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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Friday, 7 December 2012

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 18
  4. 22
  5. 23

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 941 of 2,502 under them

← 2012-12-06All recent draws2012-12-08 →

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 feed8 10 18 22 2329 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 940 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 7 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd10th
  • low67th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 124 of each

8129times
10123times
18138times
22131times
23131times

Every number was expected about that many times after 940 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, 10, 18, 22) with the draw of 27 June 2011 — its closest relative in 940 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 December 2012): 18 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 24th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 28 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 2.1× 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 →

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-07

  • Lines in play≈ 20kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$22.3Kto 6.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$6.6K
  • Match 315%$3.4K
  • Match 230%$6.8K
  • 3 other tiers25%$5.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.04 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 48≈ 6.5 by chance$300
  3. Match 3208≈ 207 by chance$5.00
  4. Match 22,144≈ 2.1k by chance$1.00
  5. Match 50$200,000
  6. Match 411$600
  7. Match 3339$10.00
  8. Match 23,387$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈20k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,144 winners, 0% more than the 2.1k 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$200,000
Match 48$300
Match 4 (with Power-Up)11$600
Match 3208$5.00
Match 3 (with Power-Up)339$10.00
Match 22,144$1.00
Match 2 (with Power-Up)3,387$2.00
Totals6,097—