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Cash 5 · draw

Friday, 1 May 2026

ResultCash 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 17
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 45

Jackpot$200,000

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 927 of 1,103 under them

← 2026-04-30All recent draws2026-05-02 →

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 feed8 17 20 25 4529 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 103 of each

8110times
1791times
20101times
25124times
45

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-01

  • Lines in play≈ 69kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$239.1Kto 6.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 596%$230K
  • Match 30.9%$2.1K
  • Match 22.3%$5.6K
  • 1 other tier0.6%$1.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.06 by chance$230,000

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102times

Every number was expected about that many times after 926 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 (8, 20, 45) with the draw of 9 January 2026 — its closest relative in 926 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2026): 25 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 8 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 47≈ 11 by chance$200
  • Match 3411≈ 442 by chance$5.00
  • Match 25,596≈ 5.6k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈69k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 5,596 winners, 0% more than the 5.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$230,000
    Match 47$200
    Match 3411$5.00
    Match 25,596$1.00
    Totals6,015—