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Jersey Cash 5 · draw

Sunday, 17 May 2020

ResultJersey Cash 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 32
  4. 41
  5. 42

Jackpot$181,000

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 2,062 of 2,104 under them

← 2020-05-16All recent draws2020-05-18 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed1 4 32 41 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 2,061 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread98th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 240 of each

1232times
4238times
32229times
41253times
42

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245times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,061 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 (1, 32, 41, 42) with the draw of 18 December 2017 — its closest relative in 2,061 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 30 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 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 39kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$91.7Kto 5.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 442%$38.7K
  • Match 350%$46.2K
  • Match 2 + XTRA7.5%$6.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.04 by chance$181,000
  2. Match 454≈ 7.7 by chance$717
  3. Match 32,429≈ 286 by chance$19.00
  4. Match 2 + XTRA3,428≈ 3.4k by chance$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈39k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + XTRA — 3,428 winners, 0% more than the 3.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 50$181,000
Match 454$717
Match 32,429$19.00
Match 2 + XTRA3,428$2.00
Totals5,911—