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Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 2 January 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 18
  5. 38

Jackpot$251,000

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

Rules5/43 · since Nov 2018draw 791 of 3,336 under them

← 2021-01-01All recent draws2021-01-03 →

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 feed3 8 9 18 3829 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd32th
  • low89th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 92 of each

3101times
876times
994times
1885times
38

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 241kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$43Kto 23k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$12.8K
  • Match 321%$9.1K
  • Match 249%$21.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.25 by chance$251,000
  2. Match 4

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67times

Every number was expected about that many times after 790 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 (3, 8, 9, 38) with the draw of 6 August 2020 — its closest relative in 790 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 15% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2021): 9 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

76

The numbers add up to 76 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 18 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
51≈ 48 by chance
$250
  • Match 31,820≈ 1.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 221,103≈ 21k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈241k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,820 winners, 3% more than the 1.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$251,000
    Match 451$250
    Match 31,820$5.00
    Match 221,103$1.00
    Totals22,974—