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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
US · SC · ball game
Latest drawSaturday, 10 October 2026
Jackpot$668,000
Top prizeNot won — 30 draws unwon
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 11 Oct 2026, 01:37 UTC.
5 numbers from 1–42. 3,440 draws held here since 2010-04-08 — 938 under the current rules.
Palmetto Cash 5 changed its number pool then, which started a new era. Only the 938 draws since count towards number statistics — mixing draws from before a rule change would make any frequency meaningless.
Your numbers, read by every tool
Type the numbers you always play. Has the line ever come up? How close has Palmetto Cash 5 come? What has each number done, what does the line look like, and has the same set turned up anywhere else in the world?
Every tool, for this game
Each one opens with Palmetto Cash 5 already selected. The line under every title is true of this game’s rules right now — not a promise about its next draw.

In 938 draws every number is expected about 112 times, and a ball favoured by more than 36% over its share would already have shown — see which ones strayed, and how far chance allows.

A number waits 8 draws on average; 5% of the time it waits 25 or more. It is never “due”.

The 5 numbers add up to about 108, give or take 26. Most tickets sit in that bell — and so do most draws.

41.0% of draws contain two numbers side by side. That is the rules talking, not luck.

861 possible pairs, each expected together 10.9 times so far — and about 9 will look “special” by chance alone.

All 42 numbers as a constellation of who appeared with whom — indistinguishable from a shuffled sky.

49% of draws repeat a number from the draw before. A whole draw repeating: 40.3% likely by now.

Sorted, the numbers sit about 7.2 apart on average — and every “spread” you can name is exactly as likely as every other.

It takes about 35 draws for every one of the 42 numbers to appear at least once. The last few are the slow ones.

850,668 possible tickets. Every one has a face — and a typicality score you can look up.

Seven independent tests of randomness run live against all 938 draws. Any of them can fail; watch whether they do.

The lowest number lands near 7, the highest near 36. Position is a property of sorting, not of the balls.

5/42 rescaled onto the same axes as every other game here. One law, many machines.

Six documented cases of a beaten lottery. Not one involved patterns in past draws.

What the world believes about 7, 8, 13 and 17 — and what every machine says back.

At 30 million tickets, an average line keeps about 3% of a jackpot it wins. Unpopular numbers keep more — and still lose money.

A full wheel of 10 numbers here is 252 tickets. A guarantee is real; a profit is not.

Five folk claims about 5/42 games, each answered with the closed form that kills it — never a tip for the next draw.
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This is a without-replacement ball game; the Digit Laboratory is for Pick 3 and Pick 4.
Not for this game
The Chernoff Map reads the straight tier of a digit game, which counts tickets on one exact number; a ball game has no such row.
Not for this game
This game draws once a day, so it has no second draw to compare its first with.
Not for this gameThis draw, read by every tool
What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 937 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (2, 25, 30, 37) with the draw of 9 February 2025 — its closest relative in 937 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 19% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (10 October 2026): 2 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 128 — the 78th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →37 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈80k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 671 winners, 7% more than the 627 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 5 | 0 | $668,000 |
| Match 4 | 17 | $300 |
| Match 3 | 671 | $5.00 |
| Match 2 | 7,314 | $1.00 |
What the top prize has been, draw by draw. It climbs while nobody wins and drops to the floor when somebody does — the sawtooth every rollover game draws.
Happenedwhat chance predicts
Completed waits between wins, against the geometric law those waits follow if every draw is an independent chance at the jackpot. The law takes its one parameter from the waits themselves, so this compares shape, not level.
Open any draw to read it by every tool — the same six readings the latest result gets above, each against what chance predicted at the time.
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 11 Oct 2026, 01:37 UTC.
Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 936 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.
These waits do not fall away from zero the way the law does — they pile up in the middle. That is what happens when the chance of a win is not the same on every draw of a run: few tickets are sold when the prize is small, and so many when it is enormous that a win becomes close to certain. The wait is more predictable than a constant chance allows, and less predictable than it feels.
| Draws waited | Happened | Chance says |
|---|---|---|
| 0–2 | 6 | 10.8 |
| 3–5 | 10 | 8.8 |
| 6–8 | 11 | 7.1 |
| 9–11 | 4 | 5.8 |
| 12–14 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 15–17 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 18–20 | 4 | 3.1 |
| 21–23 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 24–26 | 0 | 2.0 |
| 27–29 | 3 | 1.6 |
| 30+ | 8 | 7.0 |
Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 935 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (3, 12, 23) with the draw of 20 August 2026 — its closest relative in 935 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (8 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 93 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →3 had not appeared for 7 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 2.3× 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.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 934 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (7, 20, 25) with the draw of 19 December 2025 — its closest relative in 934 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (7 October 2026): 31 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 84 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →1 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 2.5× 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.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 933 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (5, 23, 40) with the draw of 21 September 2026 — its closest relative in 933 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (6 October 2026): 40 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 131 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →23 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 932 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (25, 28, 30) with the draw of 28 August 2026 — its closest relative in 932 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (5 October 2026): 8 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 131 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →28 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 2% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 931 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (8, 19, 31) with the draw of 2 April 2026 — its closest relative in 931 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (4 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 121 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →19 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 →Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 930 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (15, 25, 38) with the draw of 28 August 2026 — its closest relative in 930 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (3 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 124 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →25 had not appeared for 27 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 929 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (2, 14, 29) with the draw of 22 September 2026 — its closest relative in 929 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (2 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 105 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →20 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 →Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 928 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 →Shares 4 of 5 numbers (3, 9, 24, 26) with the draw of 27 June 2025 — its closest relative in 928 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 18% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (1 October 2026): 24 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 92 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →3 had not appeared for 16 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 2.6× 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.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 927 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (7, 14, 42) with the draw of 17 July 2026 — its closest relative in 927 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (30 September 2026): 14 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 124 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →24 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (5, 14, 33) with the draw of 1 July 2025 — its closest relative in 926 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (29 September 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 104 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →31 had not appeared for 35 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 →