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Montana Cash · draw

Saturday, 20 May 2023

ResultMontana Cash

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 44
  5. 45

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/45 · since May 2014draw 942 of 1,300 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 feed11 17 18 44 4529 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

11102times
1793times
1891times
44105times
45

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114times

Every number was expected about that many times after 941 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 (11, 44, 45) with the draw of 5 September 2020 — its closest relative in 941 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 44–45. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

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