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Show Me Cash · draw

Friday, 12 January 2024

ResultShow Me Cash

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 35
  4. 37
  5. 38

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 5,017 of 6,022 under them

← 2024-01-11All recent draws2024-01-13 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:48 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 18 35 37 3829 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd64th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 643 of each

17600times
18667times
35653times
37689times
38

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-12

  • Lines in play≈ 46kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$12.3Kto 5.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$3.0K
  • Match 337%$4.5K
  • Match 239%$4.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.08 by chance$63,000
  2. Match 4

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696times

Every number was expected about that many times after 5,016 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 4 of 5 numbers (17, 18, 35, 37) with the draw of 10 January 2011 — its closest relative in 5,016 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 January 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 37–38. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
12≈ 14 by chance
$250
  • Match 3449≈ 447 by chance$10.00
  • Match 24,772≈ 4.8k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈46k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 4,772 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$63,000
    Match 412$250
    Match 3449$10.00
    Match 24,772$1.00
    Totals5,233—