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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 33

Jackpot$325,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/43 · since Apr 2010draw 2,741 of 6,020 under them

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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 feed6 16 18 20 3329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

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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.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd9th
  • low89th
  • widest gap41th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread35th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 319 of each

6299times
16312times
18317times
20320times
33306times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,740 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 (6, 16, 33) with the draw of 14 July 2017 — its closest relative in 2,740 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 October 2017): 20 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 26th 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

33 had not appeared for 28 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

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