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Montana Cash · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

ResultMontana Cash

Single source
  1. 23
  2. 25
  3. 27
  4. 28
  5. 43

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 · since May 2014draw 281 of 1,298 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed23 25 27 28 4329 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2017 — 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 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd89th
  • low9th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread10th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

2322times
2534times
2740times
2825times
43

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33times

Every number was expected about that many times after 280 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (23, 25, 27) with the draw of 19 March 2016 — its closest relative in 280 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 16 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

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