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Cash 5 · draw

Sunday, 17 January 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 31
  5. 36

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 3,927 of 6,037 under them

← 2021-01-16All recent draws2021-01-18 →

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 feed12 18 21 31 3629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 457 of each

12433times
18446times
21455times
31453times
36

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 158kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$33.9Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$7.6K
  • Match 337%$12.5K
  • Match 241%$13.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.16 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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454times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,926 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 (18, 21, 31, 36) with the draw of 2 October 2015 — its closest relative in 3,926 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2021): 12 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 61th 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

18 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.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
31≈ 31 by chance
$246
  • Match 31,188≈ 1.2k by chance$10.50
  • Match 213,817≈ 14k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈158k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,188 winners, 3% more than the 1.2k 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 431$246
    Match 31,188$10.50
    Match 213,817$1.00
    Totals15,036—