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Cash 5 · draw

Saturday, 16 January 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 30

Jackpot$25,000

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

Rules5/37 · since Jan 2010draw 3,448 of 5,244 under them

← 2021-01-15All recent draws2021-01-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:54 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 10 26 27 3029 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours73th
  • spread29th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 466 of each

8482times
10488times
26448times
27472times
30

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-16

  • Lines in play≈ 233kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$91.0Kto 29k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.53

Where the money went

  • Match 527%$25.0K
  • Match 427%$24.9K
  • Match 345%$41.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.53 by chance$25,000
  2. Match 4

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464times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,447 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 3 of 5 numbers (8, 27, 30) with the draw of 24 October 2020 — its closest relative in 3,447 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 95. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 46% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 37 draws. A number waits about 7 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 →
71≈ 85 by chance
$350
  • Match 32,746≈ 2.6k by chance$15.00
  • Match 226,470≈ 26k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈233k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,746 winners, 4% more than the 2.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$25,000
    Match 471$350
    Match 32,746$15.00
    Match 226,470$0.00
    Totals29,288—