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Cash 5 · draw

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 12
  4. 14
  5. 21

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 4,074 of 5,245 under them

← 2023-01-16All recent draws2023-01-18 →

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 feed8 9 12 14 2129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours73th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 550 of each

8563times
9554times
12534times
14557times
21

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 203kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$74.2Kto 26k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.47

Where the money went

  • Match 449%$36.4K
  • Match 351%$37.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.47 by chance$25,000
  2. Match 4

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525times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,073 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, 12, 14, 21) with the draw of 6 May 2017 — its closest relative in 4,073 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 78% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2023): 9 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

64

The numbers add up to 64 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 95. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 46% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 5 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 2.3× 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 →
104≈ 74 by chance
$350
  • Match 32,521≈ 2.3k by chance$15.00
  • Match 223,092≈ 23k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈203k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,521 winners, 9% 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 50$25,000
    Match 4104$350
    Match 32,521$15.00
    Match 223,092$0.00
    Totals25,717—