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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 1 January 2018

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 18
  3. 31
  4. 34
  5. 38

Jackpot$50,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018draw 591 of 897 under them

← 2017-12-31All recent draws2018-01-02 →

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 feed9 18 31 34 3829 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 590 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 1 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap46th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread51th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

979times
1875times
3161times
3472times
38

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75times

Every number was expected about that many times after 590 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 (9, 18, 31, 34) with the draw of 18 June 2017 — its closest relative in 590 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 13% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2017): 31 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 83th 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

34 had not appeared for 42 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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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