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Cash 5 · draw

Friday, 31 December 2021

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 26
  5. 34

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 3,747 of 5,245 under them

← 2021-12-30All recent draws2022-01-01 →

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 feed9 17 18 26 3429 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap15th
  • neighbours73th
  • spread44th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 506 of each

9498times
17487times
18517times
26494times
34

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 216kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$72.3Kto 27k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.50

Where the money went

  • Match 446%$33.6K
  • Match 354%$38.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.50 by chance$25,000
  2. Match 4

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519times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,746 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 (9, 18, 26, 34) with the draw of 8 November 2021 — its closest relative in 3,746 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 95. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 46% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 10 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 →
96≈ 79 by chance
$350
  • Match 32,580≈ 2.5k by chance$15.00
  • Match 224,607≈ 25k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈216k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,580 winners, 5% more than the 2.5k 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 496$350
    Match 32,580$15.00
    Match 224,607$0.00
    Totals27,283—