Number 5

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 430 draws, 5 from 1–13.

160times drawn · chance expected 165 −0.53σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

2.6average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

17longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 160 times in 430 draws against 165.4 expected, −0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 160 times in 430 draws · average wait 2.6 draws · longest completed wait 17 · waiting 1 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 smallest34 · chance 22.6
2nd smallest73 · chance 72.4
3rd smallest43 · chance 54.3
4th smallest10 · chance 10.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 53.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 9 4 13 11 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-10-11	0	1st	5 7 8 9
2026-10-11	1	1st	5 7 8 9
2026-10-10	1	3rd	2 4 5 10 12
2026-10-09	3	3rd	4 4 5 8 13

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-08-28	1	3rd	4 4 5 9 9
2026-08-27	6	4th	1 4 4 5 13
2026-08-21	1	1st	5 7 7 10 13
2026-08-20	3	2nd	2 5 8 11 13
2026-08-17	0	2nd	4 5 7 11
2026-08-17	8	2nd	4 5 7 11
2026-08-09	4	2nd	1 5 8 10 11
2026-08-05	2	3rd	1 4 5 10 12
2026-08-03	1	3rd	2 4 5 11 13
2026-08-02	1	2nd	4 5 7 7 11
2026-08-01	1	3rd	2 4 5 7 9
2026-07-31	0	2nd	2 5 9 11
2026-07-31	1	2nd	2 5 9 11
2026-07-30	1	3rd	1 1 5 9 11
2026-07-29	1	1st	5 6 9 11 13
2026-07-28	2	3rd	1 4 5 7 9
2026-07-26	2	3rd	1 1 5 11 12
2026-07-24	1	3rd	1 3 5 8 12
2026-07-23	1	3rd	3 4 5 9 13
2026-07-22	2	2nd	4 5 11 11 13
2026-07-20	3	2nd	4 5 6 8 9
2026-07-17	6	2nd	3 5 8 9 10
2026-07-11	0	2nd	1 5 12 13
2026-07-11	1	2nd	1 5 12 13
2026-07-10	4	2nd	1 5 9 12 13
2026-07-06	4	1st	5 6 6 8 9
2026-07-02	5	3rd	2 4 5 6 13
2026-06-27	1	2nd	3 5 7 11 11
2026-06-26	4	2nd	1 5 6 12 13
2026-06-22	0	1st	5 7 9 13
2026-06-22	6	1st	5 7 9 13
2026-06-16	2	2nd	4 5 7 8 9
2026-06-14	4	2nd	4 5 6 11 13
2026-06-10	1	4th	2 3 4 5 11
2026-06-09	0	1st	5 7 12 13
2026-06-09	1	1st	5 7 12 13
2026-06-08	3	1st	5 6 8 12 12
2026-06-05	5	2nd	2 5 9 10 13
2026-05-31	5	2nd	1 5 7 8 12
2026-05-26	6	1st	5 11 11 11 12
2026-05-20	1	3rd	2 3 5 10 12
2026-05-19	3	3rd	1 1 5 10 10
2026-05-16	0	3rd	1 2 5 12
2026-05-16	2	3rd	1 2 5 12
2026-05-14	1	2nd	3 5 6 10 13
2026-05-13	1	2nd	1 5 7 11 12
2026-05-12	4	2nd	2 5 6 10 13
2026-05-08	5	1st	5 8 9 10 12
2026-05-03	2	4th	2 3 4 5 7
2026-05-01	2	2nd	4 5 7 9 10
2026-04-29	4	2nd	1 5 8 12 13
2026-04-25	1	1st	5 9 10 10 13
2026-04-24	3	2nd	3 5 6 10 12
2026-04-21	1	3rd	2 3 5 9 12
2026-04-20	1	2nd	3 5 7 9 12
2026-04-19	0	1st	5 7 12 13
2026-04-19	1	1st	5 7 12 13
2026-04-18	5	3rd	3 4 5 10 12
2026-04-13	2	3rd	2 4 5 6 8
2026-04-11	2	2nd	1 5 6 9 10
2026-04-09	2	2nd	2 5 7 7 9
2026-04-07	2	1st	5 6 8 9 10
2026-04-05	1	2nd	4 5 7 10 13
2026-04-04	0	1st	5 7 11 13
2026-04-04	2	1st	5 7 11 13
2026-04-02	7	2nd	3 5 8 12 13
2026-03-26	1	2nd	4 5 6 7 11
2026-03-25	12	2nd	2 5 6 7 10
2026-03-13	2	1st	5 7 8 11 12
2026-03-11	2	2nd	4 5 8 10 13
2026-03-09	0	4th	1 2 3 5
2026-03-09	2	4th	1 2 3 5
2026-03-07	2	1st	5 10 10 11 13
2026-03-05	1	2nd	4 5 8 11 13
2026-03-04	2	2nd	1 5 10 13 13
2026-03-02	2	2nd	3 5 6 7 13
2026-02-28	3	2nd	4 5 10 11 13
2026-02-25	8	3rd	1 4 5 9 10
2026-02-17	1	2nd	4 5 6 7 8
2026-02-16	4	1st	5 6 6 9 11
2026-02-12	0	1st	5 6 10 11
2026-02-12	3	1st	5 6 10 11
2026-02-09	6	3rd	1 3 5 9 12
2026-02-03	1	3rd	2 3 5 7 9
2026-02-02	0	2nd	4 5 10 13
2026-02-02	3	2nd	4 5 10 13
2026-01-30	2	3rd	2 4 5 9 12
2026-01-28	4	1st	5 7 7 10 13
2026-01-24	1	2nd	2 5 6 7 11
2026-01-23	2	3rd	3 4 5 11 13
2026-01-21	2	4th	3 4 4 5 11
2026-01-19	3	2nd	3 5 11 12 13
2026-01-16	1	1st	5 7 8 8 12
2026-01-15	17	4th	1 2 4 5 6
2025-12-29	2	2nd	3 5 11 11 13
2025-12-27	9	2nd	1 5 8 10 13
2025-12-18	1	3rd	1 4 5 8 9
2025-12-17	0	2nd	4 5 10 10
2025-12-17	2	2nd	4 5 10 10
2025-12-15	1	2nd	3 5 7 7 12
2025-12-14	3	3rd	1 3 5 9 10
2025-12-11	10	1st	5 7 8 9 13
2025-12-01	3	3rd	2 4 5 9 11
2025-11-28	6	2nd	1 5 9 9 12
2025-11-22	0	1st	5 7 11 13
2025-11-22	3	1st	5 7 11 13
2025-11-19	1	3rd	1 2 5 8 11
2025-11-18	3	3rd	3 4 5 9 11
2025-11-15	2	3rd	1 1 5 6 7
2025-11-13	1	2nd	4 5 6 8 12
2025-11-12	8	3rd	1 3 5 8 9
2025-11-04	0	3rd	1 4 5 6
2025-11-04	7	3rd	1 4 5 6
2025-10-28	2	2nd	3 5 6 7 8
2025-10-26	1	2nd	1 5 6 10 12
2025-10-25	1	4th	1 2 3 5 8
2025-10-24	2	4th	1 3 4 5 10
2025-10-22	7	2nd	1 5 8 11 13
2025-10-15	3	2nd	2 5 7 8 10
2025-10-12	5	3rd	3 3 5 6 9
2025-10-07	0	1st	5 6 7 8
2025-10-07	4	1st	5 6 7 8
2025-10-03	2	3rd	2 2 5 7 10
2025-10-01	11	1st	5 7 8 9 10
2025-09-20	2	2nd	2 5 7 9 13
2025-09-18	1	2nd	3 5 8 8 9
2025-09-17	2	2nd	1 5 9 12 12
2025-09-15	4	2nd	1 5 8 12 13
2025-09-11	6	1st	5 6 6 7 12
2025-09-05	1	3rd	1 4 5 6 9
2025-09-04	4	2nd	2 5 6 10 10
2025-08-31	10	4th	2 3 4 5 13
2025-08-21	1	2nd	3 5 7 11 12
2025-08-20	0	2nd	2 5 6 7
2025-08-20	2	2nd	2 5 6 7
2025-08-18	—	1st	5 8 9 11 12