Number 4

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,669 draws, 5 from 1–39.

356times drawn · chance expected 342 +0.80σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

47longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 356 times in 2,669 draws against 342.2 expected, +0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 356 times in 2,669 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 8 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 4 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 smallest247 · chance 252.5
2nd smallest104 · chance 94.7
3rd smallest5 · chance 8.6
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 37.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 37 16 30 8 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 4 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 39. 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	8	1st	4 5 10 29 35
2026-09-18	9	2nd	2 4 21 24 35
2026-09-07	14	1st	4 7 14 16 25
2026-08-18	12	1st	4 7 28 30

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: 4 is drawn with probability 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-24	10	2nd	2 4 15 19 25
2025-11-10	1	1st	4 9 11 20 30
2025-11-07	11	1st	4 12 13 34 36
2025-10-23	41	2nd	2 4 18 20 26
2025-08-27	2	1st	4 10 12 15 35
2025-08-25	9	1st	4 12 16 28 31
2025-08-12	5	1st	4 5 13 15 17
2025-08-05	11	1st	4 13 26 30 37
2025-07-21	9	1st	4 14 18 33 39
2025-07-08	16	1st	4 18 20 31 32
2025-06-16	16	1st	4 8 14 18 33
2025-05-23	1	1st	4 8 12 19 27
2025-05-22	8	2nd	2 4 15 29 34
2025-05-12	2	1st	4 7 21 33 36
2025-05-08	3	1st	4 10 18 19 28
2025-05-05	14	2nd	3 4 29 30 33
2025-04-15	13	2nd	3 4 14 22 38
2025-03-27	4	1st	4 6 15 32 37
2025-03-21	3	3rd	1 2 4 25 34
2025-03-18	47	1st	4 12 13 15 33
2025-01-10	8	2nd	1 4 8 15 38
2024-12-31	11	2nd	2 4 12 27 29
2024-12-16	22	1st	4 5 25 26 33
2024-11-14	17	1st	4 7 10 17 20
2024-10-22	2	2nd	1 4 21 28 37
2024-10-18	4	2nd	3 4 19 23 29
2024-10-14	6	1st	4 9 11 16 31
2024-10-04	19	1st	4 5 12 17 20
2024-09-09	17	1st	4 8 27 29 30
2024-08-15	2	1st	4 11 18 19 33
2024-08-13	3	1st	4 9 23 31 33
2024-08-08	1	2nd	3 4 21 35 38
2024-08-07	1	1st	4 13 16 20 31
2024-08-06	5	2nd	1 4 30 33 37
2024-07-30	1	2nd	3 4 8 30 35
2024-07-29	1	1st	4 12 16 23 30
2024-07-26	9	1st	4 14 18 34 36
2024-07-15	6	1st	4 10 13 32 35
2024-07-05	32	2nd	1 4 5 12 27
2024-05-22	3	1st	4 8 20 24 35
2024-05-17	13	2nd	2 4 15 26 36
2024-04-30	15	1st	4 5 29 30 35
2024-04-09	8	2nd	3 4 14 17 24
2024-03-28	12	1st	4 9 11 18 28
2024-03-12	1	2nd	3 4 11 14 29
2024-03-11	3	1st	4 26 30 31 37
2024-03-06	2	3rd	1 2 4 13 15
2024-03-04	12	2nd	2 4 17 24 29
2024-02-15	4	2nd	1 4 7 19 26
2024-02-09	3	1st	4 5 12 22 37
2024-02-06	2	2nd	3 4 7 21 23
2024-02-02	3	1st	4 9 29 33 35
2024-01-30	7	1st	4 9 23 24 26
2024-01-19	3	1st	4 13 30 32 34
2024-01-16	2	1st	4 5 14 28 36
2024-01-12	9	1st	4 16 17 19 24
2024-01-01	1	2nd	2 4 12 20 32
2023-12-29	7	1st	4 12 16 17 21
2023-12-20	1	1st	4 19 21 31 32
2023-12-19	1	1st	4 11 18 28 31
2023-12-18	30	1st	4 6 21 32 35
2023-11-06	7	1st	4 10 15 25 39
2023-10-26	6	1st	4 15 33 35 36
2023-10-18	2	2nd	1 4 11 26 38
2023-10-16	4	2nd	2 4 16 28 31
2023-10-10	3	1st	4 5 8 19 31
2023-10-05	3	2nd	1 4 16 19 30
2023-10-02	2	2nd	2 4 22 24 37
2023-09-28	2	1st	4 5 11 27 34
2023-09-26	1	1st	4 7 26 29 37
2023-09-25	6	1st	4 19 22 23 38
2023-09-15	8	1st	4 21 22 23 29
2023-09-05	10	2nd	2 4 13 23 27
2023-08-22	21	2nd	1 4 10 13 34
2023-07-24	4	1st	4 29 30 31 34
2023-07-18	4	1st	4 10 15 18 27
2023-07-12	14	1st	4 9 10 32 39
2023-06-22	35	1st	4 9 11 16 29
2023-05-04	9	1st	4 11 18 23 31
2023-04-21	2	1st	4 31 32 33 34
2023-04-19	2	1st	4 24 25 27 28
2023-04-17	1	2nd	3 4 17 24 27
2023-04-14	1	2nd	1 4 13 23 26
2023-04-13	2	1st	4 6 11 19 29
2023-04-11	13	2nd	2 4 5 24 36
2023-03-23	6	1st	4 7 29 33 35
2023-03-15	9	1st	4 11 28 30 32
2023-03-02	6	1st	4 7 17 23 24
2023-02-22	9	1st	4 6 10 23 24
2023-02-09	12	2nd	1 4 7 8 30
2023-01-24	13	1st	4 10 15 31 37
2023-01-05	2	2nd	2 4 9 18 28
2023-01-03	4	1st	4 5 9 16 33
2022-12-28	1	1st	4 10 21 23 39
2022-12-27	2	1st	4 9 18 23 37
2022-12-23	5	3rd	1 3 4 12 18
2022-12-16	8	1st	4 11 13 27 28
2022-12-06	7	1st	4 5 14 23 35
2022-11-25	15	1st	4 10 17 32 35
2022-11-04	8	1st	4 8 13 27 32
2022-10-25	2	1st	4 7 13 20 30
2022-10-21	8	1st	4 15 28 29 30
2022-10-11	11	2nd	1 4 8 13 37
2022-09-26	5	1st	4 20 30 32 37
2022-09-19	3	1st	4 10 29 30 31
2022-09-14	2	1st	4 12 20 23 37
2022-09-12	4	2nd	1 4 16 29 39
2022-09-06	1	2nd	2 4 9 14 23
2022-09-05	7	1st	4 17 30 32 34
2022-08-25	20	2nd	2 4 13 17 24
2022-07-28	4	1st	4 11 32 35 37
2022-07-22	3	1st	4 8 22 27 29
2022-07-19	3	2nd	1 4 15 25 30
2022-07-14	8	2nd	2 4 16 19 22
2022-07-04	2	2nd	3 4 6 32 36
2022-06-30	12	2nd	3 4 15 17 24
2022-06-14	7	3rd	2 3 4 6 14
2022-06-03	8	2nd	3 4 24 28 38
2022-05-24	14	1st	4 25 35 36 38
2022-05-04	1	1st	4 8 22 26 38
2022-05-03	6	1st	4 19 21 35 37
2022-04-25	4	2nd	3 4 9 12 23
2022-04-19	4	2nd	1 4 28 29 33
2022-04-13	5	1st	4 16 23 24 32
2022-04-06	4	1st	4 8 14 24 36
2022-03-31	5	1st	4 23 28 37 38
2022-03-24	7	1st	4 11 14 22 33
2022-03-15	14	1st	4 10 16 17 31
2022-02-23	12	2nd	2 4 8 27 37
2022-02-07	7	2nd	1 4 10 11 27
2022-01-27	16	2nd	1 4 6 18 39
2022-01-05	16	1st	4 11 13 26 27
2021-12-14	1	1st	4 8 11 31 37
2021-12-13	1	1st	4 17 18 20 26
2021-12-10	1	1st	4 5 7 11 18
2021-12-09	10	1st	4 8 18 30 32
2021-11-25	1	1st	4 6 14 35 37
2021-11-24	4	2nd	2 4 10 15 16
2021-11-18	1	1st	4 15 17 25 37
2021-11-17	21	1st	4 9 23 28 31
2021-10-19	1	2nd	3 4 11 23 29
2021-10-18	3	1st	4 8 29 36 39
2021-10-13	2	2nd	2 4 14 28 33
2021-10-11	2	1st	4 10 14 30 37
2021-10-07	9	1st	4 11 15 18 23
2021-09-24	2	1st	4 10 16 24 37
2021-09-22	1	1st	4 21 22 35 38
2021-09-21	5	1st	4 11 15 17 22
2021-09-14	1	1st	4 14 21 29 30
2021-09-13	38	1st	4 5 8 21 29
2021-07-21	19	1st	4 25 28 30 32
2021-06-24	1	1st	4 7 8 15 18
2021-06-23	4	1st	4 17 19 31 37
2021-06-17	13	1st	4 11 33 34 37
2021-05-31	11	1st	4 10 26 27 29
2021-05-14	8	2nd	1 4 25 27 34
2021-05-04	5	1st	4 9 19 26 30
2021-04-27	5	1st	4 5 8 24 36
2021-04-20	7	1st	4 6 21 29 30
2021-04-09	1	1st	4 6 11 15 28
2021-04-08	3	1st	4 16 23 34 39
2021-04-05	4	2nd	2 4 7 19 21
2021-03-30	1	1st	4 7 23 29 32
2021-03-29	8	1st	4 5 18 25 27
2021-03-17	2	1st	4 13 14 18 23
2021-03-15	1	1st	4 8 17 28 35
2021-03-12	14	2nd	1 4 18 25 26
2021-02-22	12	1st	4 17 23 29 34
2021-02-04	8	1st	4 8 18 30 37
2021-01-25	4	2nd	2 4 20 30 38
2021-01-19	4	1st	4 14 20 37 39
2021-01-13	7	1st	4 7 18 20 24
2021-01-04	5	2nd	3 4 6 30 33
2020-12-28	9	2nd	2 4 12 14 36
2020-12-15	1	1st	4 12 19 23 24
2020-12-14	6	1st	4 13 16 27 29
2020-12-04	2	2nd	2 4 22 26 31
2020-12-02	6	2nd	3 4 17 18 29
2020-11-24	3	2nd	2 4 17 18 19
2020-11-19	2	1st	4 6 12 19 35
2020-11-17	2	2nd	1 4 16 20 34
2020-11-13	2	1st	4 10 15 19 29
2020-11-11	2	2nd	1 4 5 6 21
2020-11-09	9	1st	4 17 32 33 37
2020-10-27	6	2nd	3 4 19 32 38
2020-10-19	27	1st	4 11 21 28 32
2020-09-10	32	1st	4 6 8 9 28
2020-07-28	4	1st	4 7 10 14 21
2020-07-22	28	2nd	3 4 14 25 27
2020-05-22	2	2nd	1 4 9 16 23
2020-05-18	19	2nd	2 4 11 26 39
2020-04-03	3	1st	4 5 10 19 31
2020-03-27	6	2nd	1 4 11 28 30
2020-03-13	1	1st	4 22 29 37 38
2020-03-11	3	1st	4 22 30 34 38
2020-03-04	2	2nd	3 4 22 30 37
2020-02-28	7	1st	4 13 29 37 39
2020-02-12	8	1st	4 13 17 18 33
2020-01-24	2	1st	4 11 13 16 29
2020-01-20	5	1st	4 8 19 26 33
2020-01-08	1	2nd	2 4 9 26 28
2020-01-06	7	1st	4 22 28 35 36
2019-12-20	1	1st	4 7 8 26 37
2019-12-18	2	1st	4 10 14 32 38
2019-12-13	10	1st	4 7 30 35 38
2019-11-20	3	3rd	1 2 4 12 38
2019-11-13	1	1st	4 9 11 20 36
2019-11-11	1	1st	4 8 18 38 39
2019-11-08	5	1st	4 24 30 33 34
2019-10-28	11	1st	4 16 28 32 37
2019-10-02	1	1st	4 22 31 34 39
2019-09-30	10	1st	4 21 28 29 31
2019-09-06	1	1st	4 11 14 20 36
2019-09-04	6	1st	4 19 25 29 38
2019-08-21	4	1st	4 9 17 22 29
2019-08-12	6	2nd	3 4 10 15 28
2019-07-29	2	1st	4 7 12 30 38
2019-07-24	1	1st	4 16 21 29 31
2019-07-22	10	1st	4 5 24 33 34
2019-06-28	3	1st	4 5 12 21 31
2019-06-21	1	1st	4 23 30 31 39
2019-06-19	10	1st	4 12 33 36 38
2019-05-27	4	2nd	2 4 5 8 26
2019-05-17	2	1st	4 9 10 12 18
2019-05-13	2	2nd	3 4 20 36 39
2019-05-08	2	1st	4 7 8 9 22
2019-05-03	12	1st	4 22 23 32 37
2019-04-05	26	1st	4 16 19 20 29
2019-02-04	15	1st	4 8 10 27 31
2018-12-31	8	2nd	3 4 25 27 35
2018-12-12	3	1st	4 17 22 33 37
2018-12-05	11	1st	4 7 15 31 34
2018-11-09	4	1st	4 15 19 30 37
2018-10-31	12	1st	4 13 16 18 21
2018-10-03	10	1st	4 8 10 11 38
2018-09-10	4	1st	4 8 14 16 33
2018-08-31	2	2nd	2 4 22 33 37
2018-08-27	7	2nd	2 4 6 12 22
2018-08-10	1	2nd	3 4 6 27 34
2018-08-08	9	2nd	3 4 19 21 37
2018-07-18	2	2nd	3 4 23 31 34
2018-07-13	18	2nd	3 4 5 7 21
2018-06-01	6	1st	4 6 27 34 38
2018-05-18	9	1st	4 22 33 37 39
2018-04-27	10	1st	4 15 16 18 28
2018-04-04	1	1st	4 16 20 26 28
2018-04-02	3	1st	4 10 13 16 18
2018-03-26	16	1st	4 19 23 29 34
2018-02-16	11	2nd	3 4 12 14 16
2018-01-22	1	1st	4 18 22 23 27
2018-01-19	2	2nd	3 4 11 31 38
2018-01-15	3	1st	4 6 17 33 39
2018-01-08	9	1st	4 7 11 27 28
2017-12-18	2	1st	4 9 11 20 28
2017-12-11	24	2nd	2 4 9 18 31
2017-10-16	2	2nd	3 4 8 15 23
2017-10-11	2	1st	4 19 20 29 35
2017-10-06	3	1st	4 7 16 23 30
2017-09-29	15	1st	4 17 22 31 33
2017-08-25	1	1st	4 15 18 26 39
2017-08-23	3	2nd	1 4 5 20 26
2017-08-16	3	1st	4 8 15 28 35
2017-08-09	14	1st	4 8 13 20 29
2017-07-07	1	2nd	2 4 14 34 38
2017-07-05	10	2nd	2 4 5 13 17
2017-06-12	36	1st	4 8 19 27 33
2017-03-20	23	1st	4 5 8 18 34
2017-01-25	17	1st	4 9 12 25 38
2016-12-16	1	1st	4 22 27 35 38
2016-12-14	2	1st	4 5 24 25 27
2016-12-09	2	2nd	1 4 8 15 34
2016-12-05	1	1st	4 10 29 37 38
2016-12-02	5	1st	4 5 11 12 16
2016-11-21	5	1st	4 5 12 23 28
2016-11-09	5	1st	4 10 15 28 34
2016-10-28	3	1st	4 19 20 25 39
2016-10-21	9	1st	4 15 21 28 37
2016-09-30	1	1st	4 6 11 15 16
2016-09-28	1	1st	4 12 25 27 28
2016-09-26	6	1st	4 14 16 29 34
2016-09-12	23	1st	4 10 14 15 39
2016-07-20	7	1st	4 7 8 17 35
2016-07-04	11	1st	4 5 9 35 39
2016-06-08	15	1st	4 16 30 32 35
2016-05-04	3	2nd	1 4 18 19 25
2016-04-27	22	2nd	2 4 34 35 38
2016-03-07	23	2nd	3 4 7 30 37
2016-01-13	1	1st	4 17 25 29 33
2016-01-11	10	2nd	3 4 6 23 38
2015-12-18	4	1st	4 7 18 29 31
2015-12-09	1	1st	4 13 16 24 29
2015-12-07	2	1st	4 5 15 18 21
2015-12-02	4	2nd	2 4 12 34 37
2015-11-23	14	1st	4 13 22 27 39
2015-10-21	6	1st	4 14 15 25 27
2015-10-07	3	1st	4 10 24 29 36
2015-09-30	15	1st	4 6 14 16 18
2015-08-26	27	1st	4 9 16 18 29
2015-06-24	3	2nd	3 4 21 37 39
2015-06-17	5	1st	4 14 22 29 39
2015-06-05	1	1st	4 15 29 36 37
2015-06-03	15	1st	4 5 21 27 39
2015-04-29	11	1st	4 5 17 28 37
2015-04-03	1	1st	4 15 16 22 31
2015-04-01	10	1st	4 5 9 13 16
2015-03-09	2	1st	4 20 22 36 38
2015-03-04	2	2nd	1 4 7 11 38
2015-02-27	8	1st	4 6 16 28 33
2015-02-09	1	2nd	3 4 23 35 38
2015-02-06	1	1st	4 9 12 27 31
2015-02-04	8	1st	4 5 28 34 37
2015-01-16	6	1st	4 15 19 21 30
2015-01-02	1	1st	4 5 21 31 37
2014-12-31	3	1st	4 14 17 24 30
2014-12-24	1	1st	4 9 12 13 38
2014-12-22	19	1st	4 5 20 23 39
2014-11-07	6	1st	4 10 12 22 28
2014-10-24	6	1st	4 6 21 25 34
2014-10-10	8	2nd	3 4 9 11 23
2014-09-22	18	1st	4 5 16 33 34
2014-08-11	15	1st	4 10 14 16 21
2014-07-07	11	1st	4 5 9 15 34
2014-06-11	13	2nd	1 4 16 32 37
2014-05-12	4	1st	4 8 10 24 30
2014-05-02	5	2nd	1 4 5 10 24
2014-04-21	18	1st	4 10 14 17 29
2014-03-10	4	1st	4 12 22 31 32
2014-02-28	4	1st	4 11 24 27 37
2014-02-19	7	2nd	3 4 12 14 25
2014-02-03	3	2nd	1 4 7 24 26
2014-01-27	20	1st	4 11 21 24 25
2013-12-11	—	1st	4 20 25 33 34