Number 5

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

195times drawn · chance expected 214 −1.41σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 195 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, −1.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 52 times, counted separately.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 195 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 7 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 smallest118 · chance 123.7
2nd smallest69 · chance 61.8
3rd smallest8 · chance 9.0
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 20.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 46 8 3 33 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-16	3	2nd	3 5 19 32 46 48
2026-09-05	16	1st	5 10 17 34 42 49
2026-07-11	2	1st	5 10 11 33 34 41
2026-07-04	6

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-13	15	1st	5 15 17 29 35 45
2024-09-21	16	1st	5 10 11 15 27 49
2024-07-27	2	1st	5 23 26 33 36 39
2024-07-20	2	1st	5 12 15 23 37 42
2024-07-13	2	1st	5 18 27 31 32 35
2024-07-06	42	1st	5 6 8 16 18 38
2024-02-10	2	2nd	1 5 15 18 22 44
2024-02-03	16	1st	5 10 15 27 40 47
2023-12-09	4	2nd	4 5 14 21 27 30
2023-11-25	18	1st	5 9 18 29 39 42
2023-09-23	2	1st	5 18 22 26 28 45
2023-09-16	10	1st	5 9 14 29 37 38
2023-08-12	2	2nd	2 5 7 12 31 44
2023-08-05	12	2nd	1 5 10 20 28 39
2023-06-24	1	1st	5 7 15 18 21 29
2023-06-21	16	2nd	4 5 13 14 33 35
2023-04-26	7	1st	5 9 25 29 39 48
2023-04-01	12	1st	5 11 23 31 45 49
2023-02-18	6	2nd	3 5 7 10 26 39
2023-01-28	1	1st	5 12 15 26 46 48
2023-01-25	5	1st	5 13 24 33 35 41
2023-01-07	2	1st	5 6 14 16 45 48
2022-12-31	24	2nd	2 5 7 11 15 21
2022-10-08	10	2nd	1 5 21 35 37 41
2022-09-03	4	1st	5 8 13 21 22 46
2022-08-20	2	2nd	1 5 11 29 40 49
2022-08-13	17	1st	5 8 13 35 37 40
2022-06-15	7	2nd	3 5 9 12 16 29
2022-05-21	3	2nd	4 5 26 33 35 44
2022-05-11	11	1st	5 10 12 34 36 48
2022-04-02	2	1st	5 12 15 29 42 44
2022-03-26	6	1st	5 11 21 22 38 45
2022-03-05	11	1st	5 9 10 32 38 40
2022-01-26	3	1st	5 22 25 30 32 46
2022-01-15	3	1st	5 10 35 41 42 44
2022-01-05	9	2nd	2 5 8 29 36 45
2021-12-04	6	1st	5 11 15 28 31 47
2021-11-13	4	1st	5 6 7 18 25 37
2021-10-30	4	2nd	3 5 7 23 42 46
2021-10-16	5	1st	5 10 11 33 44 47
2021-09-29	2	2nd	3 5 38 39 41 48
2021-09-22	17	1st	5 14 19 30 38 40
2021-07-24	4	2nd	1 5 7 19 37 45
2021-07-10	19	2nd	4 5 18 28 35 42
2021-05-05	7	1st	5 22 23 26 43 46
2021-04-10	22	1st	5 16 19 24 28 34
2021-01-23	1	1st	5 17 21 29 41 43
2021-01-20	23	2nd	2 5 18 23 29 47
2020-10-31	7	1st	5 8 18 22 41 48
2020-10-07	5	2nd	4 5 12 13 18 19
2020-09-19	2	1st	5 15 31 35 42 46
2020-09-12	1	1st	5 13 19 37 42 45
2020-09-09	2	2nd	3 5 9 19 29 37
2020-09-02	12	2nd	1 5 15 23 25 31
2020-07-22	1	1st	5 14 19 42 46 47
2020-07-18	1	1st	5 23 37 40 44 45
2020-07-15	8	1st	5 7 17 22 43 44
2020-06-17	28	1st	5 10 18 29 32 48
2020-03-11	1	1st	5 24 32 37 43 44
2020-03-07	5	1st	5 8 13 27 34 46
2020-02-19	9	1st	5 6 13 23 44 49
2020-01-18	3	2nd	2 5 10 18 26 30
2020-01-08	26	2nd	2 5 19 44 48 49
2019-10-09	3	1st	5 14 18 33 40 44
2019-09-28	7	3rd	1 4 5 7 21 40
2019-09-04	8	3rd	1 4 5 17 21 29
2019-08-07	3	1st	5 8 9 19 28 31
2019-07-27	4	3rd	1 3 5 34 38 43
2019-07-13	4	1st	5 11 12 33 37 45
2019-06-29	9	2nd	2 5 19 21 29 46
2019-05-29	4	2nd	4 5 15 38 41 42
2019-05-15	5	1st	5 6 32 40 42 47
2019-04-27	4	1st	5 6 11 16 19 27
2019-04-13	14	2nd	4 5 15 23 38 45
2019-02-23	3	1st	5 6 10 43 46 47
2019-02-13	25	1st	5 19 24 29 36 41
2018-11-17	1	1st	5 17 18 34 44 45
2018-11-14	14	1st	5 10 20 23 35 42
2018-09-26	17	1st	5 7 9 35 42 45
2018-07-28	37	1st	5 11 17 20 28 45
2018-03-21	55	2nd	1 5 9 12 39 41
2017-09-09	4	1st	5 9 18 29 39 47
2017-08-26	4	1st	5 7 32 38 40 46
2017-08-12	6	1st	5 8 13 25 33 45
2017-07-22	1	1st	5 8 17 32 38 45
2017-07-19	9	2nd	2 5 10 11 27 39
2017-06-17	7	1st	5 6 18 21 36 44
2017-05-24	1	2nd	3 5 9 22 37 46
2017-05-20	5	1st	5 8 10 20 33 34
2017-05-03	11	2nd	1 5 7 16 28 46
2017-03-25	1	1st	5 9 14 24 30 35
2017-03-22	5	3rd	2 3 5 27 40 46
2017-03-04	9	1st	5 16 24 31 38 47
2017-02-01	9	1st	5 9 11 36 42 43
2016-12-31	1	2nd	3 5 14 18 26 28
2016-12-28	12	2nd	1 5 10 15 40 41
2016-11-16	15	2nd	3 5 6 9 33 47
2016-09-24	3	2nd	2 5 17 23 33 47
2016-09-14	13	2nd	3 5 17 18 35 46
2016-07-30	10	2nd	4 5 9 19 22 23
2016-06-25	1	2nd	4 5 6 8 39 42
2016-06-22	22	1st	5 15 17 18 37 42
2016-04-06	8	3rd	1 3 5 8 13 31
2016-03-09	11	2nd	3 5 11 16 21 45
2016-01-30	6	2nd	4 5 32 37 38 44
2016-01-09	5	1st	5 22 30 33 45 48
2015-12-23	6	1st	5 9 17 31 38 46
2015-12-02	5	1st	5 20 33 34 38 48
2015-11-14	8	1st	5 8 23 39 41 48
2015-10-17	15	2nd	4 5 6 22 29 30
2015-08-26	3	1st	5 7 24 45 46 49
2015-08-15	18	1st	5 11 20 26 29 36
2015-06-13	18	1st	5 8 21 31 40 45
2015-04-11	12	1st	5 8 22 23 27 37
2015-02-28	9	1st	5 14 39 42 46 49
2015-01-28	12	3rd	3 4 5 8 33 38
2014-12-17	6	2nd	2 5 15 20 38 39
2014-11-26	1	1st	5 10 11 12 32 33
2014-11-22	1	1st	5 7 20 24 37 49
2014-11-19	5	1st	5 7 20 25 36 46
2014-11-01	17	2nd	3 5 26 37 39 45
2014-09-03	29	1st	5 13 15 22 45 47
2014-05-24	30	1st	5 9 37 43 46 48
2014-02-08	22	2nd	2 5 16 36 41 43
2013-11-23	8	2nd	3 5 13 16 44 48
2013-10-26	9	2nd	3 5 16 20 27 45
2013-09-25	7	1st	5 19 22 29 31 32
2013-08-31	9	1st	5 6 24 29 35 39
2013-07-31	2	1st	5 15 30 42 46 49
2013-07-24	9	2nd	2 5 12 22 44 48
2013-06-22	2	3rd	3 4 5 12 23 33
2013-06-15	3	1st	5 8 13 14 17 30
2013-06-05	5	1st	5 15 19 31 42 47
2013-05-18	21	1st	5 24 26 28 33 45
2013-03-06	5	2nd	1 5 14 27 30 41
2013-02-16	7	2nd	3 5 13 33 34 44
2013-01-23	8	2nd	2 5 16 25 30 40
2012-12-26	24	2nd	3 5 26 27 37 39
2012-10-03	2	1st	5 15 20 25 28 33
2012-09-26	7	2nd	2 5 9 13 22 38
2012-09-01	1	2nd	2 5 20 30 39 45
2012-08-29	14	2nd	3 5 8 14 24 34
2012-07-11	17	1st	5 8 14 18 43 49
2012-05-12	2	2nd	4 5 10 34 37 45
2012-05-05	11	1st	5 6 30 32 45 46
2012-03-28	6	1st	5 10 12 18 25 45
2012-03-07	2	1st	5 7 39 41 45 46
2012-02-29	9	1st	5 6 8 9 11 40
2012-01-28	12	1st	5 6 17 39 44 48
2011-12-17	14	2nd	3 5 24 27 38 46
2011-10-29	28	1st	5 8 13 16 40 49
2011-07-23	9	2nd	3 5 11 23 33 34
2011-06-22	8	1st	5 7 16 27 37 49
2011-05-25	11	1st	5 32 37 38 39 42
2011-04-16	7	1st	5 7 11 12 33 39
2011-03-23	8	1st	5 10 11 21 24 43
2011-02-23	9	1st	5 6 15 24 35 48
2011-01-22	4	2nd	4 5 9 12 33 36
2011-01-08	5	1st	5 6 11 16 24 40
2010-12-22	1	2nd	3 5 10 11 35 45
2010-12-18	1	1st	5 7 13 33 37 39
2010-12-15	6	2nd	1 5 8 11 29 33
2010-11-24	3	1st	5 11 26 28 35 46
2010-11-13	1	1st	5 15 27 35 38 47
2010-11-10	22	2nd	4 5 17 30 36 38
2010-08-25	6	1st	5 8 20 26 31 36
2010-08-04	14	1st	5 8 13 22 35 40
2010-06-16	9	2nd	2 5 9 20 25 32
2010-05-15	15	2nd	3 5 8 15 33 35
2010-03-24	2	1st	5 19 27 32 44 46
2010-03-17	—	1st	5 6 21 38 42 45