Number 5

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

125times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.12σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 56% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

36longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 125 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 46 times, counted separately.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 125 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 5 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 5 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest84 · chance 75.7
2nd smallest38 · chance 42.1
3rd smallest3 · chance 6.8
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 42 45 10 13 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 5 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 45. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 5 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-05	7	1st	5 17 27 38 40 43
2026-07-18	15	1st	5 7 13 24 30 41
2026-04-04	14	3rd	2 4 5 13 14 37
2025-12-27	3	2nd	3 5 20 26 28 40
2025-12-06	1	1st	5 10 17 33 42 45
2025-11-29	10	1st	5 10 17 22 36 44
2025-09-20	3	1st	5 10 25 26 27 38
2025-08-30	13	2nd	4 5 9 10 28 36
2025-05-31	1	1st	5 7 9 23 27 45
2025-05-24	13	1st	5 13 33 35 36 37
2025-02-22	14	2nd	2 5 26 28 31 39
2024-11-16	1	1st	5 6 8 29 38 44
2024-11-09	3	1st	5 6 30 37 39 43
2024-10-19	8	1st	5 15 22 26 33 43
2024-08-24	12	1st	5 8 42 43 44 45
2024-06-01	4	1st	5 21 22 28 39 42
2024-05-04	4	1st	5 12 14 26 29 42
2024-04-06	5	1st	5 6 14 36 37 45
2024-03-02	5	1st	5 8 15 18 19 30
2024-01-27	12	1st	5 8 13 24 29 36
2023-11-04	12	2nd	1 5 14 15 34 42
2023-08-12	3	1st	5 10 30 32 34 42
2023-07-22	2	2nd	1 5 14 26 32 33
2023-07-08	14	1st	5 26 29 34 37 41

The other 101 appearances

2023-04-01	24	1st	5 10 25 36 39 45
2022-10-15	3	1st	5 7 11 12 24 40
2022-09-24	18	1st	5 7 10 14 34 41
2022-05-21	13	1st	5 9 13 23 38 41
2022-02-19	12	2nd	1 5 18 20 23 34
2021-11-27	10	2nd	3 5 27 34 41 45
2021-09-18	6	1st	5 6 15 18 36 43
2021-08-07	8	1st	5 11 12 22 28 36
2021-06-12	4	1st	5 13 15 28 37 45
2021-05-15	2	1st	5 15 16 19 20 41
2021-05-01	2	1st	5 14 18 22 31 42
2021-04-17	8	1st	5 13 17 33 38 44
2021-02-20	7	2nd	3 5 9 26 35 41
2021-01-02	1	1st	5 7 14 16 17 44
2020-12-26	10	2nd	2 5 11 21 30 32
2020-10-17	1	1st	5 8 12 14 16 38
2020-10-10	26	1st	5 12 24 26 34 37
2020-04-11	36	1st	5 10 11 14 26 27
2019-08-03	3	2nd	3 5 28 32 38 44
2019-07-13	2	1st	5 16 18 22 36 41
2019-06-29	1	1st	5 14 21 33 35 42
2019-06-22	12	1st	5 10 11 12 29 41
2019-03-30	4	1st	5 8 26 27 31 33
2019-03-02	4	1st	5 10 38 39 40 43
2019-02-02	3	2nd	1 5 12 21 24 45
2019-01-12	3	1st	5 11 15 23 35 45
2018-12-22	3	1st	5 9 14 29 41 43
2018-12-01	4	1st	5 24 25 27 31 38
2018-11-03	2	2nd	3 5 12 14 35 36
2018-10-20	7	1st	5 14 15 38 42 45
2018-09-01	1	1st	5 10 14 16 36 43
2018-08-25	26	1st	5 15 18 29 31 35
2018-02-24	5	2nd	1 5 14 15 19 30
2018-01-20	5	2nd	2 5 9 14 31 34
2017-12-16	13	2nd	1 5 26 28 39 45
2017-09-16	12	1st	5 10 20 29 41 45
2017-06-24	1	2nd	1 5 13 29 32 43
2017-06-17	25	1st	5 19 25 30 33 34
2016-12-24	2	2nd	4 5 9 24 34 39
2016-12-10	13	1st	5 20 25 33 34 36
2016-09-10	2	1st	5 7 9 13 18 27
2016-08-27	8	2nd	4 5 13 18 25 34
2016-07-02	6	1st	5 12 16 20 31 41
2016-05-21	8	1st	5 11 13 14 37 39
2016-03-26	4	1st	5 9 17 24 32 43
2016-02-27	1	2nd	3 5 18 21 22 38
2016-02-20	3	1st	5 17 22 26 30 42
2016-01-30	5	1st	5 20 25 28 29 45
2015-12-26	11	1st	5 9 25 34 35 36
2015-10-10	2	2nd	1 5 7 8 15 39
2015-09-26	1	1st	5 12 13 17 22 26
2015-09-19	2	2nd	4 5 16 29 32 44
2015-09-05	19	1st	5 13 27 31 37 42
2015-04-25	9	1st	5 7 12 20 29 42
2015-02-21	11	1st	5 10 11 24 39 41
2014-12-06	2	2nd	1 5 13 36 38 39
2014-11-22	5	2nd	1 5 14 23 31 42
2014-10-18	5	1st	5 7 8 9 27 34
2014-09-13	7	2nd	1 5 10 14 29 33
2014-07-26	3	1st	5 7 12 28 40 45
2014-07-05	26	1st	5 7 14 20 31 39
2014-01-04	6	1st	5 6 10 28 32 40
2013-11-23	1	1st	5 7 20 30 31 39
2013-11-16	2	1st	5 8 15 32 36 39
2013-11-02	2	2nd	2 5 23 32 40 43
2013-10-19	4	1st	5 20 27 31 37 42
2013-09-21	5	3rd	1 2 5 16 19 42
2013-08-17	5	1st	5 27 33 35 42 45
2013-07-13	23	1st	5 9 14 27 37 40
2013-02-02	7	1st	5 18 29 31 44 45
2012-12-15	4	1st	5 7 9 16 20 41
2012-11-17	3	1st	5 8 11 20 29 33
2012-10-27	7	1st	5 6 25 33 34 44
2012-09-08	19	2nd	4 5 7 15 35 38
2012-04-28	8	2nd	4 5 12 23 31 33
2012-03-03	16	2nd	4 5 11 12 14 31
2011-11-12	15	2nd	4 5 10 17 22 40
2011-07-30	14	2nd	2 5 9 16 23 31
2011-04-23	9	1st	5 10 13 25 32 37
2011-02-19	2	2nd	1 5 14 23 41 45
2011-02-05	4	1st	5 11 19 30 42 45
2011-01-08	17	1st	5 6 19 23 35 38
2010-09-11	5	1st	5 11 15 36 42 44
2010-08-07	6	1st	5 28 35 39 40 41
2010-06-26	1	2nd	2 5 10 22 37 38
2010-06-19	2	1st	5 11 13 16 25 29
2010-06-05	6	1st	5 13 24 26 28 41
2010-04-24	1	2nd	4 5 12 18 20 25
2010-04-17	15	1st	5 6 22 32 36 43
2010-01-02	2	1st	5 12 16 33 34 42
2009-12-19	20	3rd	2 3 5 7 9 23
2009-08-01	1	1st	5 16 24 27 28 40
2009-07-25	1	1st	5 14 16 25 35 38
2009-07-18	1	2nd	2 5 6 8 12 13
2009-07-11	10	1st	5 9 20 29 33 37
2009-05-02	2	2nd	1 5 38 41 42 45
2009-04-18	3	2nd	3 5 8 14 30 34
2009-03-28	6	1st	5 21 22 25 27 38
2009-02-14	1	1st	5 6 20 23 24 26
2009-02-07	1	2nd	2 5 18 20 27 37
2009-01-31	—	2nd	4 5 15 18 30 34

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 5 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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