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Cash 5 · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 31

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 3,955 of 5,245 under them

← 2022-08-30All recent draws2022-09-01 →

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 feed4 6 26 27 3129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2022 — 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 82% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours73th
  • spread56th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 534 of each

4558times
6542times
26522times
27541times
31

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 191kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$57.2Kto 24k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.44

Where the money went

  • Match 444%$25.2K
  • Match 356%$32.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.44 by chance$25,000
  2. Match 4

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498times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,954 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 (4, 26, 27, 31) with the draw of 7 October 2020 — its closest relative in 3,954 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 August 2022): 4 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 47th 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

6 had not appeared for 8 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 1.7× 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 →
72≈ 70 by chance
$350
  • Match 32,133≈ 2.2k by chance$15.00
  • Match 221,701≈ 22k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈191k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,133 winners, 2% fewer than the 2.2k 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 472$350
    Match 32,133$15.00
    Match 221,701$0.00
    Totals23,906—