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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Thursday, 20 May 2010

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 27
  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

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024draw 37 of 2,502 under them

← 2010-05-19All recent draws2010-05-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed21 22 23 27 3429 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Palmetto Cash 5 was a 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 36 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

20oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd67th
  • low1th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

215times
225times
233times
274times
3410times

Every number was expected about that many times after 36 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 2 of 5 numbers (23, 34) with the draw of 17 May 2010 — its closest relative in 36 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2010): nothing carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22, 22–23. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 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 →

How many people held it

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 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2010-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 14kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$17.9Kto 4.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$4.5K
  • Match 320%$3.6K
  • Match 239%$7K
  • 3 other tiers16%$2.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 42≈ 4.7 by chance$300
  3. Match 3140≈ 150 by chance$5.00
  4. Match 21,550≈ 1.6k by chance$1.00
  5. Match 50$300,000
  6. Match 45$900
  7. Match 3238$15.00
  8. Match 22,319$3.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈14k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,550 winners, 0% more than the 1.6k 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 5 (with Power-Up)0$300,000
Match 42$300
Match 4 (with Power-Up)5$900
Match 3140$5.00
Match 3 (with Power-Up)238$15.00
Match 21,550$1.00
Match 2 (with Power-Up)2,319$3.00
Totals4,254—