Number 5

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

261times drawn · chance expected 239 +1.52σ

36draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number

10.9average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

50longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 261 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, +1.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 36 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 261 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 10.9 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 36 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 smallest192 · chance 195.6
2nd smallest64 · chance 60.2
3rd smallest5 · chance 5.1
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 17.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

57 1 26 14 7 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-01-16	22	2nd	2 5 23 28 52
2025-12-25	2	2nd	3 5 16 31 59
2025-12-23	7	1st	5 6 9 21 45
2025-12-16	22	2nd	4 5 33 47

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-03	8	1st	5 19 31 37 55
2025-05-26	6	1st	5 11 18 30 38
2025-05-20	15	2nd	3 5 9 20 35
2025-05-05	3	2nd	2 5 8 17 37
2025-05-02	6	1st	5 47 48 50 58
2025-04-26	12	1st	5 31 32 33 34
2025-04-14	4	2nd	2 5 24 27 55
2025-04-10	2	1st	5 24 31 49 58
2025-04-08	25	3rd	1 3 5 16 44
2025-03-14	7	1st	5 33 44 52 59
2025-03-07	41	1st	5 16 24 41 60
2025-01-25	18	1st	5 30 33 45 57
2025-01-07	10	1st	5 22 24 53 56
2024-12-28	15	1st	5 17 27 28 41
2024-12-13	8	1st	5 13 41 49 51
2024-12-05	13	1st	5 19 20 29 45
2024-11-22	10	2nd	4 5 12 15 37
2024-11-12	18	1st	5 8 27 31 55
2024-10-25	15	1st	5 15 27 40 46
2024-10-10	7	1st	5 7 12 34 60
2024-10-03	4	2nd	1 5 26 30 46
2024-09-29	2	2nd	1 5 8 16 34
2024-09-27	1	2nd	1 5 6 27 55
2024-09-26	11	1st	5 8 9 42 49
2024-09-15	9	1st	5 15 40 51 57
2024-09-06	4	1st	5 27 33 49 56
2024-09-02	4	1st	5 28 29 47 50
2024-08-29	10	1st	5 20 33 40 48
2024-08-19	7	1st	5 16 19 30 36
2024-08-12	3	2nd	2 5 19 35 55
2024-08-09	3	1st	5 18 26 36 43
2024-08-06	17	2nd	1 5 36 38 57
2024-07-20	3	2nd	1 5 23 41 49
2024-07-17	6	1st	5 17 28 43 54
2024-07-11	20	1st	5 14 31 42 52
2024-06-21	31	1st	5 7 9 35 58
2024-05-21	1	1st	5 30 38 51 56
2024-05-20	1	1st	5 28 43 44 50
2024-05-19	15	1st	5 9 13 52 57
2024-05-04	4	1st	5 10 23 26 35
2024-04-30	3	1st	5 23 26 29 33
2024-04-27	9	1st	5 7 28 44 52
2024-04-18	13	1st	5 36 38 45 59
2024-04-05	18	2nd	2 5 15 25 57
2024-03-18	8	1st	5 11 20 23 57
2024-03-10	8	1st	5 13 17 42 43
2024-03-02	11	1st	5 21 33 44 56
2024-02-20	3	1st	5 20 23 32 43
2024-02-17	5	1st	5 38 44 48 55
2024-02-12	4	1st	5 16 26 32 39
2024-02-08	8	1st	5 10 25 38 57
2024-01-31	5	1st	5 13 51 52 59
2024-01-26	13	1st	5 8 29 32 42
2024-01-13	7	1st	5 17 23 25 47
2024-01-06	9	1st	5 7 26 28 42
2023-12-28	4	1st	5 7 10 32 58
2023-12-24	11	1st	5 21 23 48 57
2023-12-13	2	1st	5 20 23 48 53
2023-12-11	7	1st	5 6 7 26 52
2023-12-04	13	1st	5 12 14 24 33
2023-11-21	8	1st	5 11 25 34 46
2023-11-13	4	1st	5 16 21 50 57
2023-11-09	9	1st	5 9 18 50 54
2023-10-31	11	1st	5 14 37 54 59
2023-10-20	3	1st	5 13 22 27 57
2023-10-17	31	1st	5 12 17 18 29
2023-09-16	26	1st	5 8 19 45 47
2023-08-21	1	1st	5 21 45 51 53
2023-08-20	14	1st	5 28 32 39 54
2023-08-06	17	1st	5 9 39 49 58
2023-07-20	9	3rd	1 4 5 6 39
2023-07-11	16	1st	5 10 16 46 53
2023-06-25	6	1st	5 41 43 48 50
2023-06-19	14	1st	5 13 27 33 34
2023-06-05	22	2nd	1 5 7 44 52
2023-05-14	4	1st	5 16 24 29 57
2023-05-10	19	2nd	1 5 8 23 46
2023-04-21	7	1st	5 13 20 26 40
2023-04-14	1	2nd	3 5 7 30 34
2023-04-13	7	1st	5 8 29 54 55
2023-04-06	11	2nd	1 5 39 41 60
2023-03-26	22	1st	5 26 28 43 45
2023-03-04	2	2nd	2 5 16 18 59
2023-03-02	1	1st	5 9 15 29 60
2023-03-01	19	2nd	3 5 22 46 56
2023-02-10	2	1st	5 8 30 43 46
2023-02-08	2	2nd	1 5 7 30 36
2023-02-06	6	1st	5 8 28 30 55
2023-01-31	14	1st	5 11 24 26 46
2023-01-17	13	2nd	1 5 26 38 48
2023-01-04	1	2nd	1 5 6 28 41
2023-01-03	19	1st	5 14 27 46 53
2022-12-15	3	1st	5 8 11 14 29
2022-12-12	2	1st	5 18 21 50 52
2022-12-10	3	1st	5 14 21 31 50
2022-12-07	20	1st	5 25 26 34 52
2022-11-17	7	1st	5 22 40 48 57
2022-11-10	27	3rd	2 4 5 6 58
2022-10-14	12	1st	5 9 27 35 46
2022-10-02	33	1st	5 18 27 34 54
2022-08-30	3	2nd	2 5 14 40 48
2022-08-27	5	1st	5 19 20 23 38
2022-08-22	9	1st	5 14 48 51 57
2022-08-13	30	1st	5 9 27 33 57
2022-07-14	4	1st	5 22 23 44 59
2022-07-10	6	2nd	1 5 11 21 33
2022-07-04	49	1st	5 10 19 22 43
2022-05-16	28	1st	5 26 48 50 54
2022-04-18	19	1st	5 33 37 41 50
2022-03-30	5	1st	5 23 42 56 57
2022-03-25	3	2nd	2 5 8 21 55
2022-03-22	2	1st	5 19 49 54 60
2022-03-20	3	1st	5 6 12 26 40
2022-03-17	37	1st	5 9 14 34 58
2022-02-08	10	1st	5 10 35 42 56
2022-01-29	8	3rd	2 4 5 16 22
2022-01-21	1	1st	5 21 24 36 46
2022-01-20	1	1st	5 26 38 46 58
2022-01-19	15	1st	5 11 31 42 49
2022-01-04	3	1st	5 13 19 20 29
2022-01-01	5	1st	5 11 19 23 33
2021-12-27	10	1st	5 29 36 38 59
2021-12-17	5	1st	5 22 24 45 57
2021-12-12	15	2nd	1 5 13 37 38
2021-11-27	3	2nd	4 5 8 55 56
2021-11-24	3	2nd	3 5 11 16 55
2021-11-21	9	2nd	4 5 6 11 48
2021-11-12	1	1st	5 8 32 34 57
2021-11-11	16	1st	5 21 31 45 47
2021-10-26	6	2nd	3 5 23 37 46
2021-10-20	25	2nd	3 5 28 33 42
2021-09-25	25	1st	5 24 37 47 52
2021-08-31	1	1st	5 8 13 15 32
2021-08-30	1	1st	5 9 24 54 58
2021-08-29	15	2nd	1 5 26 40 59
2021-08-14	3	1st	5 29 30 35 39
2021-08-11	4	1st	5 10 13 43 52
2021-08-07	31	1st	5 14 20 23 37
2021-07-07	4	1st	5 12 19 44 46
2021-07-03	2	1st	5 14 28 39 40
2021-07-01	9	1st	5 32 45 46 54
2021-06-22	7	1st	5 7 17 19 33
2021-06-15	12	2nd	2 5 11 35 59
2021-06-03	7	1st	5 7 14 29 40
2021-05-27	8	1st	5 14 21 38 42
2021-05-19	3	1st	5 7 24 29 31
2021-05-16	2	2nd	2 5 8 37 41
2021-05-14	41	2nd	3 5 26 35 60
2021-04-03	5	2nd	2 5 24 44 57
2021-03-29	3	1st	5 28 35 39 60
2021-03-26	12	1st	5 12 24 42 59
2021-03-14	4	1st	5 9 16 53 57
2021-03-10	38	2nd	3 5 18 28 31
2021-01-31	18	1st	5 6 14 35 51
2021-01-13	3	1st	5 12 13 14 26
2021-01-10	4	1st	5 43 46 49 52
2021-01-06	15	1st	5 6 16 22 33
2020-12-22	29	2nd	1 5 15 27 46
2020-11-23	18	1st	5 11 40 55 59
2020-11-05	23	1st	5 7 11 17 41
2020-10-13	3	1st	5 14 35 47 51
2020-10-10	7	1st	5 14 20 31 42
2020-10-03	40	1st	5 8 42 45 47
2020-08-24	15	3rd	2 4 5 12 22
2020-08-09	29	1st	5 13 14 26 59
2020-07-11	21	1st	5 11 22 27 41
2020-06-20	10	1st	5 19 22 50 54
2020-06-10	5	1st	5 22 26 41 42
2020-06-05	1	2nd	4 5 13 52 58
2020-06-04	12	2nd	1 5 21 25 60
2020-05-23	7	2nd	4 5 14 17 24
2020-05-16	37	1st	5 10 17 41 45
2020-04-09	8	1st	5 10 11 52 59
2020-04-01	7	1st	5 14 18 27 46
2020-03-25	7	1st	5 24 26 40 52
2020-03-18	17	1st	5 14 18 23 51
2020-03-01	7	1st	5 16 18 42 43
2020-02-23	13	1st	5 26 32 46 50
2020-02-10	4	1st	5 7 21 22 41
2020-02-06	13	2nd	4 5 8 25 47
2020-01-24	30	1st	5 13 19 41 57
2019-12-25	4	1st	5 7 15 24 37
2019-12-21	48	1st	5 15 24 30 59
2019-11-03	7	1st	5 13 14 16 45
2019-10-27	22	2nd	1 5 10 30 54
2019-10-05	9	2nd	1 5 20 21 57
2019-09-26	18	2nd	1 5 48 50 51
2019-09-08	5	1st	5 10 34 41 47
2019-09-03	10	1st	5 16 20 29 45
2019-08-24	3	1st	5 27 40 43 50
2019-08-21	4	1st	5 31 35 43 50
2019-08-17	19	1st	5 8 9 14 25
2019-07-29	7	1st	5 13 30 31 45
2019-07-22	1	1st	5 21 28 56 58
2019-07-21	8	1st	5 13 25 50 58
2019-07-13	7	2nd	2 5 16 30 59
2019-07-06	4	2nd	1 5 28 32 53
2019-07-02	50	1st	5 10 41 53 54
2019-01-10	2	1st	5 44 45 47 54
2019-01-03	9	1st	5 9 25 33 55
2018-12-03	27	1st	5 30 40 58 60
2018-08-30	2	1st	5 45 50 52 53
2018-08-23	26	1st	5 23 26 31 51
2018-05-24	21	1st	5 13 35 49 56
2018-03-12	3	1st	5 29 35 36 49
2018-03-01	5	1st	5 6 7 12 36
2018-02-12	6	2nd	1 5 17 21 33
2018-01-22	13	2nd	1 5 10 28 57
2017-12-07	2	2nd	2 5 39 54 56
2017-11-30	22	2nd	2 5 18 23 59
2017-09-14	2	1st	5 12 13 41 44
2017-09-07	8	2nd	2 5 7 55 57
2017-08-10	20	2nd	4 5 28 33 42
2017-06-01	13	1st	5 9 46 55 58
2017-04-17	12	1st	5 9 12 33 46
2017-03-06	17	2nd	1 5 14 22 50
2017-01-05	6	1st	5 18 42 44 46
2016-12-15	3	1st	5 7 21 44 57
2016-12-05	9	1st	5 6 19 22 45
2016-11-03	8	1st	5 10 29 37 59
2016-10-06	1	1st	5 7 9 12 43
2016-10-03	10	1st	5 48 49 52 58
2016-08-29	26	1st	5 21 25 31 55
2016-05-30	16	1st	5 7 27 28 36
2016-04-04	19	1st	5 26 32 36 58
2016-01-28	8	2nd	4 5 15 25 59
2015-12-31	2	2nd	1 5 24 47 55
2015-12-24	5	1st	5 19 36 41 55
2015-12-07	13	2nd	3 5 36 40 44
2015-10-22	16	1st	5 18 45 52 57
2015-08-27	3	1st	5 29 37 55 58
2015-08-17	3	1st	5 19 21 24 27
2015-08-06	3	2nd	4 5 24 31 42
2015-07-27	4	2nd	3 5 36 43 53
2015-07-13	6	1st	5 23 27 55 57
2015-06-22	14	1st	5 26 27 51 59
2015-05-04	—	2nd	3 5 21 30 60