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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 15 December 2012

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 28
  5. 31

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 949 of 2,502 under them

← 2012-12-14All recent draws2012-12-16 →

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 feed6 20 22 28 3129 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 948 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 15 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd10th
  • low10th
  • widest gap63th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread41th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 125 of each

6108times
2099times
22132times
28129times
31135times

Every number was expected about that many times after 948 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 (20, 22, 28, 31) with the draw of 13 August 2012 — its closest relative in 948 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. No two numbers side by side. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 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 →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.7× 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 · 2012-12-15

  • Lines in play≈ 14kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$22.0Kto 4.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 437%$8.1K
  • Match 316%$3.5K
  • Match 233%$7.2K
  • 3 other tiers15%$3.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 43≈ 4.7 by chance$300
  3. Match 3161≈ 151 by chance$5.00
  4. Match 21,565≈ 1.6k by chance$1.00
  5. Match 50$300,000
  6. Match 49$900
  7. Match 3231$15.00
  8. Match 22,384$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 — 1,565 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 43$300
Match 4 (with Power-Up)9$900
Match 3161$5.00
Match 3 (with Power-Up)231$15.00
Match 21,565$1.00
Match 2 (with Power-Up)2,384$3.00
Totals4,353—