3 other tiers26%$2.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 + Cash Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

4141times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,445 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

This exact draw has happened before, on 9 July 2024. Chance gave a match this close a 6.4% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 August 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

83

The numbers add up to 83 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19, 19–20. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 29 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 1.4× 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≈ 0.57 by chance$2,250
  • Match 3 + Cash Ball1≈ 2.8 by chance$225
  • Match 2 + Cash Ball68≈ 64 by chance$25.00
  • Match 363≈ 71 by chance$50.00
  • Match 1 + Cash Ball435≈ 413 by chance$5.00
  • Match 0 + Cash Ball722≈ 722 by chance$1.00
  • Match 21,471≈ 1.6k by chance$1.00
  • EZ Match816—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈31k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,471 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.6k 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 Ball1$225
    Match 363$50.00
    Match 2 + Cash Ball68$25.00
    Match 21,471$1.00
    Match 1 + Cash Ball435$5.00
    Match 0 + Cash Ball722$1.00
    EZ Match816—
    Totals3,576—