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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 11
  3. 13
  4. 21
  5. 29

Jackpot$25,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/36 · since Apr 2010draw 2,949 of 6,023 under them

← 2018-05-15All recent draws2018-05-17 →

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 feed8 11 13 21 2929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2018 — 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 gap16th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread27th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 409 of each

8400times
11399times
13399times
21386times
29

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412times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,948 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 (8, 11, 13, 29) with the draw of 12 July 2011 — its closest relative in 2,948 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2018): 13 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.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 5 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 1.4× 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.

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