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Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 16 January 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 30
  5. 32

Jackpot$350,000

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 3,926 of 6,037 under them

← 2021-01-15All recent draws2021-01-17 →

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 feed2 11 12 30 3229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd9th
  • low65th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours77th
  • spread49th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 456 of each

2450times
11435times
12432times
30475times
32

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-16

  • Lines in play≈ 300kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$434.3Kto 29k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 586%$373.2K
  • Match 35.0%$21.5K
  • Match 26.1%$26.3K
  • 1 other tier3.1%$13.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.31 by chance

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494times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,925 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 (2, 11, 12, 30) with the draw of 4 January 2015 — its closest relative in 3,925 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 19th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 22 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$373,191
  • Match 448≈ 59 by chance$276
  • Match 32,153≈ 2.2k by chance$10.00
  • Match 226,327≈ 26k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈300k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,153 winners, 2% fewer than the 2.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$373,191
    Match 448$276
    Match 32,153$10.00
    Match 226,327$1.00
    Totals28,529—