Number 5

In Play 5 under the 5/9 · since Aug 2024 rules — 668 draws, 5 from 0–9.

347times drawn · chance expected 334 +1.01σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

1.9average wait between appearances · chance says 2.0

15longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 347 times in 668 draws against 334.0 expected, +1.01σ. 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 347 times in 668 draws · average wait 1.9 draws · longest completed wait 15 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest31 · chance 2.8
2nd smallest100 · chance 55.1
3rd smallest124 · chance 165.2
4th smallest78 · chance 110.2
5th smallest14 · chance 13.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 154.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 6 8 2 1 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 9 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 10. 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
2026-10-11	2	3rd	0 4 5 7 7
2026-10-09	4	3rd	1 3 5 7 8
2026-10-05	0	2nd	2 5 6
2026-10-05	0	2nd	2 5 6
2026-10-05	4	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 5/10 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-09-06	1	3rd	3 4 5 8
2026-09-05	5	1st	5 6 9 9 9
2026-08-31	3	4th	0 2 4 5 7
2026-08-28	2	3rd	2 4 5 7 9
2026-08-26	2	4th	0 3 3 5 8
2026-08-24	1	2nd	4 5 6 8 8
2026-08-23	1	4th	2 2 3 5 6
2026-08-22	3	4th	0 2 3 5 9
2026-08-19	3	2nd	2 5 6 7 8
2026-08-16	2	2nd	3 5 6 8 8
2026-08-14	1	3rd	2 3 5 6 6
2026-08-13	1	4th	1 1 4 5 8
2026-08-12	5	4th	1 2 3 5 8
2026-08-07	1	2nd	0 5 7 7 7
2026-08-06	0	2nd	1 5 8 9
2026-08-06	1	2nd	1 5 8 9
2026-08-05	0	4th	1 1 4 5
2026-08-05	1	4th	1 1 4 5
2026-08-04	0	3rd	4 4 5 6
2026-08-04	2	3rd	4 4 5 6
2026-08-02	5	4th	1 2 4 5 9
2026-07-28	11	3rd	0 3 5 8 9
2026-07-17	2	3rd	0 2 5 7 9
2026-07-15	0	1st	5 6 6 6
2026-07-15	6	1st	5 6 6 6
2026-07-09	1	4th	0 1 3 5 7
2026-07-08	0	3rd	0 3 5 9
2026-07-08	1	3rd	0 3 5 9
2026-07-07	0	2nd	1 5 7 8
2026-07-07	2	2nd	1 5 7 8
2026-07-05	6	3rd	2 4 5 6 8
2026-06-29	0	2nd	0 5 8
2026-06-29	0	2nd	0 5 8
2026-06-29	1	2nd	0 5 8
2026-06-28	0	3rd	3 4 5 7
2026-06-28	4	3rd	3 4 5 7
2026-06-24	2	5th	0 2 3 4 5
2026-06-22	1	2nd	0 5 8 8 9
2026-06-21	1	4th	2 3 4 5 6
2026-06-20	0	3rd	1 2 5 9
2026-06-20	6	3rd	1 2 5 9
2026-06-14	3	2nd	4 5 6 6 9
2026-06-11	2	4th	0 0 0 5 7
2026-06-09	0	3rd	1 4 5 9
2026-06-09	1	3rd	1 4 5 9
2026-06-08	1	4th	0 0 3 5 7
2026-06-07	3	2nd	1 5 6 9 9
2026-06-04	2	2nd	3 5 6 8 8
2026-06-02	1	4th	1 1 2 5 9
2026-06-01	5	3rd	0 2 5 9 9
2026-05-27	2	4th	0 1 3 5 9
2026-05-25	0	2nd	4 5 9
2026-05-25	0	2nd	4 5 9
2026-05-25	1	2nd	4 5 9
2026-05-24	2	3rd	1 1 5 7 7
2026-05-22	2	5th	2 2 4 4 5
2026-05-20	1	3rd	2 3 5 6 6
2026-05-19	8	3rd	0 3 5 7 9
2026-05-11	1	3rd	1 3 5 6 7
2026-05-10	1	3rd	1 2 5 6 7
2026-05-09	1	3rd	2 3 5 8 9
2026-05-08	2	3rd	3 4 5 6 8
2026-05-06	1	4th	1 1 4 5 8
2026-05-05	0	2nd	1 5 9 9
2026-05-05	2	2nd	1 5 9 9
2026-05-03	2	3rd	1 2 5 8 9
2026-05-01	6	3rd	4 4 5 6 9
2026-04-25	2	5th	0 2 2 3 5
2026-04-23	1	1st	5 6 6 6 8
2026-04-22	2	3rd	2 4 5 6 9
2026-04-20	3	4th	0 1 1 5 6
2026-04-17	2	2nd	4 5 7 7 8
2026-04-15	5	2nd	1 5 9 9 9
2026-04-10	6	3rd	2 4 5 6 7
2026-04-04	0	2nd	0 5 7 8
2026-04-04	2	2nd	0 5 7 8
2026-04-02	1	2nd	1 5 6 6 9
2026-04-01	6	2nd	1 5 7 9 9
2026-03-26	2	2nd	4 5 6 6 7
2026-03-24	1	3rd	1 3 5 6 7
2026-03-23	1	4th	0 2 2 5 7
2026-03-22	4	5th	0 1 4 4 5
2026-03-18	0	2nd	1 5 8 9
2026-03-18	1	2nd	1 5 8 9
2026-03-17	2	3rd	4 4 5 6 8
2026-03-15	1	3rd	0 2 5 8 8
2026-03-14	2	4th	0 2 4 5 9
2026-03-12	2	3rd	0 0 5 6 7
2026-03-10	0	3rd	3 3 5 6
2026-03-10	3	3rd	3 3 5 6
2026-03-07	1	3rd	2 2 5 6 7
2026-03-06	6	3rd	3 4 5 6 8
2026-02-28	2	3rd	1 1 5 9 9
2026-02-26	1	4th	2 4 4 5 9
2026-02-25	2	3rd	0 4 5 6 8
2026-02-23	1	4th	1 2 2 5 9
2026-02-22	0	2nd	0 5 6 7
2026-02-22	3	2nd	0 5 6 7
2026-02-19	1	3rd	1 3 5 9 9
2026-02-18	0	2nd	1 5 9
2026-02-18	0	2nd	1 5 9
2026-02-18	2	2nd	1 5 9
2026-02-16	2	3rd	2 2 5 6 8
2026-02-14	1	2nd	3 5 6 7 8
2026-02-13	1	4th	0 1 3 5 6
2026-02-12	1	4th	2 4 4 5 6
2026-02-11	3	3rd	2 3 5 7 9
2026-02-08	0	3rd	1 2 5 9
2026-02-08	1	3rd	1 2 5 9
2026-02-07	0	2nd	4 5 6
2026-02-07	0	2nd	4 5 6
2026-02-07	2	2nd	4 5 6
2026-02-05	1	2nd	3 5 6 7 8
2026-02-04	0	2nd	1 5 6 9
2026-02-04	4	2nd	1 5 6 9
2026-01-31	0	3rd	3 4 5 9
2026-01-31	3	3rd	3 4 5 9
2026-01-28	2	5th	1 1 2 4 5
2026-01-26	1	2nd	2 5 6 6 7
2026-01-25	1	3rd	1 4 5 6 8
2026-01-24	1	3rd	2 3 5 8 9
2026-01-23	1	4th	2 3 4 5 9
2026-01-22	2	3rd	2 2 5 7 8
2026-01-20	2	4th	0 4 4 5 9
2026-01-18	3	3rd	1 1 5 9 9
2026-01-15	1	4th	0 1 4 5 8
2026-01-14	0	2nd	1 5 7 8
2026-01-14	1	2nd	1 5 7 8
2026-01-13	6	3rd	0 4 5 6 6
2026-01-07	0	2nd	4 5 8 9
2026-01-07	4	2nd	4 5 8 9
2026-01-03	1	3rd	3 4 5 6 9
2026-01-02	1	1st	5 7 7 8 8
2026-01-01	0	1st	5 6 8 9
2026-01-01	1	1st	5 6 8 9
2025-12-31	2	4th	1 3 4 5 9
2025-12-29	2	3rd	4 4 5 6 7
2025-12-27	3	3rd	0 3 5 7 8
2025-12-23	1	4th	0 2 3 5 8
2025-12-22	2	2nd	0 5 6 6 8
2025-12-20	1	5th	1 2 3 4 5
2025-12-19	2	2nd	1 5 6 7 8
2025-12-17	3	3rd	0 0 5 8 9
2025-12-14	2	3rd	0 3 5 7 8
2025-12-12	0	4th	0 2 3 5
2025-12-12	4	4th	0 2 3 5
2025-12-08	1	2nd	3 5 6 6 7
2025-12-07	1	2nd	4 5 7 9 9
2025-12-06	0	1st	5 6 7 9
2025-12-06	7	1st	5 6 7 9
2025-11-29	6	3rd	2 3 5 6 9
2025-11-23	0	3rd	1 2 5 9
2025-11-23	3	3rd	1 2 5 9
2025-11-20	1	2nd	0 5 6 6 8
2025-11-19	1	3rd	2 3 5 6 9
2025-11-18	1	4th	2 3 3 5 8
2025-11-17	0	2nd	3 5 9 9
2025-11-17	2	2nd	3 5 9 9
2025-11-15	1	4th	0 0 2 5 8
2025-11-14	1	2nd	3 5 6 8 9
2025-11-13	0	3rd	0 3 5 7
2025-11-13	1	3rd	0 3 5 7
2025-11-12	2	4th	0 1 3 5 7
2025-11-10	4	1st	5 6 8 9 9
2025-11-06	4	3rd	2 3 5 8 8
2025-11-02	9	4th	0 2 4 5 8
2025-10-24	1	3rd	4 4 5 6 6
2025-10-23	0	3rd	1 1 5 7
2025-10-23	1	3rd	1 1 5 7
2025-10-22	1	2nd	0 5 8 8 8
2025-10-21	0	3rd	2 2 5 8
2025-10-21	2	3rd	2 2 5 8
2025-10-19	4	3rd	2 2 5 8 9
2025-10-15	1	4th	2 3 4 5 6
2025-10-14	0	2nd	1 5 6 8
2025-10-14	2	2nd	1 5 6 8
2025-10-12	0	1st	5 8 9 9
2025-10-12	3	1st	5 8 9 9
2025-10-09	15	2nd	1 5 6 7 8
2025-09-24	1	4th	1 1 2 5 8
2025-09-23	0	1st	5 6 8 9
2025-09-23	1	1st	5 6 8 9
2025-09-22	3	3rd	1 4 5 8 9
2025-09-19	1	5th	0 0 2 2 5
2025-09-18	0	1st	5 6 6 7
2025-09-18	1	1st	5 6 6 7
2025-09-17	1	4th	0 0 1 5 7
2025-09-16	0	3rd	1 1 5 9
2025-09-16	2	3rd	1 1 5 9
2025-09-14	0	4th	1 3 4 5
2025-09-14	1	4th	1 3 4 5
2025-09-13	7	4th	0 4 4 5 8
2025-09-06	2	2nd	3 5 7 7 7
2025-09-04	1	4th	0 3 4 5 7
2025-09-03	7	2nd	4 5 7 9 9
2025-08-27	1	2nd	0 5 7 8 8
2025-08-26	2	2nd	3 5 7 8 8
2025-08-24	0	4th	2 2 3 5
2025-08-24	7	4th	2 2 3 5
2025-08-17	7	2nd	4 5 7 7 9
2025-08-10	1	3rd	2 3 5 6 9
2025-08-09	2	4th	0 2 2 5 6
2025-08-07	1	4th	0 1 2 5 7
2025-08-06	3	2nd	1 5 6 7 9
2025-08-03	2	4th	0 0 2 5 7
2025-08-01	3	3rd	0 2 5 6 9
2025-07-29	1	4th	0 2 4 5 6
2025-07-28	1	3rd	2 2 5 6 6
2025-07-27	2	3rd	1 3 5 6 9
2025-07-25	0	1st	5 7 8 9
2025-07-25	9	1st	5 7 8 9
2025-07-16	10	5th	0 0 1 2 5
2025-07-06	0	1st	5 7 7 9
2025-07-06	2	1st	5 7 7 9
2025-07-04	0	4th	0 3 3 5
2025-07-04	5	4th	0 3 3 5
2025-06-29	0	2nd	3 5 7 9
2025-06-29	4	2nd	3 5 7 9
2025-06-25	0	2nd	0 5 7 8
2025-06-25	1	2nd	0 5 7 8
2025-06-24	2	2nd	3 5 6 7 9
2025-06-22	1	3rd	2 4 5 6 7
2025-06-21	2	3rd	1 1 5 7 9
2025-06-19	1	3rd	3 4 5 6 8
2025-06-18	1	1st	5 6 6 8 9
2025-06-17	3	3rd	1 3 5 6 7
2025-06-14	2	2nd	0 5 6 6 6
2025-06-12	2	3rd	1 2 5 6 8
2025-06-10	0	4th	0 1 3 5
2025-06-10	3	4th	0 1 3 5
2025-06-07	5	3rd	2 4 5 6 8
2025-06-02	4	2nd	1 5 6 6 8
2025-05-29	1	3rd	3 4 5 6 9
2025-05-28	0	3rd	1 3 5
2025-05-28	0	3rd	1 3 5
2025-05-28	5	3rd	1 3 5
2025-05-23	0	2nd	4 5 8 9
2025-05-23	1	2nd	4 5 8 9
2025-05-22	2	2nd	3 5 6 8 8
2025-05-20	2	3rd	0 2 5 7 7
2025-05-18	1	4th	0 2 3 5 8
2025-05-17	3	5th	0 1 4 4 5
2025-05-14	1	5th	2 2 3 4 5
2025-05-13	3	3rd	3 3 5 6 9
2025-05-10	0	4th	0 0 2 5
2025-05-10	2	4th	0 0 2 5
2025-05-08	1	4th	0 0 4 5 8
2025-05-07	1	2nd	2 5 6 8 9
2025-05-06	5	4th	2 3 4 5 7
2025-05-01	1	3rd	2 4 5 8 8
2025-04-30	4	3rd	1 4 5 7 9
2025-04-26	2	2nd	2 5 7 9 9
2024-12-31	1	3rd	1 3 5 8 9
2024-12-30	1	2nd	4 5 6 6 9
2024-12-29	1	3rd	4 4 5 6 9
2024-12-28	2	1st	5 7 7 8 8
2024-12-26	2	4th	0 2 4 5 7
2024-12-23	0	3rd	3 4 5 9
2024-12-23	1	3rd	3 4 5 9
2024-12-22	2	3rd	0 1 5 6 9
2024-12-20	3	3rd	1 2 5 6 8
2024-12-17	3	4th	4 4 4 5 9
2024-12-14	1	3rd	1 2 5 7 7
2024-12-13	2	2nd	4 5 9 9 9
2024-12-11	2	4th	0 2 4 5 9
2024-12-09	0	2nd	3 5 6 7
2024-12-09	1	2nd	3 5 6 7
2024-12-08	1	4th	0 0 4 5 9
2024-12-07	1	5th	0 1 3 4 5
2024-12-06	1	2nd	3 5 7 7 8
2024-12-05	0	4th	0 2 2 5
2024-12-05	2	4th	0 2 2 5
2024-12-03	2	2nd	0 5 6 8 8
2024-12-01	5	2nd	1 5 6 6 7
2024-11-26	1	3rd	1 3 5 7 8
2024-11-25	0	3rd	1 3 5 9
2024-11-25	1	3rd	1 3 5 9
2024-11-24	1	3rd	1 2 5 9 9
2024-11-23	9	2nd	3 5 8 9 9
2024-11-14	1	5th	3 4 4 4 5
2024-11-13	0	4th	0 1 3 5
2024-11-13	1	4th	0 1 3 5
2024-11-12	5	3rd	1 3 5 7 9
2024-11-07	2	3rd	2 3 5 9 9
2024-11-05	4	4th	0 1 4 5 9
2024-11-01	0	3rd	1 2 5 9
2024-11-01	2	3rd	1 2 5 9
2024-10-30	0	1st	5 6 7 9
2024-10-30	2	1st	5 6 7 9
2024-10-28	5	3rd	0 4 5 6 8
2024-10-23	2	2nd	3 5 6 6 8
2024-10-21	2	2nd	4 5 7 7 9
2024-10-19	0	1st	5 7 7 8
2024-10-19	1	1st	5 7 7 8
2024-10-18	6	2nd	2 5 7 8 9
2024-10-12	0	2nd	4 5 7 7
2024-10-12	4	2nd	4 5 7 7
2024-10-08	0	3rd	1 2 5 6
2024-10-08	4	3rd	1 2 5 6
2024-10-04	2	4th	0 2 2 5 6
2024-10-02	2	4th	2 4 4 5 8
2024-09-30	1	5th	0 0 1 4 5
2024-09-29	8	4th	1 2 4 5 7
2024-09-21	0	1st	5 8 9
2024-09-21	0	1st	5 8 9
2024-09-21	6	1st	5 8 9
2024-09-15	7	4th	1 3 4 5 8
2024-09-08	1	3rd	1 4 5 7 9
2024-09-07	0	3rd	0 3 5 9
2024-09-07	3	3rd	0 3 5 9
2024-09-04	1	3rd	1 3 5 7 8
2024-09-03	1	4th	0 2 2 5 6
2024-09-02	0	4th	0 0 0 5
2024-09-02	1	4th	0 0 0 5
2024-09-01	4	1st	5 6 7 8 8
2024-08-28	1	3rd	0 2 5 6 7
2024-08-27	0	3rd	0 3 5
2024-08-27	0	3rd	0 3 5
2024-08-27	5	3rd	0 3 5
2024-08-22	0	2nd	2 5 6 6
2024-08-22	1	2nd	2 5 6 6
2024-08-21	0	3rd	1 4 5 6
2024-08-21	—	3rd	1 4 5 6