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Jersey Cash 5 · draw

Friday, 22 December 2017

ResultJersey Cash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 21
  3. 26
  4. 33
  5. 42

Jackpot$265,000

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 · Sep 2014 – Jun 2020draw 1,188 of 2,104 under them

← 2017-12-21All recent draws2017-12-23 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 21 26 33 4229 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Jersey Cash 5 was a 5/43 · Sep 2014 – Jun 2020 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 1,187 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread95th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 138 of each

2138times
21148times
26136times
33148times
42157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,187 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 (2, 21, 26, 33) with the draw of 16 October 2015 — its closest relative in 1,187 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 21% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 69th 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

21 had not appeared for 9 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 →

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 54kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$113.4Kto 8.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 444%$50K
  • Match 348%$53.9K
  • Match 2 + XTRA8.4%$9.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.06 by chance$265,000
  2. Match 474≈ 11 by chance$675
  3. Match 33,173≈ 397 by chance$17.00
  4. Match 2 + XTRA4,761≈ 4.8k by chance$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈54k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + XTRA — 4,761 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 50$265,000
Match 474$675
Match 33,173$17.00
Match 2 + XTRA4,761$2.00
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