Number 5

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

377times drawn · chance expected 393 −0.84σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

52longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 377 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, −0.84σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 377 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 smallest246 · chance 236.9
2nd smallest111 · chance 122.2
3rd smallest17 · chance 17.2
4th smallest3 · chance 0.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 39.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 20 13 28 7 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-07	3	1st	5 9 13 23 35
2026-10-02	10	2nd	1 5 20 23 36
2026-09-15	1	1st	5 12 25 29 39
2026-09-12	18	1st	5 11 16

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-27	8	1st	5 9 29 37 38
2025-08-13	3	2nd	2 5 17 30 36
2025-08-08	7	2nd	3 5 9 32 33
2025-07-26	3	2nd	2 5 28 38 39
2025-07-22	6	2nd	3 5 18 26 31
2025-07-11	13	1st	5 17 21 24 29
2025-06-18	6	1st	5 7 10 11 18
2025-06-07	4	2nd	1 5 13 17 39
2025-05-31	21	2nd	3 5 13 18 26
2025-04-25	19	1st	5 8 9 23 37
2025-03-22	24	1st	5 11 16 38 39
2025-02-08	13	1st	5 8 23 28 34
2025-01-17	7	2nd	3 5 26 35 36
2025-01-04	2	1st	5 11 14 17 35
2025-01-01	14	1st	5 6 18 32 36
2024-12-07	8	1st	5 8 13 25 29
2024-11-23	5	1st	5 17 27 37 39
2024-11-15	26	1st	5 12 14 19 24
2024-10-01	6	2nd	1 5 15 17 32
2024-09-20	14	2nd	3 5 16 37 38
2024-08-27	1	2nd	3 5 6 9 34
2024-08-24	1	1st	5 14 16 34 39
2024-08-23	24	1st	5 6 11 20 33
2024-07-12	10	2nd	2 5 20 22 29
2024-06-25	11	2nd	3 5 10 32 38
2024-06-05	6	2nd	3 5 6 25 35
2024-05-25	32	2nd	3 5 13 16 36
2024-03-30	6	1st	5 12 13 16 32
2024-03-20	6	1st	5 8 13 21 22
2024-03-09	8	2nd	3 5 8 20 24
2024-02-24	14	2nd	3 5 18 25 28
2024-01-31	18	1st	5 7 15 26 37
2023-12-30	4	4th	1 2 3 5 22
2023-12-23	1	1st	5 10 15 16 35
2023-12-22	6	3rd	1 2 5 25 33
2023-12-12	5	2nd	2 5 12 27 35
2023-12-02	3	1st	5 13 22 24 38
2023-11-28	6	1st	5 12 21 25 31
2023-11-17	2	1st	5 10 17 30 36
2023-11-14	1	1st	5 11 15 23 28
2023-11-11	4	2nd	3 5 8 13 22
2023-11-04	8	2nd	4 5 8 15 23
2023-10-21	7	2nd	1 5 7 29 30
2023-10-10	10	1st	5 7 13 20 37
2023-09-22	5	1st	5 8 20 30 37
2023-09-13	3	1st	5 13 33 36 37
2023-09-08	6	1st	5 8 30 38 39
2023-08-29	7	1st	5 33 35 37 39
2023-08-16	14	2nd	4 5 10 24 25
2023-07-22	16	1st	5 9 22 29 31
2023-06-24	4	2nd	2 5 10 15 28
2023-06-17	1	3rd	1 3 5 6 38
2023-06-16	4	1st	5 10 16 28 39
2023-06-09	2	1st	5 15 34 36 39
2023-06-06	2	1st	5 6 8 24 32
2023-06-02	7	2nd	2 5 11 18 20
2023-05-20	1	1st	5 10 24 27 28
2023-05-19	6	1st	5 12 19 21 30
2023-05-09	1	2nd	1 5 7 31 32
2023-05-06	8	1st	5 6 25 28 34
2023-04-22	1	1st	5 18 22 28 31
2023-04-21	4	1st	5 14 21 31 37
2023-04-14	6	2nd	2 5 7 23 32
2023-04-04	2	1st	5 16 23 27 30
2023-03-31	3	1st	5 13 14 28 35
2023-03-25	6	2nd	4 5 12 13 29
2023-03-15	6	1st	5 16 18 25 32
2023-03-04	8	3rd	1 4 5 14 27
2023-02-18	8	1st	5 11 19 34 36
2023-02-04	1	1st	5 6 15 20 34
2023-02-03	4	1st	5 8 11 25 29
2023-01-27	1	1st	5 13 15 25 28
2023-01-25	7	1st	5 12 16 17 26
2023-01-13	5	2nd	2 5 19 20 23
2023-01-04	4	1st	5 10 14 16 19
2022-12-28	1	2nd	1 5 6 19 28
2022-12-27	10	1st	5 7 14 16 35
2022-12-09	2	1st	5 8 25 30 35
2022-12-06	7	1st	5 12 16 28 31
2022-11-23	6	1st	5 6 8 18 21
2022-11-12	3	2nd	2 5 18 25 28
2022-11-08	1	1st	5 21 26 28 38
2022-11-05	9	2nd	1 5 6 32 36
2022-10-21	3	1st	5 13 25 31 34
2022-10-15	3	1st	5 13 16 17 38
2022-10-11	10	3rd	1 4 5 23 39
2022-09-23	8	1st	5 15 24 27 31
2022-09-09	7	2nd	4 5 8 15 33
2022-08-27	2	2nd	4 5 11 20 32
2022-08-24	6	1st	5 10 15 36 37
2022-08-13	4	2nd	1 5 13 14 25
2022-08-06	3	1st	5 21 27 29 33
2022-08-02	9	3rd	2 4 5 29 35
2022-07-16	13	2nd	4 5 11 12 27
2022-06-24	5	1st	5 7 8 27 30
2022-06-15	39	1st	5 25 27 34 39
2022-04-08	9	1st	5 21 35 37 38
2022-03-23	3	1st	5 24 31 32 38
2022-03-18	3	1st	5 15 16 30 35
2022-03-12	2	1st	5 12 25 30 35
2022-03-09	1	1st	5 17 22 31 38
2022-03-08	6	1st	5 19 25 26 32
2022-02-25	10	1st	5 15 28 37 39
2022-02-08	5	2nd	3 5 14 19 36
2022-01-29	6	1st	5 7 11 25 35
2022-01-19	8	1st	5 12 16 17 38
2022-01-05	18	1st	5 16 21 30 34
2021-12-04	3	2nd	3 5 17 36 38
2021-11-30	5	2nd	2 5 28 34 36
2021-11-20	6	2nd	1 5 12 32 38
2021-11-10	15	1st	5 8 11 23 36
2021-10-15	2	1st	5 9 28 33 36
2021-10-12	1	1st	5 16 29 30 36
2021-10-09	2	1st	5 9 11 36 38
2021-10-06	14	1st	5 9 24 26 27
2021-09-11	2	1st	5 18 20 28 34
2021-09-08	12	1st	5 7 22 32 38
2021-08-18	10	1st	5 19 31 38 39
2021-07-31	13	1st	5 10 20 24 37
2021-07-09	21	1st	5 15 30 31 32
2021-06-02	6	1st	5 12 14 29 38
2021-05-22	9	1st	5 10 18 20 36
2021-05-07	6	3rd	2 3 5 6 17
2021-04-27	9	1st	5 13 22 33 34
2021-04-10	24	1st	5 7 19 27 37
2021-02-27	5	1st	5 7 15 19 31
2021-02-19	3	1st	5 10 11 23 36
2021-02-13	1	1st	5 13 21 29 39
2021-02-12	5	1st	5 14 29 32 33
2021-02-03	1	1st	5 11 13 20 34
2021-02-02	25	1st	5 6 11 20 28
2020-12-19	11	1st	5 10 18 23 32
2020-12-01	3	1st	5 10 31 32 39
2020-11-25	2	1st	5 7 10 11 26
2020-11-21	30	1st	5 19 21 23 28
2020-09-30	3	2nd	2 5 6 12 28
2020-09-25	7	2nd	2 5 8 14 24
2020-09-12	1	2nd	2 5 6 16 33
2020-09-11	7	1st	5 16 18 30 35
2020-08-29	1	4th	1 2 4 5 12
2020-08-28	4	1st	5 6 10 12 37
2020-08-21	7	1st	5 7 15 24 25
2020-08-08	5	3rd	1 2 5 27 29
2020-07-31	8	1st	5 22 28 29 37
2020-07-17	31	1st	5 14 20 24 30
2020-05-23	7	1st	5 9 26 28 29
2020-05-12	17	2nd	1 5 12 18 34
2020-04-11	6	1st	5 10 18 26 28
2020-04-01	6	1st	5 7 28 29 34
2020-03-21	1	1st	5 9 13 24 34
2020-03-20	2	1st	5 12 16 18 35
2020-03-17	2	1st	5 14 29 36 39
2020-03-13	6	1st	5 6 11 13 31
2020-03-03	2	1st	5 8 20 35 38
2020-02-28	3	1st	5 8 17 20 38
2020-02-22	9	1st	5 11 12 24 27
2020-02-07	6	1st	5 9 22 35 36
2020-01-28	3	2nd	4 5 10 12 23
2020-01-22	1	2nd	3 5 11 19 33
2020-01-21	29	1st	5 8 9 15 35
2019-11-30	3	2nd	3 5 18 31 36
2019-11-26	9	2nd	4 5 20 21 36
2019-11-09	4	1st	5 7 13 18 35
2019-11-02	12	1st	5 14 21 23 30
2019-10-12	7	1st	5 8 21 26 38
2019-10-01	3	1st	5 9 11 21 39
2019-09-25	9	3rd	1 2 5 17 22
2019-09-10	1	1st	5 8 9 11 36
2019-09-07	13	1st	5 16 23 26 34
2019-08-16	3	1st	5 7 21 27 32
2019-08-10	12	1st	5 6 13 16 29
2019-07-20	25	1st	5 6 8 11 37
2019-06-07	5	1st	5 9 20 30 36
2019-05-29	7	1st	5 17 27 28 29
2019-05-17	17	1st	5 9 21 24 34
2019-04-17	2	1st	5 13 15 32 34
2019-04-13	45	3rd	1 3 5 12 33
2019-01-25	2	1st	5 26 29 31 32
2019-01-22	10	1st	5 6 17 20 30
2019-01-04	1	1st	5 8 16 20 37
2019-01-02	6	1st	5 6 20 21 31
2018-12-22	52	1st	5 15 18 37 38
2018-09-22	4	1st	5 7 18 20 23
2018-09-15	9	1st	5 20 21 33 37
2018-08-31	6	1st	5 8 13 28 34
2018-08-21	11	2nd	3 5 13 19 29
2018-08-01	16	1st	5 6 11 20 38
2018-07-04	4	1st	5 7 12 15 29
2018-06-27	4	1st	5 7 22 35 37
2018-06-20	3	1st	5 9 16 17 29
2018-06-15	2	2nd	3 5 21 31 36
2018-06-12	7	2nd	2 5 20 30 39
2018-05-30	3	1st	5 9 13 33 36
2018-05-25	21	2nd	2 5 19 22 39
2018-04-18	9	3rd	2 3 5 9 21
2018-04-03	13	1st	5 7 10 17 34
2018-03-10	11	2nd	4 5 10 26 36
2018-02-20	2	3rd	2 3 5 22 26
2018-02-16	3	2nd	3 5 7 10 36
2018-02-10	11	1st	5 9 18 20 38
2018-01-20	31	1st	5 15 16 34 35
2017-11-10	23	2nd	3 5 17 21 36
2017-09-16	3	1st	5 13 26 33 35
2017-09-09	12	1st	5 15 17 23 30
2017-08-12	1	2nd	4 5 7 16 31
2017-08-11	9	1st	5 15 17 23 33
2017-07-21	10	1st	5 6 7 14 35
2017-06-28	4	2nd	4 5 17 25 34
2017-06-17	6	2nd	1 5 11 27 28
2017-06-03	1	1st	5 11 23 29 37
2017-06-02	4	2nd	4 5 13 20 32
2017-05-24	4	1st	5 12 30 31 38
2017-05-13	2	2nd	4 5 12 14 24
2017-05-10	9	2nd	3 5 6 31 34
2017-04-19	1	2nd	2 5 27 38 39
2017-04-15	3	1st	5 16 18 29 31
2017-04-08	26	2nd	4 5 6 13 19
2017-02-08	4	1st	5 10 30 32 39
2017-01-28	1	1st	5 10 12 24 31
2017-01-27	1	2nd	3 5 7 17 36
2017-01-25	5	1st	5 11 14 24 27
2017-01-13	2	2nd	4 5 12 21 24
2017-01-07	4	2nd	2 5 23 29 36
2016-12-30	4	1st	5 7 17 18 33
2016-12-21	10	3rd	2 4 5 13 18
2016-11-26	12	1st	5 8 11 14 33
2016-10-29	18	2nd	4 5 16 19 32
2016-09-17	5	1st	5 11 12 17 18
2016-09-07	2	1st	5 22 23 25 32
2016-09-02	3	1st	5 11 22 30 34
2016-08-26	18	1st	5 17 20 27 31
2016-07-15	7	2nd	4 5 32 33 35
2016-06-29	26	3rd	1 2 5 32 34
2016-04-29	1	2nd	4 5 13 18 32
2016-04-27	12	1st	5 18 24 32 34
2016-03-30	12	1st	5 6 15 30 32
2016-03-02	7	1st	5 21 22 27 31
2016-02-13	9	2nd	4 5 6 29 32
2016-01-23	3	2nd	4 5 9 14 21
2016-01-16	1	2nd	3 5 27 38 39
2016-01-15	2	1st	5 18 25 26 37
2016-01-09	10	3rd	2 3 5 11 22
2015-12-18	2	2nd	4 5 6 16 25
2015-12-12	2	2nd	2 5 10 14 20
2015-12-09	1	2nd	2 5 7 19 31
2015-12-05	3	1st	5 6 27 30 33
2015-11-28	5	1st	5 12 18 19 20
2015-11-18	1	1st	5 17 31 32 38
2015-11-14	5	2nd	3 5 16 27 29
2015-11-04	3	2nd	4 5 13 30 35
2015-10-28	11	1st	5 21 31 32 38
2015-10-02	14	1st	5 17 26 29 35
2015-08-29	2	1st	5 8 24 31 39
2015-08-26	27	1st	5 21 23 35 36
2015-06-24	2	1st	5 10 18 27 33
2015-06-19	6	4th	2 3 4 5 14
2015-06-05	13	1st	5 21 24 36 37
2015-05-06	4	2nd	4 5 8 9 17
2015-04-25	1	1st	5 11 13 20 33
2015-04-24	6	2nd	1 5 8 26 35
2015-04-10	2	3rd	1 3 5 8 32
2015-04-04	5	2nd	1 5 8 17 25
2015-03-25	4	1st	5 14 18 28 29
2015-03-14	22	2nd	2 5 17 19 37
2015-01-23	2	1st	5 6 17 24 39
2015-01-17	25	1st	5 10 25 28 38
2014-11-21	10	1st	5 15 21 26 32
2014-10-29	20	1st	5 17 25 28 30
2014-09-12	13	3rd	2 3 5 18 27
2014-08-13	4	1st	5 16 17 23 35
2014-08-02	5	2nd	2 5 11 20 32
2014-07-23	1	1st	5 6 9 13 25
2014-07-19	6	2nd	1 5 23 27 29
2014-07-05	2	1st	5 11 19 22 24
2014-07-02	26	2nd	1 5 7 28 32
2014-05-02	4	1st	5 7 10 13 33
2014-04-23	10	1st	5 14 15 21 24
2014-03-29	8	1st	5 13 16 22 31
2014-03-12	11	1st	5 15 25 26 36
2014-02-14	2	1st	5 13 15 23 39
2014-02-08	2	2nd	4 5 16 30 38
2014-02-05	3	1st	5 10 17 28 31
2014-01-29	2	1st	5 27 36 38 39
2014-01-24	2	1st	5 7 10 12 29
2014-01-18	8	1st	5 9 33 38 39
2014-01-01	2	1st	5 10 11 31 33
2013-12-27	4	2nd	2 5 11 25 39
2013-12-18	3	2nd	3 5 15 30 32
2013-12-11	10	1st	5 16 31 33 36
2013-11-16	17	2nd	2 5 7 13 37
2013-10-09	4	2nd	1 5 10 18 37
2013-09-28	17	1st	5 29 30 38 39
2013-08-21	5	1st	5 6 13 20 38
2013-08-09	6	2nd	2 5 15 22 29
2013-07-26	4	1st	5 16 19 30 39
2013-07-17	4	1st	5 26 29 32 33
2013-07-06	3	1st	5 7 8 13 23
2013-06-29	15	1st	5 8 24 25 32
2013-05-25	3	1st	5 7 21 29 31
2013-05-18	8	2nd	3 5 20 23 29
2013-05-01	1	1st	5 22 25 28 29
2013-04-27	1	1st	5 17 28 30 34
2013-04-26	1	1st	5 6 7 14 20
2013-04-24	20	2nd	2 5 20 33 36
2013-03-08	15	1st	5 13 21 22 28
2013-02-01	6	1st	5 13 17 32 33
2013-01-18	36	2nd	1 5 22 23 30
2012-10-26	15	2nd	4 5 16 25 28
2012-09-21	3	2nd	4 5 8 17 34
2012-09-14	4	1st	5 16 18 21 30
2012-09-05	9	2nd	3 5 9 19 23
2012-08-15	9	1st	5 20 22 30 32
2012-07-25	3	2nd	3 5 6 9 27
2012-07-18	15	1st	5 20 23 28 38
2012-06-13	5	1st	5 17 19 27 32
2012-06-01	4	1st	5 14 21 26 29
2012-05-23	6	1st	5 9 14 17 18
2012-05-09	9	2nd	4 5 15 32 37
2012-04-18	2	2nd	3 5 20 24 30
2012-04-13	4	1st	5 26 29 31 32
2012-04-04	24	2nd	4 5 10 21 34
2012-02-08	7	1st	5 12 22 28 37
2012-01-21	10	1st	5 7 31 34 36
2011-12-30	1	1st	5 13 16 18 25
2011-12-28	3	1st	5 7 11 34 39
2011-12-21	1	1st	5 14 20 21 38
2011-12-17	24	2nd	2 5 9 27 29
2011-10-22	20	1st	5 17 28 33 38
2011-09-07	6	1st	5 16 20 26 38
2011-08-24	23	1st	5 6 20 29 30
2011-07-01	3	1st	5 7 10 21 34
2011-06-24	4	2nd	4 5 6 7 28
2011-06-15	19	1st	5 11 16 23 32
2011-04-30	17	1st	5 7 24 28 32
2011-03-23	1	1st	5 6 10 29 38
2011-03-19	8	1st	5 10 20 33 36
2011-03-02	1	2nd	3 5 21 28 31
2011-02-26	7	1st	5 8 9 18 31
2011-02-11	11	2nd	3 5 15 23 26
2011-01-15	7	1st	5 8 11 20 24
2010-12-31	6	1st	5 11 16 30 34
2010-12-17	14	1st	5 25 28 29 39
2010-11-13	13	1st	5 6 10 23 36
2010-10-15	3	1st	5 8 26 31 32
2010-10-08	21	2nd	1 5 7 8 16
2010-08-20	10	2nd	3 5 7 13 15
2010-07-28	16	1st	5 11 24 34 37
2010-06-19	1	1st	5 12 13 16 30
2010-06-18	17	1st	5 7 22 23 39
2010-05-08	3	1st	5 6 7 8 10
2010-04-28	5	1st	5 24 26 31 34
2010-04-10	19	2nd	4 5 16 30 32
2010-02-03	—	1st	5 17 18 24 34