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Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 23
  5. 29

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 3,996 of 5,244 under them

← 2022-10-17All recent draws2022-10-19 →

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 feed12 16 18 23 2929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 October 2022 — 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 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum55th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 540 of each

12521times
16580times
18552times
23543times
29

Prize breakdown · 2022-10-18

  • Lines in play≈ 187kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$58.6Kto 24k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.43

Where the money went

  • Match 444%$25.6K
  • Match 356%$33.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.43 by chance$25,000
  2. Match 4

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572times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,995 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 (12, 16, 23, 29) with the draw of 18 January 2014 — its closest relative in 3,995 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 October 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 54th 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

12 had not appeared for 11 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 1.6× 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 →
73≈ 68 by chance
$350
  • Match 32,201≈ 2.1k by chance$15.00
  • Match 221,233≈ 21k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈187k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,201 winners, 4% more than the 2.1k 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 473$350
    Match 32,201$15.00
    Match 221,233$0.00
    Totals23,507—