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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 25
  4. 31
  5. 32

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/36 · since Apr 2010draw 752 of 6,023 under them

← 2012-05-01All recent draws2012-05-03 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 18 25 31 3229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread7th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 104 of each

17102times
18116times
25102times
31109times
32

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85times

Every number was expected about that many times after 751 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (17, 18, 25) with the draw of 16 October 2011 — its closest relative in 751 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2012): 25 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 31–32. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 7 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 2% of the jackpot.

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

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