Layout of all Cash Five numbers – 1998

1998: The year in numbers

Cash Five 1998: all 209 draws from Jan 1, 1998 to Dec 31, 1998 with the winning numbers, by month; click a date for the prize breakdown.

Most drawn numbers that year: 2, 25, 38, 13, 19 – least drawn: 18, 24, 10.

The sum of the winning numbers averaged 90.8 (chance expectation 90.0); the highest sum of the year was 143 on Dec 24, 1998, the lowest 45 on Sep 10, 1998.

45.6% of the drawn numbers were even (expected 48.6%). In 48 draws (43%) two consecutive numbers such as 12 and 13 came up together; chance expects that in 48% of draws.

On average 0.75 number from the previous draw was drawn again (expected 0.71). The longest gap of any number within the year belonged to 28, absent for 55 draws.

Numbers from the range 11–20 came up most often (174 hits), those from 31–35 least often (75). Such deviations are part of chance: they even out over many years, and none of them helps with the next draw.