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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 16 January 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 17
  4. 28
  5. 34

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 4,073 of 5,245 under them

← 2023-01-14All recent draws2023-01-17 →

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 feed2 9 17 28 3429 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2023 — 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 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap39th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread85th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 550 of each

2569times
9553times
17526times
28571times
34

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-16

  • Lines in play≈ 215kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$72.6Kto 27k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.49

Where the money went

  • Match 448%$35.0K
  • Match 352%$37.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.49 by chance$25,000
  2. Match 4

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560times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,072 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, 17, 28, 34) with the draw of 1 February 2010 — its closest relative in 4,072 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 78% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2023): 2 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 41th 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

34 had not appeared for 18 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 1.0× 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 →
100≈ 79 by chance
$350
  • Match 32,505≈ 2.4k by chance$15.00
  • Match 224,421≈ 24k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈215k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,505 winners, 3% more than the 2.4k 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 4100$350
    Match 32,505$15.00
    Match 224,421$0.00
    Totals27,026—