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Cash 5 · draw

Friday, 22 December 2017

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 9
  3. 23
  4. 37
  5. 40

Jackpot$98,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018draw 581 of 897 under them

← 2017-12-21All recent draws2017-12-23 →

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 feed6 9 23 37 4029 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Cash 5 was a 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 580 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd64th
  • low32th
  • widest gap54th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

666times
977times
2374times
3766times
4070times

Every number was expected about that many times after 580 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 5 numbers (6, 9, 37) with the draw of 17 October 2017 — its closest relative in 580 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2017): 9 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. No two numbers side by side. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 22 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

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