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Cash 5 · draw

Friday, 17 March 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 23
  5. 27

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 4,125 of 5,245 under them

← 2023-03-16All recent draws2023-03-18 →

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 feed1 16 18 23 2729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 557 of each

1579times
16598times
18581times
23557times
27

Prize breakdown · 2023-03-17

  • Lines in play≈ 211kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$91.5Kto 27k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.48

Where the money went

  • Match 527%$25.0K
  • Match 433%$30.1K
  • Match 340%$36.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.48 by chance$25,000
  2. Match 4

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561times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,124 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 (1, 16, 23, 27) with the draw of 21 March 2022 — its closest relative in 4,124 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 78% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 March 2023): 18 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

85

The numbers add up to 85 — the 33th 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

1 had not appeared for 20 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 →
86≈ 78 by chance
$350
  • Match 32,424≈ 2.4k by chance$15.00
  • Match 224,034≈ 24k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈211k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,424 winners, 1% 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 51$25,000
    Match 486$350
    Match 32,424$15.00
    Match 224,034$0.00
    Totals26,545—