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Cash 5 · draw

Friday, 16 May 2025

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 26
  3. 27
  4. 31
  5. 32

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

Rules5/45 · since Oct 2023draw 577 of 1,089 under them

← 2025-05-15All recent draws2025-05-17 →

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 feed18 26 27 31 3229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 64 of each

1856times
2662times
2765times
3169times
32

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 52kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$6.8Kto 4.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 415%$1.0K
  • Match 324%$1.7K
  • Match 261%$4.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.04 by chance$230,000
  2. Match 4

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77times

Every number was expected about that many times after 576 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 (18, 27, 32) with the draw of 25 December 2024 — its closest relative in 576 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2025): 32 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27, 31–32. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 8.4 by chance
$200
  • Match 3332≈ 329 by chance$5.00
  • Match 24,166≈ 4.2k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈52k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 4,166 winners, 0% more than the 4.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$230,000
    Match 45$200
    Match 3332$5.00
    Match 24,166$1.00
    Totals4,503—