Number 1

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2017 rules — 3,400 draws, 5 from 1–45.

376times drawn · chance expected 378 −0.10σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

54longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 376 times in 3,400 draws against 377.8 expected, −0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 376 times in 3,400 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 3 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 1 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 smallest376 · chance 376.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 34 14 27 18 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 45. 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 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-08	1	1st	1 14 18 33 35
2026-10-07	2	1st	1 19 21 26 32
2026-10-05	4	1st	1 2 15 16 34
2026-10-01	1	1st	1 31 38 43

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: 1 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-08	7	1st	1 8 26 43 44
2026-05-01	6	1st	1 3 8 21 44
2026-04-25	12	1st	1 3 22 25 36
2026-04-13	5	1st	1 27 29 30 37
2026-04-08	6	1st	1 6 11 16 32
2026-04-02	4	1st	1 12 24 35 39
2026-03-29	7	1st	1 17 23 29 41
2026-03-22	4	1st	1 5 22 26 28
2026-03-18	2	1st	1 14 18 31 44
2026-03-16	1	1st	1 13 17 35 43
2026-03-15	21	1st	1 2 6 21 27
2026-02-22	9	1st	1 10 20 28 33
2026-02-13	14	1st	1 4 19 38 41
2026-01-30	1	1st	1 7 28 35 41
2026-01-29	10	1st	1 9 10 28 32
2026-01-19	20	1st	1 8 10 17 23
2025-12-30	8	1st	1 8 30 35 36
2025-12-22	1	1st	1 3 20 30 45
2025-12-21	7	1st	1 14 24 35 45
2025-12-14	21	1st	1 8 12 26 45
2025-11-23	13	1st	1 5 29 33 37
2025-11-10	6	1st	1 13 24 25 45
2025-11-04	2	1st	1 10 32 34 41
2025-11-02	11	1st	1 11 15 18 41
2025-10-22	4	1st	1 5 14 22 42
2025-10-18	20	1st	1 7 26 29 34
2025-09-28	6	1st	1 4 33 34 44
2025-09-22	17	1st	1 2 7 19 36
2025-09-05	6	1st	1 3 9 20 42
2025-08-30	1	1st	1 9 18 34 40
2025-08-29	21	1st	1 10 11 24 40
2025-08-08	17	1st	1 9 20 23 34
2025-07-22	15	1st	1 8 30 33 34
2025-07-07	5	1st	1 4 13 32 34
2025-07-02	6	1st	1 29 33 35 36
2025-06-26	17	1st	1 15 16 22 45
2025-06-09	7	1st	1 13 23 38 45
2025-06-02	15	1st	1 8 22 27 43
2025-05-18	47	1st	1 21 24 33 36
2025-04-01	8	1st	1 12 13 36 38
2025-03-24	2	1st	1 7 15 30 37
2025-03-22	10	1st	1 3 22 27 38
2025-03-12	14	1st	1 6 14 26 35
2025-02-26	6	1st	1 4 16 33 34
2025-02-20	4	1st	1 5 21 32 42
2025-02-16	17	1st	1 7 31 39 40
2025-01-30	4	1st	1 9 27 38 45
2025-01-26	10	1st	1 16 20 27 30
2025-01-16	5	1st	1 10 19 25 27
2025-01-11	6	1st	1 9 29 30 31
2025-01-05	4	1st	1 3 11 21 32
2025-01-01	3	1st	1 5 25 28 31
2024-12-29	19	1st	1 4 20 22 34
2024-12-10	5	1st	1 15 16 23 26
2024-12-05	3	1st	1 2 15 17 22
2024-12-02	1	1st	1 16 31 37 42
2024-12-01	6	1st	1 13 20 29 37
2024-11-25	6	1st	1 16 23 30 34
2024-11-19	10	1st	1 15 18 30 37
2024-11-09	3	1st	1 9 15 43 44
2024-11-06	49	1st	1 18 22 24 43
2024-09-18	16	1st	1 4 17 20 35
2024-09-02	14	1st	1 2 11 14 27
2024-08-19	2	1st	1 14 37 42 43
2024-08-17	6	1st	1 28 31 34 43
2024-08-11	2	1st	1 14 19 24 31
2024-08-09	20	1st	1 11 13 26 31
2024-07-20	1	1st	1 18 32 34 39
2024-07-19	4	1st	1 4 22 27 36
2024-07-15	3	1st	1 3 9 18 31
2024-07-12	8	1st	1 6 14 28 30
2024-07-04	1	1st	1 14 17 23 43
2024-07-03	4	1st	1 5 9 11 22
2024-06-29	16	1st	1 16 29 35 39
2024-06-13	3	1st	1 5 24 36 45
2024-06-10	1	1st	1 18 24 36 42
2024-06-09	23	1st	1 9 17 36 42
2024-05-17	13	1st	1 16 23 25 28
2024-05-04	6	1st	1 8 27 38 41
2024-04-28	5	1st	1 26 36 42 43
2024-04-23	15	1st	1 2 4 8 31
2024-04-08	9	1st	1 17 26 35 45
2024-03-30	1	1st	1 15 16 19 24
2024-03-29	1	1st	1 2 11 34 36
2024-03-28	5	1st	1 18 30 34 40
2024-03-23	2	1st	1 7 12 23 28
2024-03-21	3	1st	1 8 28 32 43
2024-03-18	22	1st	1 8 10 18 24
2024-02-25	19	1st	1 3 26 27 28
2024-02-06	2	1st	1 20 31 32 40
2024-02-04	7	1st	1 9 17 34 42
2024-01-28	6	1st	1 7 8 11 24
2024-01-22	10	1st	1 15 16 30 38
2024-01-12	2	1st	1 19 25 38 44
2024-01-10	32	1st	1 14 17 26 38
2023-12-09	4	1st	1 4 27 37 43
2023-12-05	14	1st	1 27 30 31 33
2023-11-21	17	1st	1 9 11 23 30
2023-11-04	5	1st	1 5 17 34 43
2023-10-30	16	1st	1 6 21 26 32
2023-10-14	24	1st	1 14 27 39 44
2023-09-20	24	1st	1 20 29 33 45
2023-08-27	12	1st	1 9 20 22 24
2023-08-15	54	1st	1 25 30 33 42
2023-06-22	4	1st	1 23 26 27 44
2023-06-18	11	1st	1 13 14 25 33
2023-06-07	13	1st	1 9 21 27 28
2023-05-25	5	1st	1 10 19 27 34
2023-05-20	1	1st	1 4 28 34 41
2023-05-19	9	1st	1 4 10 31 36
2023-05-10	2	1st	1 7 20 25 26
2023-05-08	2	1st	1 17 26 31 34
2023-05-06	1	1st	1 4 8 23 27
2023-05-05	8	1st	1 12 34 43 44
2023-04-27	4	1st	1 4 8 21 39
2023-04-23	33	1st	1 5 32 34 44
2023-03-21	9	1st	1 20 27 31 37
2023-03-12	2	1st	1 4 13 14 23
2023-03-10	6	1st	1 8 31 41 45
2023-03-04	8	1st	1 5 7 21 29
2023-02-24	3	1st	1 3 5 14 29
2023-02-21	14	1st	1 7 22 25 45
2023-02-07	22	1st	1 11 21 22 28
2023-01-16	11	1st	1 25 30 31 33
2023-01-05	29	1st	1 33 34 38 40
2022-12-07	4	1st	1 6 9 13 31
2022-12-03	3	1st	1 15 29 32 42
2022-11-30	1	1st	1 20 32 34 43
2022-11-29	13	1st	1 11 15 22 35
2022-11-16	22	1st	1 6 7 15 18
2022-10-25	13	1st	1 18 21 26 29
2022-10-12	10	1st	1 2 4 13 30
2022-10-02	18	1st	1 2 25 29 36
2022-09-14	2	1st	1 5 9 12 14
2022-09-12	6	1st	1 4 14 25 40
2022-09-06	5	1st	1 3 15 20 44
2022-09-01	3	1st	1 11 28 36 40
2022-08-29	9	1st	1 13 23 32 43
2022-08-20	1	1st	1 10 12 21 31
2022-08-19	6	1st	1 6 14 15 23
2022-08-13	23	1st	1 7 11 13 28
2022-07-21	9	1st	1 5 8 36 38
2022-07-12	6	1st	1 22 27 31 43
2022-07-06	1	1st	1 6 30 37 41
2022-07-05	20	1st	1 7 29 30 39
2022-06-15	6	1st	1 3 11 12 43
2022-06-09	2	1st	1 25 30 43 45
2022-06-07	1	1st	1 12 23 28 41
2022-06-06	23	1st	1 11 18 22 27
2022-05-14	5	1st	1 19 25 37 39
2022-05-09	3	1st	1 20 37 39 45
2022-05-06	8	1st	1 9 18 33 34
2022-04-28	8	1st	1 9 10 17 18
2022-04-20	13	1st	1 3 15 21 26
2022-04-07	4	1st	1 7 10 35 36
2022-04-03	12	1st	1 21 25 28 34
2022-03-22	40	1st	1 3 11 18 38
2022-02-10	9	1st	1 14 16 33 41
2022-02-01	3	1st	1 6 22 26 41
2022-01-29	3	1st	1 5 16 31 36
2022-01-26	6	1st	1 9 10 17 45
2022-01-20	35	1st	1 6 18 41 44
2021-12-16	1	1st	1 5 13 32 37
2021-12-15	6	1st	1 4 9 17 25
2021-12-09	3	1st	1 14 22 29 45
2021-12-06	6	1st	1 16 21 26 45
2021-11-30	2	1st	1 9 10 12 42
2021-11-28	1	1st	1 11 26 38 45
2021-11-27	43	1st	1 6 10 19 33
2021-10-15	9	1st	1 5 6 17 34
2021-10-06	17	1st	1 6 14 24 42
2021-09-19	12	1st	1 10 24 40 43
2021-09-07	6	1st	1 2 11 18 35
2021-09-01	10	1st	1 19 28 31 42
2021-08-22	13	1st	1 17 27 34 36
2021-08-09	1	1st	1 25 30 31 32
2021-08-08	1	1st	1 9 21 40 42
2021-08-07	5	1st	1 5 6 9 32
2021-08-02	2	1st	1 13 20 26 32
2021-07-31	5	1st	1 17 18 25 43
2021-07-26	1	1st	1 2 20 39 42
2021-07-25	5	1st	1 17 26 40 43
2021-07-20	2	1st	1 5 15 21 43
2021-07-18	1	1st	1 12 32 35 45
2021-07-17	2	1st	1 7 10 37 44
2021-07-15	4	1st	1 7 14 15 37
2021-07-11	9	1st	1 17 21 23 38
2021-07-02	8	1st	1 33 38 39 42
2021-06-24	2	1st	1 3 11 17 21
2021-06-22	34	1st	1 19 27 29 38
2021-05-19	4	1st	1 12 17 19 38
2021-05-15	1	1st	1 7 26 31 38
2021-05-14	16	1st	1 3 7 20 26
2021-04-28	8	1st	1 4 9 14 31
2021-04-20	6	1st	1 2 16 19 37
2021-04-14	2	1st	1 5 12 20 30
2021-04-12	9	1st	1 3 14 24 45
2021-04-03	2	1st	1 3 9 18 35
2021-04-01	18	1st	1 4 13 14 35
2021-03-14	3	1st	1 6 7 10 13
2021-03-11	7	1st	1 13 20 38 39
2021-03-04	1	1st	1 4 16 33 35
2021-03-03	3	1st	1 3 12 18 33
2021-02-28	14	1st	1 6 16 17 22
2021-02-14	22	1st	1 6 18 19 42
2021-01-23	13	1st	1 13 27 37 38
2021-01-10	3	1st	1 11 17 20 45
2021-01-07	3	1st	1 12 15 16 22
2021-01-04	12	1st	1 3 11 15 16
2020-12-23	4	1st	1 19 37 39 45
2020-12-19	4	1st	1 4 8 9 43
2020-12-15	3	1st	1 26 35 37 38
2020-12-12	18	1st	1 10 18 20 33
2020-11-24	15	1st	1 2 6 20 36
2020-11-09	10	1st	1 4 23 38 39
2020-10-30	11	1st	1 10 11 39 45
2020-10-19	5	1st	1 2 30 33 45
2020-10-14	12	1st	1 8 9 32 44
2020-10-02	1	1st	1 26 35 37 44
2020-10-01	12	1st	1 5 7 18 31
2020-09-19	20	1st	1 3 10 11 21
2020-08-30	4	1st	1 11 23 24 44
2020-08-26	1	1st	1 2 33 34 44
2020-08-25	13	1st	1 26 27 28 30
2020-08-12	2	1st	1 18 27 39 43
2020-08-10	1	1st	1 6 10 22 44
2020-08-09	1	1st	1 13 27 30 38
2020-08-08	9	1st	1 17 28 35 37
2020-07-30	2	1st	1 14 20 36 39
2020-07-28	3	1st	1 16 23 41 45
2020-07-25	3	1st	1 15 16 42 44
2020-07-22	10	1st	1 2 5 15 17
2020-07-12	19	1st	1 6 10 16 17
2020-06-23	30	1st	1 16 21 29 31
2020-05-24	25	1st	1 7 14 24 42
2020-04-29	4	1st	1 2 4 36 40
2020-04-25	16	1st	1 3 5 21 35
2020-04-09	11	1st	1 2 5 29 33
2020-03-29	6	1st	1 7 9 14 20
2020-03-23	14	1st	1 33 34 40 41
2020-03-09	1	1st	1 10 16 25 31
2020-03-08	40	1st	1 12 17 27 30
2020-01-28	6	1st	1 11 17 39 43
2020-01-22	6	1st	1 3 5 18 22
2020-01-16	10	1st	1 9 20 26 28
2020-01-06	2	1st	1 4 14 16 19
2020-01-04	19	1st	1 11 12 16 22
2019-12-16	2	1st	1 5 9 14 32
2019-12-14	5	1st	1 3 34 38 44
2019-12-09	1	1st	1 4 11 18 45
2019-12-08	1	1st	1 8 18 24 38
2019-12-07	11	1st	1 18 26 29 31
2019-11-26	9	1st	1 6 9 20 27
2019-11-17	20	1st	1 11 13 33 37
2019-10-28	4	1st	1 14 23 24 42
2019-10-24	2	1st	1 21 26 29 32
2019-10-22	11	1st	1 18 34 38 43
2019-10-11	8	1st	1 7 25 30 42
2019-10-03	14	1st	1 13 18 28 29
2019-09-19	2	1st	1 7 13 19 24
2019-09-17	14	1st	1 7 36 38 43
2019-09-03	2	1st	1 5 6 24 30
2019-09-01	6	1st	1 20 26 39 41
2019-08-26	5	1st	1 13 14 40 45
2019-08-21	11	1st	1 9 13 15 17
2019-08-10	5	1st	1 8 24 30 43
2019-08-05	5	1st	1 3 9 14 44
2019-07-31	31	1st	1 12 36 39 40
2019-06-30	7	1st	1 4 23 33 44
2019-06-23	5	1st	1 5 29 30 33
2019-06-18	1	1st	1 10 36 39 44
2019-06-17	4	1st	1 9 12 16 17
2019-06-13	13	1st	1 6 15 22 44
2019-05-31	1	1st	1 7 16 17 44
2019-05-30	9	1st	1 17 22 37 42
2019-05-21	7	1st	1 3 9 26 43
2019-05-14	2	1st	1 13 28 29 41
2019-05-12	12	1st	1 14 18 20 29
2019-04-30	5	1st	1 21 33 41 44
2019-04-25	18	1st	1 26 31 32 42
2019-04-07	1	1st	1 15 19 22 34
2019-04-06	18	1st	1 18 21 32 42
2019-03-19	4	1st	1 7 12 39 41
2019-03-15	21	1st	1 10 11 30 34
2019-02-22	19	1st	1 22 35 40 44
2019-02-03	13	1st	1 3 16 37 41
2019-01-21	22	1st	1 4 22 28 43
2018-12-30	3	1st	1 5 6 19 32
2018-12-27	18	1st	1 11 17 26 45
2018-12-09	28	1st	1 8 16 22 29
2018-11-11	4	1st	1 2 7 38 43
2018-11-07	4	1st	1 6 10 30 36
2018-11-03	2	1st	1 5 23 27 43
2018-11-01	2	1st	1 7 17 36 38
2018-10-30	10	1st	1 6 13 37 42
2018-10-20	6	1st	1 22 37 38 39
2018-10-14	9	1st	1 2 5 16 31
2018-10-05	1	1st	1 15 20 29 38
2018-10-04	12	1st	1 19 22 23 27
2018-09-22	4	1st	1 24 29 40 44
2018-09-18	1	1st	1 3 10 21 41
2018-09-17	7	1st	1 2 10 25 42
2018-09-10	11	1st	1 20 22 28 33
2018-08-30	29	1st	1 13 17 32 34
2018-08-01	3	1st	1 32 34 36 38
2018-07-29	4	1st	1 2 20 34 40
2018-07-25	10	1st	1 5 13 17 33
2018-07-15	8	1st	1 3 13 27 32
2018-07-07	2	1st	1 9 22 28 36
2018-07-05	20	1st	1 20 24 27 28
2018-06-15	2	1st	1 27 35 40 43
2018-06-13	12	1st	1 9 14 28 42
2018-06-01	1	1st	1 4 11 24 41
2018-05-31	12	1st	1 6 17 19 40
2018-05-19	13	1st	1 4 5 39 40
2018-05-06	3	1st	1 14 16 37 44
2018-05-03	11	1st	1 11 30 41 44
2018-04-22	1	1st	1 18 23 41 43
2018-04-21	3	1st	1 19 28 30 31
2018-04-18	1	1st	1 17 28 30 32
2018-04-17	7	1st	1 5 19 20 25
2018-04-10	4	1st	1 4 6 22 34
2018-04-06	4	1st	1 14 23 27 30
2018-04-02	5	1st	1 11 21 26 28
2018-03-28	3	1st	1 14 20 33 37
2018-03-25	1	1st	1 14 16 30 33
2018-03-24	8	1st	1 4 14 17 19
2018-03-16	1	1st	1 7 15 22 23
2018-03-15	17	1st	1 2 21 37 41
2018-02-26	2	1st	1 18 36 40 43
2018-02-24	5	1st	1 19 31 36 41
2018-02-19	6	1st	1 8 11 34 44
2018-02-13	10	1st	1 19 23 25 34
2018-02-03	17	1st	1 5 27 40 42
2018-01-17	4	1st	1 13 36 39 40
2018-01-13	6	1st	1 2 6 31 42
2018-01-07	12	1st	1 5 18 28 31
2017-12-26	10	1st	1 5 17 38 44
2017-12-16	34	1st	1 7 9 11 37
2017-11-12	4	1st	1 5 7 21 23
2017-11-08	1	1st	1 3 12 13 37
2017-11-07	8	1st	1 3 11 27 33
2017-10-30	25	1st	1 7 12 17 33
2017-10-04	6	1st	1 10 19 33 37
2017-09-27	17	1st	1 6 13 22 43
2017-09-10	13	1st	1 14 37 38 39
2017-08-28	7	1st	1 10 33 34 41
2017-08-21	7	1st	1 3 20 22 41
2017-08-14	31	1st	1 7 12 17 29
2017-07-14	1	1st	1 10 21 27 41
2017-07-13	21	1st	1 7 12 18 34
2017-06-22	—	1st	1 10 14 18 39