Number 5

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 429 draws, 5 from 1–13.

160times drawn · chance expected 165 −0.50σ

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

2.7average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

12longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 160 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, −0.50σ. 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 429 draws · average wait 2.7 draws · longest completed wait 12 · 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 smallest37 · chance 22.6
2nd smallest65 · chance 72.4
3rd smallest47 · chance 54.3
4th smallest11 · 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.

11 2 13 4 10 12

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
2026-10-10	4	1st	5 7 10 11 11
2026-10-06	5	2nd	3 5 7 9 13
2026-10-01	1	3rd	3 4 5 7 8
2026-09-30	1	2nd	1 5 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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

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