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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 22
  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 3,547 of 5,246 under them

← 2021-05-11All recent draws2021-05-13 →

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 feed3 18 20 22 3029 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd9th
  • low31th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread56th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 479 of each

3520times
18481times
20503times
22485times
30

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 202kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$114.6Kto 25k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 0.46

Where the money went

  • Match 544%$50.0K
  • Match 425%$29.1K
  • Match 331%$35.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 0.46 by chance$25,000
  2. Match 4

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479times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,546 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 (3, 18, 22, 30) with the draw of 26 October 2012 — its closest relative in 3,546 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 95. No two numbers side by side. 46% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 12 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 1.9× 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 →
83≈ 74 by chance
$350
  • Match 32,369≈ 2.3k by chance$15.00
  • Match 222,952≈ 23k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈202k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,369 winners, 3% more than the 2.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 52$25,000
    Match 483$350
    Match 32,369$15.00
    Match 222,952$0.00
    Totals25,406—