Number 5

In Set for Life under the 7/44 + 2/44 · since Mar 2020 rules — 2,395 draws, 7 from 1–44.

368times drawn · chance expected 381 −0.73σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 84% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.3

38longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 368 times in 2,395 draws against 381.0 expected, −0.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 95 times, counted separately.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 368 times in 2,395 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 2 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 smallest178 · chance 196.9
2nd smallest153 · chance 139.0
3rd smallest36 · chance 29.8
4th smallest1 · chance 2.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 51.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 15 2 20 25 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-10-10	13	2nd	2 5 29 30 38 41 44
2026-09-27	6	2nd	3 5 9 13 17 18 32
2026-09-21	11	1st	5 6 9 12 36 39

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 7/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-14	8	2nd	2 5 9 11 35 41 44
2026-05-06	11	1st	5 8 24 30 35 39 41
2026-04-25	5	1st	5 10 11 16 21 23 32
2026-04-20	6	2nd	2 5 15 20 37 39 41
2026-04-14	1	2nd	2 5 12 14 19 33 35
2026-04-13	11	2nd	3 5 7 28 31 41 44
2026-04-02	4	2nd	2 5 14 17 30 40 41
2026-03-29	5	1st	5 12 13 15 17 40 44
2026-03-24	3	1st	5 7 17 28 33 36 43
2026-03-21	2	2nd	3 5 7 21 30 39 41
2026-03-19	8	1st	5 6 10 22 24 36 39
2026-03-11	13	2nd	1 5 9 12 16 19 20
2026-02-26	16	2nd	4 5 11 23 25 37 42
2026-02-10	2	3rd	2 4 5 12 14 28 36
2026-02-08	3	1st	5 26 29 30 35 40 41
2026-02-05	3	2nd	3 5 10 17 25 37 39
2026-02-02	2	2nd	2 5 6 12 21 22 27
2026-01-31	4	1st	5 12 23 27 36 38 40
2026-01-27	13	1st	5 9 16 27 31 35 37
2026-01-14	1	2nd	4 5 13 22 36 37 41
2026-01-13	21	2nd	3 5 15 17 30 33 40
2025-12-23	2	1st	5 13 19 29 30 35 44
2025-12-21	15	1st	5 6 18 20 23 34 39
2025-12-06	1	1st	5 15 24 31 39 40 42
2025-12-05	7	2nd	1 5 15 17 21 25 31
2025-11-28	2	1st	5 8 15 20 27 39 43
2025-11-26	4	1st	5 14 20 21 29 34 37
2025-11-22	3	1st	5 17 23 24 26 30 31
2025-11-19	4	2nd	4 5 21 30 33 39 44
2025-11-15	2	3rd	2 4 5 13 14 27 42
2025-11-13	1	2nd	3 5 21 24 25 33 36
2025-11-12	2	1st	5 6 10 15 20 21 29
2025-11-10	2	2nd	3 5 9 13 23 36 39
2025-11-08	30	2nd	2 5 7 31 37 38 43
2025-10-09	5	3rd	3 4 5 13 31 35 36
2025-10-04	5	2nd	2 5 27 29 36 37 44
2025-09-29	6	1st	5 11 20 21 26 39 40
2025-09-23	4	2nd	2 5 7 13 23 25 30
2025-09-19	5	1st	5 10 12 20 28 32 35
2025-09-14	3	1st	5 11 15 21 33 34 43
2025-09-11	7	1st	5 19 21 24 26 28 33
2025-09-04	8	2nd	2 5 9 12 20 30 33
2025-08-27	1	2nd	4 5 14 22 23 27 28
2025-08-26	1	1st	5 12 30 32 34 35 38
2025-08-25	6	1st	5 11 20 21 31 41 44
2025-08-19	7	1st	5 11 23 33 35 36 39
2025-08-12	9	1st	5 8 9 21 22 23 24
2025-08-03	1	2nd	4 5 7 12 32 34 43
2025-08-02	19	1st	5 8 19 23 25 39 40
2025-07-14	2	2nd	2 5 22 29 35 38 44
2025-07-12	1	2nd	2 5 9 11 20 31 43
2025-07-11	7	3rd	1 3 5 6 24 31 34
2025-07-04	3	1st	5 9 12 20 36 37 40
2025-07-01	4	1st	5 6 9 22 28 40 42
2025-06-27	2	1st	5 6 10 24 37 38 42
2025-06-25	6	1st	5 12 18 28 34 38 43
2025-06-19	16	1st	5 7 9 14 20 23 37
2025-06-03	4	2nd	2 5 10 11 19 26 39
2025-05-30	2	1st	5 12 22 27 36 38 44
2025-05-28	3	1st	5 12 15 24 29 38 42
2025-05-25	7	2nd	1 5 8 11 17 19 21
2025-05-18	2	1st	5 15 16 19 32 34 36
2025-05-16	2	2nd	3 5 31 33 37 41 42
2025-05-14	3	2nd	1 5 19 20 27 31 33
2025-05-11	9	1st	5 8 17 20 28 33 41
2025-05-02	8	1st	5 26 32 35 38 42 44
2025-04-24	7	1st	5 13 15 16 25 28 35
2025-04-17	4	1st	5 7 8 17 23 34 41
2025-04-13	8	2nd	3 5 8 12 26 29 32
2025-04-05	1	3rd	3 4 5 6 22 27 44
2025-04-04	3	2nd	1 5 16 18 19 23 39
2025-04-01	4	2nd	4 5 13 20 32 39 42
2025-03-28	1	1st	5 9 24 30 40 42 44
2025-03-27	1	1st	5 6 7 15 17 20 26
2025-03-26	4	1st	5 9 15 23 25 31 36
2025-03-22	2	1st	5 7 20 22 28 34 40
2025-03-20	3	1st	5 11 18 19 23 41 44
2025-03-17	6	1st	5 9 12 29 31 38 39
2025-03-11	17	1st	5 9 15 32 34 41 42
2025-02-22	6	3rd	3 4 5 17 21 23 40
2025-02-16	2	2nd	3 5 22 27 28 32 34
2025-02-14	5	1st	5 22 26 28 33 36 37
2025-02-09	1	1st	5 6 7 14 24 31 33
2025-02-08	8	1st	5 10 13 25 27 29 32
2025-01-31	18	3rd	1 4 5 10 15 27 41
2025-01-13	2	1st	5 6 7 12 16 18 21
2025-01-11	1	1st	5 9 14 19 26 33 42
2025-01-10	24	1st	5 22 25 32 34 36 39
2024-12-17	17	1st	5 6 16 27 31 37 41
2024-11-30	7	2nd	3 5 19 28 29 33 40
2024-11-23	17	1st	5 7 10 23 25 30 36
2024-11-06	10	1st	5 8 15 19 25 38 39
2024-10-27	2	1st	5 13 15 24 30 43 44
2024-10-25	12	1st	5 6 8 12 13 28 37
2024-10-13	25	2nd	4 5 11 13 26 30 40
2024-09-18	3	1st	5 9 11 20 28 37 40
2024-09-15	1	1st	5 7 8 20 29 37 43
2024-09-14	2	1st	5 6 21 31 33 35 42
2024-09-12	3	1st	5 6 16 24 34 36 42
2024-09-09	2	1st	5 8 17 29 30 31 32
2024-09-07	4	1st	5 6 12 17 22 23 39
2024-09-03	1	3rd	3 4 5 21 22 25 32
2024-09-02	4	3rd	2 4 5 10 20 34 43
2024-08-29	3	2nd	1 5 12 16 20 25 31
2024-08-26	2	3rd	1 2 5 35 40 43 44
2024-08-24	10	1st	5 10 19 26 31 36 37
2024-08-14	6	2nd	1 5 10 19 21 25 36
2024-08-08	14	3rd	2 4 5 10 39 41 42
2024-07-25	8	2nd	3 5 6 7 9 12 23
2024-07-17	7	2nd	2 5 15 16 21 27 33
2024-07-10	1	2nd	1 5 6 10 19 29 43
2024-07-09	4	3rd	2 4 5 6 15 24 27
2024-07-05	4	2nd	4 5 6 20 24 32 42
2024-07-01	2	1st	5 16 24 31 35 41 43
2024-06-29	12	2nd	2 5 6 11 24 28 40
2024-06-17	5	1st	5 15 21 30 31 33 41
2024-06-12	13	2nd	1 5 6 9 19 31 43
2024-05-30	3	1st	5 8 20 21 28 33 40
2024-05-27	36	2nd	3 5 9 38 39 40 41
2024-04-21	5	1st	5 15 16 34 38 40 44
2024-04-16	21	2nd	2 5 8 16 37 41 43
2024-03-26	18	2nd	2 5 8 15 17 25 26
2024-03-08	6	1st	5 8 17 18 24 29 41
2024-03-02	2	1st	5 8 12 13 21 42 43
2024-02-29	1	2nd	3 5 15 21 26 30 40
2024-02-28	15	1st	5 10 19 26 36 37 43
2024-02-13	9	3rd	1 4 5 14 18 27 41
2024-02-04	3	1st	5 16 19 22 29 43 44
2024-02-01	3	1st	5 17 20 27 28 30 38
2024-01-29	6	2nd	3 5 18 19 25 30 41
2024-01-23	4	2nd	4 5 7 16 23 24 41
2024-01-19	17	2nd	2 5 6 8 27 33 42
2024-01-02	1	1st	5 15 16 24 34 40 44
2024-01-01	1	1st	5 13 19 20 24 41 44
2023-12-31	18	3rd	1 4 5 10 12 13 15
2023-12-13	7	1st	5 15 22 26 27 32 33
2023-12-06	2	1st	5 6 11 12 14 15 20
2023-12-04	7	1st	5 6 7 10 22 26 33
2023-11-27	18	2nd	2 5 7 10 31 42 43
2023-11-09	8	2nd	3 5 13 15 26 36 38
2023-11-01	1	3rd	1 4 5 7 11 12 37
2023-10-31	4	1st	5 7 15 17 24 26 27
2023-10-27	2	1st	5 9 11 17 35 37 38
2023-10-25	3	2nd	2 5 12 22 23 30 44
2023-10-22	4	1st	5 14 20 21 23 37 40
2023-10-18	3	2nd	4 5 8 12 17 23 34
2023-10-15	5	1st	5 7 25 28 32 42 44
2023-10-10	4	3rd	1 3 5 12 14 31 43
2023-10-06	8	2nd	1 5 6 13 33 36 43
2023-09-28	2	1st	5 9 12 19 24 25 29
2023-09-26	9	1st	5 11 15 18 22 29 38
2023-09-17	8	1st	5 9 12 16 19 20 26
2023-09-09	8	1st	5 10 13 25 27 41 42
2023-09-01	6	1st	5 13 20 21 23 38 41
2023-08-26	5	2nd	3 5 9 16 32 38 43
2023-08-21	15	1st	5 9 14 21 35 36 44
2023-08-06	7	1st	5 8 10 15 27 28 36
2023-07-30	1	2nd	4 5 9 10 18 23 42
2023-07-29	1	2nd	3 5 13 21 32 39 44
2023-07-28	15	2nd	4 5 16 17 28 30 43
2023-07-13	9	2nd	1 5 11 26 31 39 40
2023-07-04	1	3rd	2 4 5 11 26 29 44
2023-07-03	2	3rd	1 2 5 7 31 32 34
2023-07-01	1	2nd	4 5 25 27 37 38 41
2023-06-30	3	3rd	1 2 5 8 20 28 33
2023-06-27	1	2nd	4 5 9 11 21 30 37
2023-06-26	1	2nd	4 5 6 13 22 26 37
2023-06-25	11	3rd	1 4 5 11 19 39 44
2023-06-14	6	1st	5 11 13 17 29 31 40
2023-06-08	3	1st	5 14 28 30 38 40 44
2023-06-05	8	2nd	2 5 12 16 23 28 30
2023-05-28	2	1st	5 9 25 37 39 41 44
2023-05-26	4	2nd	4 5 27 32 38 40 41
2023-05-22	13	2nd	3 5 6 9 13 19 30
2023-05-09	4	2nd	3 5 9 21 22 25 43
2023-05-05	7	1st	5 12 16 17 24 35 39
2023-04-28	6	1st	5 12 14 16 27 39 40
2023-04-22	12	1st	5 15 16 19 22 32 39
2023-04-10	8	2nd	4 5 16 22 26 40 44
2023-04-02	2	2nd	2 5 11 24 25 39 43
2023-03-31	3	2nd	4 5 21 25 29 40 42
2023-03-28	2	2nd	4 5 16 20 37 40 42
2023-03-26	3	2nd	2 5 9 17 24 25 44
2023-03-23	11	2nd	4 5 17 24 34 38 40
2023-03-12	1	1st	5 7 17 18 22 27 40
2023-03-11	9	1st	5 6 32 33 35 38 40
2023-03-02	13	2nd	2 5 10 23 26 39 42
2023-02-17	20	1st	5 17 28 32 33 34 44
2023-01-28	8	2nd	4 5 9 21 30 33 44
2023-01-20	8	2nd	4 5 19 24 25 28 38
2023-01-12	2	2nd	1 5 8 16 21 41 43
2023-01-10	4	2nd	3 5 13 14 19 38 39
2023-01-06	10	1st	5 8 19 22 23 26 40
2022-12-27	11	2nd	4 5 8 18 20 21 33
2022-12-16	10	2nd	3 5 13 16 25 34 44
2022-12-06	1	1st	5 25 27 29 33 37 40
2022-12-05	9	3rd	2 4 5 14 15 24 36
2022-11-26	4	2nd	1 5 13 14 36 37 43
2022-11-22	3	2nd	3 5 6 20 31 33 38
2022-11-19	8	2nd	4 5 6 23 25 27 42
2022-11-11	2	2nd	3 5 17 23 24 35 36
2022-11-09	4	1st	5 14 31 33 34 39 44
2022-11-05	32	1st	5 18 21 22 25 37 42
2022-10-04	20	1st	5 21 25 32 33 37 41
2022-09-14	1	3rd	2 3 5 6 35 37 38
2022-09-13	9	1st	5 14 17 19 32 36 39
2022-09-04	1	1st	5 11 20 21 25 27 42
2022-09-03	1	1st	5 9 18 23 25 31 33
2022-09-02	6	1st	5 9 16 21 22 32 36
2022-08-27	6	2nd	4 5 6 10 23 31 33
2022-08-21	2	2nd	1 5 16 28 29 35 42
2022-08-19	13	2nd	4 5 8 16 32 38 44
2022-08-06	6	1st	5 6 8 26 33 38 44
2022-07-31	14	2nd	4 5 12 22 26 32 33
2022-07-17	4	1st	5 8 9 22 26 31 33
2022-07-13	2	3rd	1 4 5 14 16 28 32
2022-07-11	2	1st	5 14 17 31 35 42 44
2022-07-09	6	2nd	1 5 6 17 31 36 41
2022-07-03	7	2nd	2 5 9 16 20 23 38
2022-06-26	1	1st	5 10 15 18 24 38 42
2022-06-25	4	2nd	2 5 7 13 20 25 35
2022-06-21	18	2nd	2 5 16 23 24 26 39
2022-06-03	5	1st	5 9 18 21 34 38 43
2022-05-29	4	2nd	1 5 11 13 28 29 44
2022-05-25	4	1st	5 22 24 25 28 37 42
2022-05-21	10	2nd	1 5 11 15 22 24 31
2022-05-11	13	2nd	4 5 17 31 32 34 43
2022-04-28	16	1st	5 16 19 34 37 40 43
2022-04-12	1	1st	5 13 21 24 30 36 40
2022-04-11	10	2nd	3 5 8 15 32 34 38
2022-04-01	5	1st	5 9 29 34 37 38 40
2022-03-27	4	1st	5 10 20 32 37 41 44
2022-03-23	4	1st	5 6 14 19 20 38 44
2022-03-19	6	3rd	2 3 5 10 22 26 33
2022-03-13	6	1st	5 16 23 32 35 36 41
2022-03-07	10	1st	5 13 14 23 30 34 44
2022-02-25	3	2nd	3 5 11 17 20 24 40
2022-02-22	4	1st	5 19 22 28 33 38 40
2022-02-18	6	2nd	4 5 7 8 15 20 21
2022-02-12	1	2nd	1 5 16 19 22 27 44
2022-02-11	3	2nd	3 5 8 17 22 31 43
2022-02-08	4	2nd	3 5 14 15 33 36 40
2022-02-04	2	2nd	2 5 12 13 14 21 43
2022-02-02	3	2nd	2 5 8 11 26 29 40
2022-01-30	7	2nd	1 5 6 22 29 31 44
2022-01-23	12	1st	5 16 21 23 26 30 31
2022-01-11	3	2nd	2 5 7 15 29 33 41
2022-01-08	21	1st	5 16 19 21 25 30 44
2021-12-18	14	1st	5 14 18 28 29 41 42
2021-12-04	1	2nd	4 5 9 11 25 31 43
2021-12-03	1	1st	5 11 12 30 40 41 43
2021-12-02	1	1st	5 10 18 25 37 38 42
2021-12-01	2	2nd	4 5 18 20 31 34 43
2021-11-29	4	1st	5 13 19 23 36 40 44
2021-11-25	1	2nd	3 5 8 15 16 21 30
2021-11-24	4	2nd	4 5 8 19 27 28 30
2021-11-20	1	2nd	4 5 11 21 23 35 42
2021-11-19	7	2nd	4 5 7 9 27 35 42
2021-11-12	7	1st	5 13 15 16 26 29 32
2021-11-05	3	3rd	2 4 5 15 24 36 40
2021-11-02	4	1st	5 8 19 25 26 30 42
2021-10-29	8	1st	5 9 17 22 26 38 42
2021-10-21	9	1st	5 9 11 13 15 27 31
2021-10-12	11	2nd	1 5 7 12 26 41 42
2021-10-01	1	1st	5 15 18 20 22 40 43
2021-09-30	12	1st	5 10 13 32 34 37 41
2021-09-18	6	1st	5 11 12 25 33 38 39
2021-09-12	2	1st	5 13 15 17 18 20 30
2021-09-10	12	2nd	2 5 11 16 39 41 43
2021-08-29	8	3rd	3 4 5 8 10 13 35
2021-08-21	6	1st	5 19 22 23 30 35 43
2021-08-15	3	2nd	2 5 23 24 34 41 43
2021-08-12	2	2nd	4 5 8 22 30 31 39
2021-08-10	1	1st	5 25 31 32 34 36 44
2021-08-09	2	1st	5 19 23 27 35 38 42
2021-08-07	15	2nd	4 5 7 13 25 33 35
2021-07-23	10	1st	5 12 14 17 29 37 44
2021-07-13	19	1st	5 10 11 21 27 33 36
2021-06-24	1	3rd	1 2 5 25 35 37 43
2021-06-23	4	1st	5 10 12 27 28 29 36
2021-06-19	1	2nd	1 5 6 15 19 24 33
2021-06-18	17	1st	5 6 17 21 30 32 42
2021-06-01	5	2nd	1 5 12 20 22 30 35
2021-05-27	1	2nd	4 5 8 9 14 23 27
2021-05-26	11	3rd	2 3 5 16 18 27 40
2021-05-15	6	1st	5 7 10 15 31 36 40
2021-05-09	4	1st	5 7 20 28 37 39 42
2021-05-05	8	1st	5 8 9 11 15 32 35
2021-04-27	6	2nd	4 5 20 21 29 33 35
2021-04-21	2	1st	5 8 13 24 30 38 39
2021-04-19	3	3rd	3 4 5 20 25 26 33
2021-04-16	12	2nd	3 5 7 17 25 27 44
2021-04-04	15	1st	5 17 20 23 25 37 41
2021-03-20	8	1st	5 11 14 25 31 36 37
2021-03-12	9	1st	5 12 18 27 38 40 43
2021-03-03	6	1st	5 8 10 15 27 30 40
2021-02-25	3	1st	5 7 26 29 34 38 39
2021-02-22	2	2nd	2 5 11 19 26 28 33
2021-02-20	1	1st	5 14 20 21 22 27 33
2021-02-19	9	1st	5 11 13 19 22 25 34
2021-02-10	1	2nd	3 5 11 16 32 38 43
2021-02-09	4	2nd	1 5 7 23 26 37 40
2021-02-05	1	1st	5 7 8 15 17 21 30
2021-02-04	8	2nd	3 5 25 28 31 32 41
2021-01-27	38	2nd	1 5 18 23 35 41 43
2020-12-20	5	1st	5 17 34 36 37 39 42
2020-12-15	7	1st	5 12 13 15 16 17 39
2020-12-08	2	3rd	3 4 5 6 11 26 27
2020-12-06	14	2nd	4 5 14 17 20 21 25
2020-11-22	1	1st	5 8 11 14 16 20 40
2020-11-21	2	1st	5 9 10 15 19 28 35
2020-11-19	5	3rd	3 4 5 6 14 16 30
2020-11-14	4	1st	5 15 31 34 36 37 38
2020-11-10	8	1st	5 15 17 20 25 31 32
2020-11-02	1	1st	5 15 16 17 22 26 32
2020-11-01	1	1st	5 6 7 19 25 30 38
2020-10-31	10	2nd	2 5 11 22 38 41 43
2020-10-21	3	2nd	2 5 11 26 28 38 44
2020-10-18	9	1st	5 13 15 26 27 33 39
2020-10-09	13	3rd	3 4 5 6 13 33 43
2020-09-26	1	3rd	1 4 5 8 10 31 38
2020-09-25	15	2nd	1 5 8 9 14 28 42
2020-09-10	3	1st	5 12 17 20 24 41 43
2020-09-07	5	2nd	1 5 7 11 14 22 28
2020-09-02	4	2nd	4 5 12 14 23 24 37
2020-08-29	7	1st	5 7 19 23 34 35 44
2020-08-22	24	2nd	2 5 8 13 15 17 31
2020-07-29	1	1st	5 6 12 14 25 34 36
2020-07-28	3	3rd	2 3 5 14 19 27 29
2020-07-25	21	1st	5 12 16 26 28 35 36
2020-07-04	12	1st	5 6 7 24 28 31 42
2020-06-22	8	2nd	3 5 13 15 30 33 39
2020-06-14	1	2nd	2 5 9 11 18 21 38
2020-06-13	8	2nd	2 5 6 9 11 21 28
2020-06-05	6	1st	5 18 19 26 30 36 42
2020-05-30	10	2nd	1 5 8 11 13 18 30
2020-05-20	23	1st	5 9 17 32 39 41 44
2020-04-27	3	2nd	3 5 7 26 30 31 39
2020-04-24	1	2nd	3 5 7 11 23 36 44
2020-04-23	4	1st	5 12 15 20 30 31 42
2020-04-19	5	1st	5 10 18 29 33 34 37
2020-04-14	18	2nd	1 5 7 32 37 38 43
2020-03-27	3	2nd	3 5 7 10 15 18 41
2020-03-24	—	2nd	1 5 8 9 39 41 44