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Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 17 December 2020

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 31
  5. 34

Jackpot$100,000

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 · since Apr 2010draw 3,896 of 6,038 under them

← 2020-12-16All recent draws2020-12-18 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed8 9 16 31 3429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap56th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 453 of each

8463times
9455times
16445times
31451times
34

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 136kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.5Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 423%$6.7K
  • Match 337%$10.9K
  • Match 240%$11.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.14 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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454times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,895 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 (8, 9, 31, 34) with the draw of 31 October 2013 — its closest relative in 3,895 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2020): 9, 34 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 32th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 17 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
15≈ 27 by chance
$445
  • Match 3946≈ 994 by chance$11.50
  • Match 211,927≈ 12k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈136k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 946 winners, 5% fewer than the 994 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$100,000
    Match 415$445
    Match 3946$11.50
    Match 211,927$1.00
    Totals12,888—