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Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 16 October 2023

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 9
  4. 16
  5. 18

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

Rules5/41 · Oct 2020 – Oct 2023draw 719 of 720 under them

← 2023-10-15All recent draws2023-10-17 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 6 9 16 1829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Cash 5 was a 5/41 · Oct 2020 – Oct 2023 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 718 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 October 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

17oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 17 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd9th
  • low99th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

477times
692times
985times
1688times
18

Prize breakdown · 2023-10-16

  • Lines in play≈ 82kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$17.3Kto 8.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 431%$5.4K
  • Match 323%$4K
  • Match 245%$7.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.11 by chance$308,000
  2. Match 4

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85times

Every number was expected about that many times after 718 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 3 of 5 numbers (6, 9, 16) with the draw of 8 March 2023 — its closest relative in 718 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 October 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

53

The numbers add up to 53 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. No two numbers side by side. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 29 draws. A number waits about 8 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 2.4× 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 →
27≈ 20 by chance
$200
  • Match 3809≈ 689 by chance$5.00
  • Match 27,808≈ 7.8k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈82k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 809 winners, 17% more than the 689 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$308,000
    Match 427$200
    Match 3809$5.00
    Match 27,808$1.00
    Totals8,644—