Number 5

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

105times drawn · chance expected 105 +0.02σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

53longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 53 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest80 · chance 73.8
2nd smallest22 · chance 28.1
3rd smallest3 · chance 2.9
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 7 8 14 17 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-10-09	16	1st	5 20 24 31 45
2026-08-14	5	1st	5 29 39 48 49
2026-07-28	6	1st	5 7 24 30 49
2026-07-07	9	1st	5 29 33

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-30	26	1st	5 10 19 27 30
2023-10-31	14	1st	5 7 20 40 50
2023-09-12	3	1st	5 14 36 40 42
2023-09-01	5	2nd	4 5 35 37 43
2023-08-15	6	2nd	3 5 9 32 43
2023-07-25	3	1st	5 7 11 27 37
2023-07-14	15	1st	5 8 29 35 48
2023-05-23	13	1st	5 6 14 23 34
2023-04-07	4	1st	5 26 28 36 46
2023-03-24	2	1st	5 12 25 36 46
2023-03-17	37	1st	5 15 26 37 49
2022-11-08	6	2nd	3 5 32 33 50
2022-10-18	24	2nd	3 5 13 42 48
2022-07-26	20	2nd	3 5 17 25 27
2022-05-17	24	1st	5 28 30 48 49
2022-02-22	9	1st	5 9 14 26 32
2022-01-21	36	1st	5 14 35 36 39
2021-09-17	4	1st	5 7 8 10 34
2021-09-03	1	1st	5 7 13 29 35
2021-08-31	10	1st	5 13 17 32 43
2021-07-27	3	1st	5 9 19 21 25
2021-07-16	1	1st	5 16 42 47 49
2021-07-13	2	1st	5 6 8 11 22
2021-07-06	14	2nd	2 5 21 27 42
2021-05-18	8	1st	5 13 38 39 40
2021-04-20	13	1st	5 17 28 41 46
2021-03-05	5	2nd	4 5 39 46 48
2021-02-16	2	1st	5 9 25 29 30
2021-02-09	3	1st	5 10 24 31 37
2021-01-29	1	2nd	1 5 27 36 42
2021-01-26	17	1st	5 7 25 37 40
2020-11-27	4	2nd	2 5 8 14 16
2020-11-13	3	2nd	1 5 17 28 31
2020-11-03	4	1st	5 7 18 20 30
2020-10-20	2	1st	5 6 15 37 42
2020-10-13	19	1st	5 14 38 41 46
2020-08-07	1	1st	5 20 21 36 41
2020-08-04	13	3rd	1 2 5 15 42
2020-06-19	3	1st	5 14 19 24 43
2020-06-09	1	1st	5 15 27 36 46
2020-06-05	5	1st	5 11 17 24 37
2020-05-19	7	1st	5 25 32 37 43
2020-04-24	5	2nd	1 5 19 21 28
2020-04-07	6	2nd	4 5 14 33 48
2020-03-17	9	1st	5 7 8 16 20
2020-02-14	11	1st	5 20 35 41 49
2020-01-07	1	1st	5 8 12 37 43
2020-01-03	21	1st	5 15 20 36 47
2019-10-22	25	2nd	2 5 32 33 47
2019-07-26	3	2nd	2 5 27 37 42
2019-07-16	7	2nd	3 5 13 18 39
2019-06-21	8	1st	5 8 9 25 39
2019-05-24	7	1st	5 16 23 30 49
2019-04-30	14	1st	5 12 20 26 48
2019-03-12	15	1st	5 7 13 19 31
2019-01-18	7	1st	5 6 16 30 46
2018-12-25	9	2nd	4 5 8 31 43
2018-11-23	6	1st	5 8 25 26 30
2018-11-02	2	1st	5 15 17 37 44
2018-10-26	1	1st	5 18 21 31 35
2018-10-23	9	3rd	1 2 5 21 32
2018-09-21	5	1st	5 7 21 25 37
2018-09-04	31	1st	5 14 28 30 47
2018-05-18	10	1st	5 8 10 13 31
2018-04-13	6	1st	5 25 34 48 50
2018-03-23	17	1st	5 7 11 46 50
2018-01-23	5	1st	5 8 9 23 24
2018-01-05	4	2nd	2 5 20 38 41
2017-12-22	6	1st	5 24 30 31 43
2017-12-01	8	1st	5 24 29 35 46
2017-11-03	20	1st	5 12 17 33 41
2017-08-25	8	2nd	1 5 7 15 47
2017-07-28	18	1st	5 9 29 31 41
2017-05-26	13	1st	5 7 26 36 39
2017-04-11	8	1st	5 21 22 31 49
2017-03-14	14	2nd	3 5 21 36 44
2017-01-24	17	2nd	1 5 7 17 23
2016-11-25	1	1st	5 11 17 23 28
2016-11-22	4	1st	5 10 33 34 47
2016-11-08	8	1st	5 9 47 49 50
2016-10-11	—	1st	5 12 20 24 37