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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Friday, 18 October 2024

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 26
  4. 38
  5. 40

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

Rules5/42 · since Mar 2024draw 215 of 954 under them

← 2024-10-17All recent draws2024-10-19 →

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 feed13 14 26 38 4029 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 October 2024 — 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 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd10th
  • low34th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

1330times
1426times
2616times
3829times
40

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-18

  • Lines in play≈ 62kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$535.1Kto 6.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 598%$524K
  • Match 40.6%$3.3K
  • Match 21.1%$5.7K
  • 1 other tier0.4%$2.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.07 by chance$524,000

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27times

Every number was expected about that many times after 214 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 (14, 38) with the draw of 8 October 2024 — its closest relative in 214 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 October 2024): 26 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 18 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 411≈ 14 by chance$300
  • Match 3432≈ 486 by chance$5.00
  • Match 25,672≈ 5.7k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈62k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 5,672 winners, 0% more than the 5.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$524,000
    Match 411$300
    Match 3432$5.00
    Match 25,672$1.00
    Totals6,116—