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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 18 January 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 19
  3. 20
  4. 24
  5. 35

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 3,449 of 5,244 under them

← 2021-01-16All recent draws2021-01-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed8 19 20 24 3529 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap39th
  • neighbours73th
  • spread56th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 466 of each

8483times
19443times
20489times
24504times
35

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 251kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$88.8Kto 32k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.58

Where the money went

  • Match 449%$43.4K
  • Match 351%$45.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.58 by chance$25,000
  2. Match 4

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481times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,448 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, 19, 20, 24) with the draw of 19 December 2020 — its closest relative in 3,448 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2021): 8 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 95. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 46% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 13 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
124≈ 92 by chance
$350
  • Match 33,025≈ 2.9k by chance$15.00
  • Match 228,607≈ 29k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈251k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,025 winners, 6% more than the 2.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$25,000
    Match 4124$350
    Match 33,025$15.00
    Match 228,607$0.00
    Totals31,756—