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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 35

Jackpot$25,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/36 · since Apr 2010draw 2,739 of 6,022 under them

← 2017-10-17All recent draws2017-10-19 →

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 feed3 7 16 21 3529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 October 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd90th
  • low67th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread89th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 380 of each

3378times
7363times
16395times
21363times
35

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374times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,738 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 4 of 5 numbers (3, 16, 21, 35) with the draw of 26 March 2017 — its closest relative in 2,738 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 October 2017): 35 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 36 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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.

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