Number 5

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

164times drawn · chance expected 186 −1.73σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

52longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 164 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, −1.73σ. 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 164 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 smallest115 · chance 112.5
2nd smallest44 · chance 46.1
3rd smallest5 · chance 5.2
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 8 10 16 39 46

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
2026-10-10	21	2nd	1 5 23 34 47
2026-07-29	2	1st	5 13 19 22 27
2026-07-22	2	1st	5 16 29 30 35
2026-07-15	11	2nd	2 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-10	4	1st	5 9 13 17 30
2024-06-26	15	1st	5 16 23 35 46
2024-05-04	4	1st	5 12 24 32 43
2024-04-20	5	3rd	3 4 5 13 29
2024-04-03	6	2nd	3 5 17 33 44
2024-03-13	19	1st	5 8 15 43 46
2024-01-06	18	1st	5 13 31 38 47
2023-11-04	2	1st	5 6 18 26 44
2023-10-28	28	1st	5 14 28 31 40
2023-07-22	1	1st	5 7 20 34 39
2023-07-19	2	1st	5 10 20 22 32
2023-07-12	4	1st	5 9 11 35 43
2023-06-28	13	1st	5 9 12 34 46
2023-05-13	52	1st	5 11 16 18 39
2022-11-12	5	2nd	2 5 17 40 46
2022-10-26	1	1st	5 8 31 46 47
2022-10-22	2	1st	5 8 12 14 16
2022-10-15	1	1st	5 10 16 34 35
2022-10-12	46	1st	5 22 30 34 43
2022-05-04	9	1st	5 9 20 27 42
2022-04-02	1	2nd	3 5 13 17 41
2022-03-30	7	1st	5 10 16 26 43
2022-03-05	3	1st	5 7 13 36 44
2022-02-23	15	1st	5 10 15 31 32
2022-01-01	2	2nd	1 5 22 29 42
2021-12-25	3	1st	5 8 9 29 43
2021-12-15	4	1st	5 8 9 19 39
2021-12-01	11	1st	5 6 10 34 44
2021-10-23	10	1st	5 20 31 33 45
2021-09-18	1	2nd	3 5 20 36 45
2021-09-15	2	2nd	1 5 7 28 45
2021-09-08	13	2nd	4 5 7 25 38
2021-07-24	12	2nd	1 5 19 27 40
2021-06-12	27	1st	5 10 21 22 36
2021-03-10	5	1st	5 6 20 40 42
2021-02-20	9	2nd	2 5 8 21 45
2021-01-20	12	1st	5 8 15 21 37
2020-12-09	19	1st	5 8 13 20 39
2020-10-03	4	1st	5 32 38 39 43
2020-09-19	6	2nd	4 5 13 22 23
2020-08-29	1	1st	5 10 29 42 46
2020-08-26	6	2nd	4 5 6 30 45
2020-08-05	1	3rd	2 4 5 40 47
2020-08-01	16	1st	5 6 8 12 42
2020-06-06	3	1st	5 21 22 34 39
2020-05-27	6	2nd	2 5 11 14 44
2020-05-06	6	1st	5 8 19 37 39
2020-04-15	3	1st	5 8 9 27 37
2020-04-04	7	1st	5 7 37 39 46
2020-03-11	3	1st	5 10 20 43 44
2020-02-29	44	1st	5 20 22 24 32
2019-09-28	3	1st	5 13 33 38 39
2019-09-18	5	1st	5 7 22 23 27
2019-08-31	31	1st	5 8 13 24 39
2019-05-15	3	1st	5 22 23 27 38
2019-05-04	5	2nd	4 5 33 38 43
2019-04-17	17	1st	5 23 27 31 46
2019-02-16	52	1st	5 14 15 35 45
2018-08-18	10	2nd	4 5 24 30 38
2018-07-14	10	1st	5 12 24 26 37
2018-06-09	16	1st	5 11 27 33 47
2018-04-14	1	1st	5 14 27 31 39
2018-04-11	21	1st	5 9 16 22 28
2018-01-27	24	1st	5 8 19 40 45
2017-11-04	3	1st	5 8 29 32 41
2017-10-25	2	1st	5 29 36 37 44
2017-10-18	9	1st	5 10 24 33 35
2017-09-16	25	2nd	4 5 7 26 33
2017-06-21	1	1st	5 20 25 32 46
2017-06-17	2	1st	5 24 25 40 47
2017-06-10	33	3rd	3 4 5 16 20
2017-02-15	3	1st	5 9 16 27 41
2017-02-04	32	1st	5 15 18 22 41
2016-10-15	1	2nd	4 5 13 24 43
2016-10-12	22	1st	5 11 22 23 31
2016-07-27	3	1st	5 7 12 34 42
2016-07-16	30	1st	5 24 31 39 43
2016-04-02	3	2nd	3 5 10 43 47
2016-03-23	5	1st	5 23 38 43 47
2016-03-05	16	2nd	4 5 8 10 21
2016-01-09	17	1st	5 12 24 25 36
2015-11-11	1	1st	5 9 22 36 44
2015-11-07	5	1st	5 10 26 32 42
2015-10-21	18	1st	5 13 16 19 27
2015-08-19	15	1st	5 23 31 42 45
2015-06-27	12	2nd	1 5 16 21 35
2015-05-16	5	2nd	2 5 22 39 42
2015-04-29	4	1st	5 24 25 34 47
2015-04-15	6	2nd	3 5 6 14 38
2015-03-25	20	2nd	3 5 10 25 47
2015-01-14	1	1st	5 14 16 19 36
2015-01-10	6	2nd	1 5 16 24 30
2014-12-20	6	1st	5 7 21 31 33
2014-11-29	14	1st	5 30 37 45 47
2014-10-11	25	2nd	3 5 6 15 18
2014-07-16	9	2nd	3 5 6 14 34
2014-06-14	12	1st	5 16 20 29 42
2014-05-03	4	1st	5 9 25 31 46
2014-04-19	3	1st	5 30 31 32 46
2014-04-09	12	2nd	1 5 13 35 46
2014-02-26	8	1st	5 7 17 20 23
2014-01-29	1	1st	5 9 17 29 33
2014-01-25	4	1st	5 7 13 38 43
2014-01-11	26	1st	5 9 11 35 43
2013-10-12	5	1st	5 7 13 31 43
2013-09-25	4	1st	5 14 22 25 26
2013-09-11	7	2nd	3 5 14 40 46
2013-08-17	2	1st	5 8 19 21 37
2013-08-10	15	1st	5 7 14 44 46
2013-06-19	4	2nd	3 5 32 34 36
2013-06-05	12	1st	5 8 28 35 39
2013-04-24	2	1st	5 25 32 33 46
2013-04-17	5	3rd	1 3 5 23 29
2013-03-30	8	1st	5 22 28 37 43
2013-03-02	1	1st	5 10 26 43 44
2013-02-27	11	1st	5 6 12 15 39
2013-01-19	24	1st	5 10 26 28 43
2012-10-27	4	1st	5 14 36 38 47
2012-10-13	7	2nd	4 5 25 43 45
2012-09-19	4	1st	5 11 28 34 39
2012-09-05	9	1st	5 10 12 20 29
2012-08-04	14	1st	5 18 28 43 44
2012-06-16	17	1st	5 36 37 42 43
2012-04-18	18	1st	5 7 8 10 29
2012-02-15	10	2nd	3 5 16 25 37
2012-01-11	1	2nd	2 5 11 12 30
2012-01-07	20	2nd	2 5 16 31 35
2011-10-29	8	1st	5 7 39 46 47
2011-10-01	24	2nd	3 5 13 15 21
2011-07-09	1	2nd	4 5 21 23 27
2011-07-06	2	1st	5 7 11 18 33
2011-06-29	25	2nd	2 5 15 28 43
2011-04-02	26	1st	5 10 30 35 43
2011-01-01	35	1st	5 9 19 32 34
2010-09-01	8	1st	5 16 24 32 33
2010-08-04	11	1st	5 9 24 27 37
2010-06-26	16	1st	5 9 14 26 29
2010-05-01	15	2nd	3 5 24 25 41
2010-03-10	3	1st	5 8 33 38 47
2010-02-27	—	1st	5 9 14 39 47