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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 23 April 2026

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 14
  4. 20
  5. 26

Jackpot$100,000

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 2,615 of 3,312 under them

← 2026-04-22All recent draws2026-04-24 →

Also drawn that day

  • double play drawing
    1. 16
    2. 17
    3. 19
    4. 28
    5. 31

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 feed8 9 14 20 2629 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 April 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd9th
  • low89th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread8th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 304 of each

8293times
9301times
14274times
20317times
26308times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,614 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 (8, 9, 20) with the draw of 10 February 2026 — its closest relative in 2,614 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 April 2026): 8, 9 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

77

The numbers add up to 77 — the 11th 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

14 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2026-04-23

  • Lines in play≈ 173kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$374.7Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 591%$341.8K
  • Match 43.0%$11.3K
  • Match 24.0%$15.1K
  • 1 other tier1.7%$6.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.18 by chance$341,844
  2. Match 445≈ 34 by chance$250
  3. Match 31,299≈ 1.3k by chance$5.00
  4. Match 215,134≈ 15k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈173k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,299 winners, 3% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 51$341,844
Match 445$250
Match 31,299$5.00
Match 215,134$1.00
Totals16,479—

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