Number 5

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

155times drawn · chance expected 147 +0.72σ

42draws waiting · a wait this long: 0.4% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

41longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 155 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +0.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 42 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 25 times, counted separately.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 155 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 42 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 smallest89 · chance 96.2
2nd smallest59 · chance 50.6
3rd smallest7 · chance 7.8
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 16.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 16 40 41 27 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-05-16	7	1st	5 11 29 31 41 42
2026-04-22	1	1st	5 7 10 11 16 46
2026-04-18	8	1st	5 6 11 18 40 45
2026-03-21	2	2nd	1 5

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-08	1	2nd	4 5 11 30 42 47
2025-02-05	2	2nd	4 5 12 30 31 35
2025-01-29	7	1st	5 12 14 27 34 42
2025-01-04	2	1st	5 10 13 36 37 46
2024-12-28	4	3rd	2 4 5 10 16 17
2024-12-14	3	1st	5 17 22 33 41 46
2024-12-04	3	1st	5 19 26 33 42 47
2024-11-23	3	1st	5 9 25 36 37 40
2024-11-13	6	2nd	2 5 19 27 32 43
2024-10-23	2	2nd	2 5 7 10 12 13
2024-10-16	13	2nd	4 5 13 14 36 40
2024-08-31	5	1st	5 14 15 29 38 43
2024-08-14	25	1st	5 16 32 37 41 45
2024-05-18	11	2nd	1 5 12 35 37 42
2024-04-10	2	2nd	4 5 6 14 32 34
2024-04-03	9	3rd	1 4 5 6 13 17
2024-03-02	5	2nd	2 5 7 24 38 45
2024-02-14	15	2nd	1 5 10 15 44 47
2023-12-23	1	1st	5 22 23 36 40 41
2023-12-20	25	1st	5 22 24 29 32 37
2023-09-23	5	2nd	2 5 16 19 41 44
2023-09-06	17	1st	5 16 21 29 31 41
2023-07-08	8	1st	5 16 17 18 22 28
2023-06-10	2	2nd	4 5 21 26 27 34
2023-06-03	15	1st	5 9 13 29 46 47
2023-04-12	2	1st	5 9 14 27 39 42
2023-04-05	4	1st	5 10 14 23 27 31
2023-03-22	1	2nd	1 5 16 17 33 35
2023-03-18	30	1st	5 9 11 13 24 47
2022-12-03	32	1st	5 12 30 40 41 47
2022-08-13	11	2nd	3 5 7 29 35 47
2022-07-06	8	1st	5 16 18 20 25 35
2022-06-08	2	2nd	3 5 8 30 35 43
2022-06-01	17	1st	5 15 20 37 41 42
2022-04-02	2	2nd	2 5 10 24 37 41
2022-03-26	18	3rd	1 4 5 27 36 45
2022-01-22	3	1st	5 11 19 32 35 38
2022-01-12	3	1st	5 7 10 19 21 35
2022-01-01	3	2nd	4 5 21 24 25 41
2021-12-22	1	2nd	2 5 13 22 36 43
2021-12-18	6	1st	5 8 12 13 25 26
2021-11-27	6	2nd	1 5 15 23 39 47
2021-11-06	2	1st	5 6 9 15 19 25
2021-10-30	2	1st	5 6 17 22 33 41
2021-10-23	4	1st	5 10 12 23 28 47
2021-10-09	1	1st	5 13 18 25 34 38
2021-10-06	8	1st	5 6 9 31 35 45
2021-09-08	25	2nd	1 5 18 22 32 45
2021-06-12	5	1st	5 10 17 22 29 36
2021-05-26	1	1st	5 8 16 22 30 31
2021-05-22	1	2nd	1 5 12 23 45 46
2021-05-19	7	2nd	3 5 6 27 29 39
2021-04-24	7	1st	5 11 16 41 43 47
2021-03-31	1	2nd	2 5 8 24 43 47
2021-03-27	4	1st	5 9 13 34 37 40
2021-03-13	14	2nd	2 5 7 10 24 46
2021-01-23	16	1st	5 11 15 19 33 40
2020-11-28	9	1st	5 6 16 18 45 47
2020-10-28	2	1st	5 13 15 18 27 30
2020-10-21	1	1st	5 9 14 20 30 36
2020-10-17	2	2nd	3 5 12 21 22 39
2020-10-10	4	2nd	3 5 16 22 28 41
2020-09-26	1	1st	5 7 8 13 18 25
2020-09-23	6	2nd	2 5 7 29 38 42
2020-09-02	1	2nd	3 5 16 40 45 47
2020-08-29	2	1st	5 9 12 30 34 39
2020-08-22	1	2nd	4 5 12 15 16 31
2020-08-19	15	1st	5 18 34 40 42 44
2020-06-27	1	1st	5 17 18 31 38 47
2020-06-24	1	1st	5 6 15 32 39 47
2020-06-20	9	1st	5 8 19 40 41 44
2020-05-20	17	1st	5 15 16 19 31 37
2020-03-21	2	2nd	4 5 7 16 43 47
2020-03-14	4	1st	5 8 11 18 22 36
2020-02-29	2	1st	5 11 18 35 40 42
2020-02-22	13	1st	5 14 27 28 31 44
2020-01-08	1	2nd	2 5 13 31 42 44
2020-01-04	1	2nd	2 5 16 17 22 23
2020-01-01	21	2nd	4 5 23 30 42 47
2019-10-19	16	1st	5 8 18 19 28 34
2019-08-24	7	1st	5 6 8 16 29 46
2019-07-31	10	1st	5 10 13 19 27 28
2019-06-26	41	1st	5 13 16 23 27 35
2019-02-02	12	2nd	3 5 16 30 46 47
2018-12-22	1	1st	5 20 21 24 34 45
2018-12-19	13	2nd	1 5 19 24 27 42
2018-11-03	6	2nd	1 5 6 12 22 46
2018-10-13	8	1st	5 7 8 22 27 31
2018-09-15	2	1st	5 7 18 28 37 40
2018-09-08	9	1st	5 12 24 36 37 42
2018-08-08	1	1st	5 20 25 27 30 31
2018-08-04	6	3rd	3 4 5 19 26 43
2018-07-14	9	1st	5 16 37 43 44 46
2018-06-13	6	1st	5 21 25 29 41 43
2018-05-23	2	1st	5 22 29 38 40 44
2018-05-16	1	1st	5 10 14 22 25 31
2018-05-12	7	1st	5 6 14 19 22 30
2018-04-18	8	1st	5 14 15 24 27 41
2018-03-21	12	2nd	3 5 13 18 29 40
2018-02-07	13	2nd	2 5 23 31 37 39
2017-12-23	4	1st	5 14 28 29 32 38
2017-12-09	3	1st	5 13 15 23 36 45
2017-11-29	8	3rd	1 4 5 16 39 47
2017-11-01	16	1st	5 13 14 23 31 34
2017-09-06	2	3rd	1 4 5 6 18 47
2017-08-30	12	1st	5 12 18 19 29 39
2017-07-19	1	2nd	1 5 27 28 32 45
2017-07-15	1	1st	5 10 18 23 36 46
2017-07-12	9	1st	5 6 24 30 38 47
2017-06-10	4	1st	5 6 19 20 24 29
2017-05-27	27	2nd	2 5 12 34 41 47
2017-02-22	21	1st	5 9 27 36 38 47
2016-12-10	3	2nd	4 5 17 25 36 41
2016-11-30	13	2nd	1 5 24 34 39 41
2016-10-15	4	1st	5 10 27 30 32 45
2016-10-01	6	2nd	2 5 8 14 40 42
2016-09-10	4	1st	5 6 14 24 26 29
2016-08-27	4	1st	5 10 20 35 43 44
2016-08-13	5	1st	5 13 16 18 19 40
2016-07-27	6	3rd	2 4 5 27 40 47
2016-07-06	17	2nd	4 5 9 12 29 38
2016-05-07	3	2nd	4 5 11 17 34 42
2016-04-27	2	2nd	2 5 17 27 34 45
2016-04-20	33	2nd	4 5 7 14 18 31
2015-12-26	9	1st	5 6 10 14 40 41
2015-11-25	2	2nd	2 5 7 16 46 47
2015-11-18	2	1st	5 7 10 16 30 46
2015-11-11	1	2nd	3 5 14 30 40 43
2015-11-07	1	1st	5 8 9 10 15 29
2015-11-04	2	2nd	1 5 8 19 20 28
2015-10-28	—	1st	5 7 10 18 41 47