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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 28 August 2024

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 28
  2. 31
  3. 33
  4. 40
  5. 41

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 2,125 of 3,334 under them

← 2024-08-27All recent draws2024-08-29 →

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 feed28 31 33 40 4129 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd65th
  • low1th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 247 of each

28244times
31258times
33271times
40214times
41

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 133kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$20.6Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$4.5K
  • Match 322%$4.5K
  • Match 257%$11.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.14 by chance$284,000
  2. Match 4

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248times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,124 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 (31, 40, 41) with the draw of 8 May 2024 — its closest relative in 2,124 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2024): 41 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

173

The numbers add up to 173 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 7 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
18≈ 26 by chance
$250
  • Match 3892≈ 973 by chance$5.00
  • Match 211,672≈ 12k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈133k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 892 winners, 8% fewer than the 973 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$284,000
    Match 418$250
    Match 3892$5.00
    Match 211,672$1.00
    Totals12,582—