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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 8 March 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 30
  3. 31
  4. 39
  5. 40

Jackpot$243,000

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 856 of 3,336 under them

← 2021-03-07All recent draws2021-03-09 →

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 feed16 30 31 39 4029 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 March 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 99 of each

16101times
30105times
31103times
39116times
40

Prize breakdown · 2021-03-08

  • Lines in play≈ 156kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$27.1Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$8K
  • Match 320%$5.4K
  • Match 250%$13.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.16 by chance$243,000
  2. Match 4

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98times

Every number was expected about that many times after 855 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 (16, 30, 39, 40) with the draw of 3 January 2021 — its closest relative in 855 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 16% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 March 2021): 16 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31, 39–40. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 49 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
32≈ 31 by chance
$250
  • Match 31,081≈ 1.1k by chance$5.00
  • Match 213,647≈ 14k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈156k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,081 winners, 5% fewer than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$243,000
    Match 432$250
    Match 31,081$5.00
    Match 213,647$1.00
    Totals14,760—