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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 17 February 2022

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 17
  3. 24
  4. 29
  5. 38

Jackpot$464,000

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 1,202 of 3,336 under them

← 2022-02-16All recent draws2022-02-18 →

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 feed7 17 24 29 3829 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 February 2022 — 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.

  • sum57th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread54th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 140 of each

7122times
17105times
24152times
29151times
38

Prize breakdown · 2022-02-17

  • Lines in play≈ 273kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$520.7Kto 26k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.28

Where the money went

  • Match 590%$471K
  • Match 43.1%$16K
  • Match 24.6%$23.9K
  • 1 other tier1.9%$9.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.28 by chance

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133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,201 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 (17, 29, 38) with the draw of 18 December 2021 — its closest relative in 1,201 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 February 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 57th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. No two numbers side by side. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 15 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$235,487
  • Match 464≈ 54 by chance$250
  • Match 31,964≈ 2.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 223,902≈ 24k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈273k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,964 winners, 1% fewer than the 2.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 52$235,487
    Match 464$250
    Match 31,964$5.00
    Match 223,902$1.00
    Totals25,932—