Number 5

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,878 draws, 6 from 1–42.

279times drawn · chance expected 268 +0.71σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

41longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 279 times in 1,878 draws against 268.3 expected, +0.71σ. 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 279 times in 1,878 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 smallest169 · chance 162.3
2nd smallest86 · chance 98.4
3rd smallest23 · chance 17.4
4th smallest1 · chance 1.0
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 34.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 18 6 32 8 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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	8	2nd	2 5 12 24 25 36
2026-09-21	10	1st	5 9 12 17 21 30
2026-08-29	18	1st	5 7 18 22 29 30
2026-07-18	11	1st	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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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