Number 5

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,962 draws, 6 from 1–44.

273times drawn · chance expected 268 +0.36σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

44longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 273 times in 1,962 draws against 267.5 expected, +0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 273 times in 1,962 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 7 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 smallest170 · chance 163.3
2nd smallest92 · chance 93.3
3rd smallest11 · chance 15.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.8
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 31.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 31 36 7 34 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-09-26	4	2nd	4 5 6 25 31 35
2026-09-16	6	1st	5 7 10 19 32 38
2026-09-02	3	1st	5 8 23 24 27 32
2026-08-26	7	2nd	2

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-28	5	1st	5 6 7 16 22 29
2025-07-16	2	1st	5 23 27 32 33 38
2025-07-12	3	1st	5 8 10 23 28 40
2025-07-05	2	2nd	4 5 14 21 34 40
2025-06-30	3	2nd	3 5 8 9 18 21
2025-06-23	5	2nd	2 5 11 25 32 42
2025-06-11	2	2nd	1 5 6 9 16 43
2025-06-07	3	2nd	1 5 28 29 37 43
2025-05-31	3	2nd	2 5 20 22 36 37
2025-05-24	10	2nd	4 5 10 21 36 37
2025-04-30	4	2nd	3 5 13 28 36 37
2025-04-21	1	2nd	1 5 15 21 24 35
2025-04-19	13	3rd	1 3 5 17 21 44
2025-03-19	3	2nd	3 5 15 23 26 40
2025-03-12	3	1st	5 26 27 28 31 41
2025-03-05	11	2nd	4 5 13 20 31 41
2025-02-08	4	1st	5 8 27 28 29 31
2025-01-29	3	1st	5 7 16 19 22 43
2025-01-22	18	1st	5 13 26 36 42 44
2024-12-11	8	1st	5 8 11 13 19 24
2024-11-23	6	2nd	3 5 28 30 34 39
2024-11-09	16	1st	5 15 26 27 36 44
2024-10-02	2	1st	5 8 17 20 30 31
2024-09-28	1	1st	5 11 22 26 31 41
2024-09-25	6	2nd	1 5 6 7 12 31
2024-09-11	9	2nd	2 5 7 16 19 43
2024-08-21	2	1st	5 11 20 23 31 42
2024-08-17	7	1st	5 7 8 9 11 43
2024-07-31	14	2nd	1 5 9 15 16 26
2024-06-29	16	2nd	3 5 12 22 31 34
2024-05-22	3	1st	5 8 24 29 34 36
2024-05-15	7	2nd	4 5 32 37 38 42
2024-04-29	10	1st	5 7 15 29 30 40
2024-04-06	8	1st	5 6 8 13 30 34
2024-03-18	5	1st	5 11 14 21 28 38
2024-03-06	6	1st	5 7 17 23 26 29
2024-02-21	7	1st	5 15 17 24 39 42
2024-02-05	7	2nd	3 5 11 15 34 40
2024-01-20	2	1st	5 10 11 12 14 31
2024-01-15	3	1st	5 8 19 34 40 44
2024-01-08	12	3rd	1 3 5 16 21 37
2023-12-11	2	2nd	1 5 8 14 25 27
2023-12-06	10	2nd	4 5 18 30 38 40
2023-11-13	3	2nd	2 5 6 9 18 36
2023-11-06	11	1st	5 6 7 8 9 18
2023-10-11	4	1st	5 6 7 14 27 28
2023-10-02	4	1st	5 8 19 20 23 29
2023-09-23	29	1st	5 6 9 14 17 42
2023-07-17	6	2nd	2 5 6 7 8 27
2023-07-03	2	2nd	4 5 11 15 19 35
2023-06-28	6	2nd	2 5 25 31 39 40
2023-06-14	8	1st	5 8 14 15 24 36
2023-05-27	7	1st	5 11 26 27 35 36
2023-05-10	9	1st	5 15 18 24 34 40
2023-04-19	12	1st	5 10 11 15 16 33
2023-03-22	9	2nd	3 5 8 12 34 43
2023-03-01	6	2nd	2 5 19 26 29 41
2023-02-15	3	1st	5 14 18 20 32 35
2023-02-08	2	1st	5 14 15 21 42 44
2023-02-04	17	2nd	3 5 22 24 27 44
2022-12-26	7	1st	5 6 21 27 29 41
2022-12-10	2	1st	5 7 12 15 21 31
2022-12-05	6	1st	5 7 27 29 39 40
2022-11-21	12	1st	5 14 17 20 27 43
2022-10-24	6	2nd	3 5 7 25 37 39
2022-10-10	6	2nd	1 5 25 26 32 35
2022-09-26	44	1st	5 16 21 24 36 44
2022-06-15	3	1st	5 13 31 34 43 44
2022-06-08	10	1st	5 10 13 25 30 40
2022-05-16	6	1st	5 9 13 26 34 43
2022-05-02	1	3rd	1 2 5 17 27 34
2022-04-30	4	1st	5 7 12 25 38 40
2022-04-20	1	1st	5 9 19 25 34 43
2022-04-18	9	1st	5 14 24 29 34 39
2022-03-26	25	1st	5 13 29 34 36 43
2021-12-29	11	1st	5 7 25 32 36 43
2021-11-20	1	1st	5 6 23 27 32 38
2021-11-17	2	1st	5 11 34 40 43 44
2021-11-10	1	2nd	4 5 6 10 32 42
2021-11-06	1	1st	5 9 20 28 31 33
2021-11-03	7	1st	5 14 19 20 26 37
2021-10-09	14	2nd	4 5 10 13 32 44
2021-08-21	4	2nd	1 5 8 11 14 29
2021-08-07	3	3rd	1 2 5 7 18 37
2021-07-28	7	3rd	1 2 5 29 37 38
2021-07-03	19	2nd	3 5 14 23 27 39
2021-04-28	1	1st	5 7 14 15 28 40
2021-04-24	11	2nd	4 5 22 31 36 40
2021-03-17	13	2nd	3 5 8 17 33 36
2021-01-30	6	1st	5 19 25 34 35 36
2021-01-09	4	2nd	1 5 11 31 32 39
2020-12-26	1	2nd	3 5 11 21 38 44
2020-12-23	12	2nd	2 5 13 15 27 41
2020-11-11	16	1st	5 11 13 21 37 42
2020-09-16	6	2nd	3 5 8 12 19 42
2020-08-26	3	1st	5 19 22 29 38 41
2020-08-15	5	1st	5 13 20 22 24 39
2020-07-29	1	2nd	4 5 27 32 35 36
2020-07-25	2	1st	5 18 20 28 33 41
2020-07-18	20	1st	5 10 12 18 19 38
2020-05-09	7	1st	5 12 16 18 29 38
2020-04-15	9	1st	5 7 13 23 30 31
2020-03-14	2	1st	5 22 26 34 36 44
2020-03-07	3	1st	5 11 13 20 28 42
2020-02-26	1	1st	5 20 21 30 31 35
2020-02-22	3	2nd	1 5 12 33 35 43
2020-02-12	7	1st	5 12 23 29 33 35
2020-01-18	2	1st	5 14 17 24 34 39
2020-01-11	2	1st	5 7 14 39 41 43
2020-01-04	3	1st	5 9 14 21 25 32
2019-12-25	5	1st	5 12 22 24 37 41
2019-12-07	15	1st	5 8 12 18 30 35
2019-10-16	1	2nd	3 5 36 38 41 43
2019-10-12	1	2nd	1 5 8 13 33 44
2019-10-09	2	1st	5 14 21 33 39 41
2019-10-02	6	1st	5 7 10 12 17 19
2019-09-11	3	1st	5 16 23 28 31 32
2019-08-31	2	1st	5 22 27 29 37 40
2019-08-24	19	2nd	1 5 12 24 29 41
2019-06-19	8	1st	5 18 29 30 39 40
2019-05-22	6	1st	5 7 19 23 38 40
2019-05-01	1	1st	5 9 10 25 26 36
2019-04-27	3	2nd	4 5 24 28 34 37
2019-04-17	3	1st	5 6 9 20 29 42
2019-04-06	10	1st	5 6 7 27 28 38
2019-03-02	1	2nd	1 5 8 9 11 37
2019-02-27	4	3rd	2 3 5 8 11 22
2019-02-13	26	1st	5 9 23 24 37 38
2018-11-14	1	2nd	4 5 9 19 25 39
2018-11-10	4	1st	5 7 12 28 35 40
2018-10-27	5	1st	5 7 22 28 35 43
2018-10-10	1	1st	5 15 28 30 31 36
2018-10-06	14	1st	5 30 32 34 35 41
2018-08-18	12	1st	5 19 22 25 27 34
2018-07-07	10	1st	5 15 20 25 34 39
2018-06-02	3	2nd	4 5 15 18 28 33
2018-05-23	5	2nd	2 5 22 32 34 35
2018-05-05	21	1st	5 6 23 27 33 43
2018-02-21	3	3rd	2 3 5 26 34 37
2018-02-10	4	1st	5 14 20 23 27 31
2018-01-27	2	2nd	2 5 9 20 33 34
2018-01-20	11	2nd	3 5 8 10 14 39
2017-12-13	2	1st	5 10 11 17 20 21
2017-12-06	5	1st	5 10 16 23 31 43
2017-11-18	9	1st	5 11 16 32 43 44
2017-10-18	2	2nd	2 5 12 29 37 42
2017-10-11	12	2nd	4 5 16 33 40 44
2017-08-30	8	1st	5 6 10 16 17 22
2017-08-02	11	1st	5 9 15 17 27 34
2017-06-24	7	1st	5 9 13 25 36 40
2017-05-31	1	1st	5 16 17 32 36 40
2017-05-27	7	1st	5 6 12 20 34 37
2017-05-03	2	2nd	1 5 6 15 22 32
2017-04-26	42	1st	5 7 15 28 43 44
2016-11-30	2	1st	5 10 13 17 23 27
2016-11-23	3	1st	5 16 20 24 36 39
2016-11-12	1	2nd	3 5 6 29 37 39
2016-11-09	4	1st	5 18 24 31 33 40
2016-10-26	9	2nd	1 5 10 20 21 26
2016-09-24	12	1st	5 20 22 24 31 41
2016-08-13	11	2nd	1 5 8 15 23 26
2016-07-06	1	1st	5 14 26 38 40 44
2016-07-02	1	1st	5 9 16 36 38 41
2016-06-29	1	2nd	3 5 6 28 30 41
2016-06-25	1	1st	5 15 16 18 26 33
2016-06-22	20	1st	5 8 17 20 29 43
2016-04-13	1	2nd	3 5 16 29 33 35
2016-04-09	19	1st	5 12 19 20 33 38
2016-02-03	2	1st	5 17 19 21 22 34
2016-01-27	1	3rd	3 4 5 10 18 32
2016-01-23	19	1st	5 15 16 21 22 40
2015-11-18	12	1st	5 19 21 22 27 32
2015-10-07	1	1st	5 9 10 11 33 34
2015-10-03	9	1st	5 19 32 35 38 39
2015-09-02	3	3rd	1 3 5 13 30 42
2015-08-22	7	2nd	2 5 13 24 31 42
2015-07-29	17	1st	5 9 10 13 18 37
2015-05-30	3	2nd	1 5 11 33 36 41
2015-05-20	14	2nd	2 5 6 7 30 32
2015-04-01	4	1st	5 21 27 37 38 44
2015-03-18	8	2nd	2 5 14 15 30 35
2015-02-18	13	1st	5 18 27 30 35 38
2015-01-03	2	2nd	4 5 7 13 23 40
2014-12-27	5	2nd	3 5 21 26 31 32
2014-12-10	14	1st	5 14 20 26 27 33
2014-10-22	1	2nd	2 5 19 23 40 41
2014-10-18	12	1st	5 11 12 25 37 41
2014-09-06	10	1st	5 13 17 25 27 40
2014-08-02	2	2nd	2 5 12 30 35 40
2014-07-26	2	1st	5 11 22 29 34 40
2014-07-19	8	1st	5 6 12 32 36 44
2014-06-21	6	2nd	2 5 13 30 41 44
2014-05-31	8	2nd	1 5 11 20 28 31
2014-05-03	5	1st	5 6 18 32 36 42
2014-04-16	3	1st	5 12 32 35 37 44
2014-04-05	8	1st	5 6 27 28 30 42
2014-03-08	12	1st	5 6 12 29 30 42
2014-01-25	11	2nd	1 5 7 12 25 40
2013-12-18	7	1st	5 21 23 33 38 42
2013-11-23	1	1st	5 14 25 27 32 41
2013-11-20	6	1st	5 18 24 35 36 39
2013-10-30	8	2nd	3 5 16 17 19 24
2013-10-02	17	1st	5 13 14 29 35 42
2013-08-03	1	1st	5 7 8 31 35 36
2013-07-31	6	1st	5 16 18 21 27 34
2013-07-10	1	1st	5 20 22 39 40 43
2013-07-06	4	1st	5 21 25 36 39 42
2013-06-22	2	2nd	4 5 15 31 37 42
2013-06-15	2	2nd	4 5 16 18 31 32
2013-06-08	3	1st	5 8 11 17 32 39
2013-05-29	11	2nd	1 5 7 27 36 42
2013-04-20	10	1st	5 14 16 32 36 40
2013-03-16	7	2nd	2 5 7 38 41 44
2013-02-20	23	1st	5 26 27 34 37 40
2012-12-01	13	1st	5 8 16 24 27 40
2012-10-17	4	1st	5 7 20 29 40 41
2012-10-03	1	1st	5 15 26 28 39 41
2012-09-29	5	1st	5 15 24 28 35 36
2012-09-12	7	1st	5 9 17 25 29 36
2012-08-18	33	1st	5 9 13 23 31 33
2012-04-25	2	2nd	1 5 6 13 20 22
2012-04-18	11	1st	5 14 15 18 31 36
2012-03-10	1	1st	5 9 15 23 24 26
2012-03-07	7	1st	5 7 18 19 22 24
2012-02-11	13	2nd	1 5 18 34 38 42
2011-12-28	16	1st	5 10 24 28 31 39
2011-11-02	5	1st	5 11 14 29 31 37
2011-10-15	17	1st	5 6 9 10 26 29
2011-08-17	5	2nd	3 5 10 19 26 33
2011-07-30	11	2nd	4 5 8 24 31 35
2011-06-22	4	1st	5 9 15 21 22 26
2011-06-08	15	1st	5 7 12 18 26 33
2011-04-16	1	2nd	3 5 20 30 31 41
2011-04-13	9	2nd	4 5 23 25 31 43
2011-03-12	1	1st	5 22 23 24 41 44
2011-03-09	18	2nd	3 5 7 9 17 44
2011-01-05	4	1st	5 15 16 19 39 43
2010-12-22	8	2nd	4 5 21 22 26 44
2010-11-24	4	2nd	4 5 7 8 12 30
2010-11-10	22	1st	5 15 19 32 33 36
2010-08-25	13	2nd	1 5 13 15 30 35
2010-07-10	10	1st	5 8 17 27 30 36
2010-06-05	1	1st	5 6 26 35 37 43
2010-06-02	1	3rd	3 4 5 9 18 27
2010-05-29	2	1st	5 22 26 27 39 43
2010-05-22	4	1st	5 6 16 29 34 37
2010-05-08	2	2nd	1 5 12 13 25 31
2010-05-01	6	3rd	1 2 5 9 10 39
2010-04-10	—	1st	5 7 13 16 39 43