Number 2

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

358times drawn · chance expected 378 −1.08σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 358 times in 3,400 draws against 377.8 expected, −1.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 358 times in 3,400 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 6 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 2 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 smallest331 · chance 325.5
2nd smallest27 · chance 32.5
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 32.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 13 40 4 14 29

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, 2 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 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-05	5	2nd	1 2 15 16 34
2026-09-30	1	2nd	1 2 18 19 33
2026-09-29	12	1st	2 17 20 22 27
2026-09-17	2	2nd	1 2 10 29

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

2026-03-15	4	2nd	1 2 6 21 27
2026-03-11	6	1st	2 18 33 38 43
2026-03-05	12	1st	2 3 11 14 18
2026-02-21	2	1st	2 3 14 26 28
2026-02-19	7	1st	2 11 26 27 40
2026-02-12	2	1st	2 18 40 41 44
2026-02-10	5	1st	2 5 14 18 44
2026-02-05	10	1st	2 19 20 22 41
2026-01-26	17	1st	2 16 20 23 35
2026-01-09	6	1st	2 4 6 29 44
2026-01-03	6	1st	2 22 25 39 42
2025-12-28	23	1st	2 4 26 34 36
2025-12-05	32	1st	2 3 21 29 43
2025-11-03	2	1st	2 14 28 32 34
2025-11-01	3	1st	2 9 18 24 29
2025-10-29	2	1st	2 17 19 21 22
2025-10-27	2	1st	2 8 21 40 43
2025-10-25	12	1st	2 15 16 40 45
2025-10-13	2	1st	2 7 24 30 34
2025-10-11	12	1st	2 4 10 37 41
2025-09-29	5	1st	2 10 14 27 36
2025-09-24	2	1st	2 29 42 43 44
2025-09-22	10	2nd	1 2 7 19 36
2025-09-12	18	1st	2 3 5 27 43
2025-08-25	19	1st	2 10 18 22 43
2025-08-06	8	1st	2 7 31 34 41
2025-07-29	4	1st	2 6 12 15 38
2025-07-25	2	1st	2 10 13 20 41
2025-07-23	5	1st	2 5 11 25 33
2025-07-18	2	1st	2 7 14 16 37
2025-07-16	2	1st	2 23 27 28 41
2025-07-14	16	1st	2 17 28 30 35
2025-06-28	14	1st	2 6 15 44 45
2025-06-14	1	1st	2 12 19 20 23
2025-06-13	16	1st	2 13 23 24 42
2025-05-28	4	1st	2 12 23 27 45
2025-05-24	35	1st	2 15 19 26 30
2025-04-19	15	1st	2 24 28 30 31
2025-04-04	15	1st	2 4 8 20 31
2025-03-20	4	1st	2 19 23 31 40
2025-03-16	13	1st	2 14 22 26 27
2025-03-03	6	1st	2 6 23 41 45
2025-02-25	17	1st	2 6 19 29 35
2025-02-08	3	1st	2 17 28 29 34
2025-02-05	22	1st	2 18 21 34 36
2025-01-14	40	1st	2 23 29 31 41
2024-12-05	11	2nd	1 2 15 17 22
2024-11-24	2	1st	2 15 22 26 28
2024-11-22	12	1st	2 15 40 43 44
2024-11-10	24	1st	2 3 6 9 38
2024-10-17	1	1st	2 4 6 29 41
2024-10-16	1	1st	2 12 13 14 27
2024-10-15	6	1st	2 12 22 28 29
2024-10-09	5	1st	2 4 6 29 42
2024-10-04	9	1st	2 9 20 25 32
2024-09-25	13	1st	2 12 22 27 36
2024-09-12	5	1st	2 3 16 36 40
2024-09-07	5	1st	2 9 40 44 45
2024-09-02	2	2nd	1 2 11 14 27
2024-08-31	30	1st	2 3 21 24 33
2024-08-01	4	1st	2 3 4 11 15
2024-07-28	34	1st	2 3 13 20 35
2024-06-24	3	1st	2 19 24 25 45
2024-06-21	9	1st	2 7 16 23 24
2024-06-12	19	1st	2 7 24 32 33
2024-05-24	17	1st	2 4 13 38 39
2024-05-07	11	1st	2 7 11 26 36
2024-04-26	3	1st	2 20 21 22 45
2024-04-23	8	2nd	1 2 4 8 31
2024-04-15	8	1st	2 18 28 31 40
2024-04-07	1	1st	2 7 15 18 41
2024-04-06	8	1st	2 8 15 24 39
2024-03-29	5	2nd	1 2 11 34 36
2024-03-24	5	1st	2 6 8 27 37
2024-03-19	9	1st	2 9 13 14 16
2024-03-10	19	1st	2 19 31 33 44
2024-02-20	1	1st	2 6 15 21 37
2024-02-19	5	1st	2 4 8 23 31
2024-02-14	3	1st	2 10 15 32 43
2024-02-11	22	1st	2 10 27 41 45
2024-01-20	1	1st	2 22 24 30 35
2024-01-19	8	1st	2 4 17 20 40
2024-01-11	6	1st	2 20 25 26 41
2024-01-05	9	1st	2 4 13 31 41
2023-12-27	2	1st	2 7 12 19 32
2023-12-25	12	1st	2 20 37 39 40
2023-12-13	14	1st	2 3 10 11 35
2023-11-29	19	1st	2 9 13 14 35
2023-11-10	14	1st	2 16 17 33 36
2023-10-27	8	1st	2 5 7 32 41
2023-10-19	3	1st	2 14 26 28 36
2023-10-16	1	1st	2 9 13 23 38
2023-10-15	4	1st	2 11 19 27 45
2023-10-11	1	1st	2 3 13 22 30
2023-10-10	12	1st	2 6 15 24 39
2023-09-28	5	1st	2 3 7 18 33
2023-09-23	1	1st	2 4 17 21 35
2023-09-22	12	1st	2 4 34 35 40
2023-09-10	7	1st	2 4 12 32 45
2023-09-03	9	1st	2 12 20 32 40
2023-08-25	17	1st	2 7 24 26 37
2023-08-08	31	1st	2 9 26 38 39
2023-07-08	2	1st	2 5 32 36 39
2023-07-06	1	1st	2 8 19 22 38
2023-07-05	4	1st	2 3 17 30 43
2023-07-01	4	1st	2 6 9 35 37
2023-06-27	4	1st	2 27 35 40 41
2023-06-23	3	1st	2 3 29 31 44
2023-06-20	8	1st	2 21 30 42 44
2023-06-12	13	1st	2 11 24 40 41
2023-05-30	15	1st	2 23 28 41 42
2023-05-15	8	1st	2 4 5 16 39
2023-05-07	19	1st	2 3 13 30 42
2023-04-18	12	1st	2 8 13 27 40
2023-04-06	2	1st	2 8 20 29 35
2023-04-04	6	1st	2 9 20 33 41
2023-03-29	20	1st	2 9 12 18 27
2023-03-09	1	1st	2 13 25 36 40
2023-03-08	13	1st	2 3 18 34 40
2023-02-23	10	1st	2 4 7 8 26
2023-02-13	1	1st	2 3 9 29 39
2023-02-12	30	1st	2 12 13 19 21
2023-01-13	2	1st	2 10 37 40 42
2023-01-11	3	1st	2 12 33 39 41
2023-01-08	11	1st	2 7 9 33 42
2022-12-28	7	1st	2 4 19 28 31
2022-12-21	5	1st	2 7 12 14 40
2022-12-16	29	1st	2 6 13 38 44
2022-11-17	18	1st	2 5 11 39 43
2022-10-30	2	1st	2 12 17 22 42
2022-10-28	4	1st	2 9 34 35 43
2022-10-24	4	1st	2 7 13 14 39
2022-10-20	8	1st	2 5 7 18 43
2022-10-12	8	2nd	1 2 4 13 30
2022-10-04	2	1st	2 19 22 26 41
2022-10-02	9	2nd	1 2 25 29 36
2022-09-23	40	1st	2 9 17 31 37
2022-08-14	9	1st	2 6 20 26 41
2022-08-05	3	1st	2 8 25 27 42
2022-08-02	9	1st	2 5 29 39 40
2022-07-24	6	1st	2 14 19 22 33
2022-07-18	5	1st	2 11 12 23 28
2022-07-13	12	1st	2 13 23 30 31
2022-07-01	10	1st	2 13 29 39 41
2022-06-21	21	1st	2 10 22 27 32
2022-05-31	6	1st	2 4 12 29 31
2022-05-25	5	1st	2 8 9 11 37
2022-05-20	4	1st	2 12 25 40 44
2022-05-16	9	1st	2 13 30 36 39
2022-05-07	6	1st	2 7 13 20 33
2022-05-01	10	1st	2 15 17 27 42
2022-04-21	15	1st	2 8 13 14 43
2022-04-06	1	1st	2 8 17 32 42
2022-04-05	12	1st	2 14 31 40 45
2022-03-24	1	1st	2 21 23 28 45
2022-03-23	2	1st	2 5 22 33 43
2022-03-21	3	1st	2 16 32 36 41
2022-03-18	3	1st	2 18 29 39 43
2022-03-15	21	1st	2 22 29 34 42
2022-02-22	16	1st	2 7 10 27 30
2022-02-06	1	1st	2 3 13 31 37
2022-02-05	1	1st	2 4 17 27 45
2022-02-04	1	1st	2 7 13 17 37
2022-02-03	7	1st	2 6 17 21 36
2022-01-27	3	1st	2 6 17 28 34
2022-01-24	10	1st	2 8 12 35 37
2022-01-14	2	1st	2 3 14 33 34
2022-01-12	3	1st	2 4 11 12 13
2022-01-09	14	1st	2 5 17 27 28
2021-12-26	14	1st	2 4 25 31 38
2021-12-12	10	1st	2 3 7 9 10
2021-12-02	12	1st	2 35 37 38 44
2021-11-20	8	1st	2 5 17 25 40
2021-11-12	41	1st	2 10 12 17 26
2021-10-02	5	1st	2 18 31 35 38
2021-09-27	16	1st	2 11 26 30 44
2021-09-11	4	1st	2 14 21 32 42
2021-09-07	11	2nd	1 2 11 18 35
2021-08-27	2	1st	2 3 4 14 24
2021-08-25	13	1st	2 19 26 29 39
2021-08-12	7	1st	2 6 11 18 37
2021-08-05	7	1st	2 14 25 31 34
2021-07-29	3	1st	2 23 28 32 38
2021-07-26	2	2nd	1 2 20 39 42
2021-07-24	16	1st	2 5 14 19 39
2021-07-08	7	1st	2 24 29 32 42
2021-07-01	1	1st	2 21 35 38 44
2021-06-30	21	1st	2 4 16 32 37
2021-06-09	1	1st	2 12 21 22 28
2021-06-08	4	1st	2 15 31 39 43
2021-06-04	2	1st	2 28 31 38 41
2021-06-02	25	1st	2 11 20 23 26
2021-05-08	18	1st	2 7 19 28 40
2021-04-20	11	2nd	1 2 16 19 37
2021-04-09	14	1st	2 13 27 29 38
2021-03-26	17	1st	2 9 33 35 40
2021-03-09	1	1st	2 6 10 13 40
2021-03-08	2	1st	2 3 4 23 24
2021-03-06	12	1st	2 8 17 28 45
2021-02-22	5	1st	2 5 11 12 34
2021-02-17	19	1st	2 30 36 41 45
2021-01-29	24	1st	2 9 14 25 36
2021-01-05	15	1st	2 9 17 29 37
2020-12-21	18	1st	2 11 24 34 37
2020-12-03	1	1st	2 13 23 40 43
2020-12-02	8	1st	2 6 21 23 32
2020-11-24	7	2nd	1 2 6 20 36
2020-11-17	5	1st	2 6 7 32 41
2020-11-12	6	1st	2 9 20 22 32
2020-11-06	8	1st	2 7 24 26 44
2020-10-29	1	1st	2 17 20 33 42
2020-10-28	1	1st	2 5 13 19 36
2020-10-27	5	1st	2 4 18 26 40
2020-10-22	3	1st	2 14 28 34 44
2020-10-19	35	2nd	1 2 30 33 45
2020-09-14	2	1st	2 11 13 24 26
2020-09-12	5	1st	2 6 18 24 34
2020-09-07	3	1st	2 8 13 25 39
2020-09-04	6	1st	2 20 22 30 44
2020-08-29	3	1st	2 3 34 37 41
2020-08-26	2	2nd	1 2 33 34 44
2020-08-24	10	1st	2 9 17 29 34
2020-08-14	7	1st	2 10 25 29 35
2020-08-07	5	1st	2 5 11 31 37
2020-08-02	11	1st	2 14 16 17 29
2020-07-22	1	2nd	1 2 5 15 17
2020-07-21	5	1st	2 17 23 24 34
2020-07-16	7	1st	2 5 6 15 30
2020-07-09	5	1st	2 3 14 26 30
2020-07-04	27	1st	2 8 26 28 30
2020-06-07	2	1st	2 5 10 23 43
2020-06-05	27	1st	2 17 30 38 45
2020-05-09	4	1st	2 10 15 18 30
2020-05-05	6	1st	2 10 20 25 33
2020-04-29	3	2nd	1 2 4 36 40
2020-04-26	17	1st	2 4 16 30 31
2020-04-09	1	2nd	1 2 5 29 33
2020-04-08	5	1st	2 16 24 38 42
2020-04-03	3	1st	2 8 21 40 42
2020-03-31	6	1st	2 8 27 42 44
2020-03-25	23	1st	2 28 32 39 41
2020-03-02	7	1st	2 18 20 29 32
2020-02-24	1	1st	2 25 33 35 43
2020-02-23	9	1st	2 7 17 33 35
2020-02-14	8	1st	2 8 22 33 37
2020-02-06	4	1st	2 11 12 22 36
2020-02-02	4	1st	2 17 24 30 34
2020-01-29	26	1st	2 3 18 27 29
2020-01-03	32	1st	2 3 12 20 40
2019-12-02	2	1st	2 8 16 18 24
2019-11-30	10	1st	2 7 12 14 33
2019-11-20	6	1st	2 18 26 33 45
2019-11-14	19	1st	2 9 25 30 40
2019-10-26	8	1st	2 4 10 14 27
2019-10-18	8	1st	2 16 23 25 30
2019-10-10	8	1st	2 6 25 38 41
2019-10-02	1	1st	2 11 13 27 34
2019-10-01	2	1st	2 4 23 38 40
2019-09-29	4	1st	2 4 10 15 28
2019-09-25	1	1st	2 16 34 38 41
2019-09-24	2	1st	2 24 29 39 41
2019-09-22	1	1st	2 3 6 25 39
2019-09-21	19	1st	2 13 20 24 27
2019-09-02	5	1st	2 6 8 27 35
2019-08-28	6	1st	2 5 32 35 41
2019-08-22	7	1st	2 8 12 23 32
2019-08-15	2	1st	2 6 14 21 40
2019-08-13	14	1st	2 13 23 30 32
2019-07-30	31	1st	2 10 14 23 25
2019-06-29	15	1st	2 25 31 32 43
2019-06-14	6	1st	2 4 15 44 45
2019-06-08	11	1st	2 9 15 28 44
2019-05-28	2	1st	2 5 18 43 44
2019-05-26	8	1st	2 6 27 31 38
2019-05-18	8	1st	2 19 28 29 30
2019-05-10	5	1st	2 9 13 19 37
2019-05-05	14	1st	2 8 27 29 33
2019-04-21	9	1st	2 14 25 31 42
2019-04-12	23	1st	2 7 13 26 27
2019-03-20	14	1st	2 13 16 23 24
2019-03-06	13	1st	2 7 23 33 41
2019-02-21	4	1st	2 20 24 34 35
2019-02-17	10	1st	2 5 37 39 40
2019-02-07	14	1st	2 19 23 28 32
2019-01-24	26	1st	2 4 6 31 40
2018-12-29	45	1st	2 15 26 30 33
2018-11-14	3	1st	2 7 14 16 21
2018-11-11	17	2nd	1 2 7 38 43
2018-10-25	7	1st	2 14 15 29 35
2018-10-18	4	1st	2 3 10 22 36
2018-10-14	20	2nd	1 2 5 16 31
2018-09-24	3	1st	2 12 16 28 32
2018-09-21	4	1st	2 15 32 41 42
2018-09-17	22	2nd	1 2 10 25 42
2018-08-26	14	1st	2 6 12 13 24
2018-08-12	5	1st	2 9 22 33 39
2018-08-07	8	1st	2 3 25 26 35
2018-07-30	1	1st	2 19 28 35 42
2018-07-29	1	2nd	1 2 20 34 40
2018-07-28	12	1st	2 20 23 43 45
2018-07-16	15	1st	2 10 26 31 44
2018-07-01	7	1st	2 7 11 21 40
2018-06-24	14	1st	2 4 22 42 45
2018-06-10	2	1st	2 8 11 27 36
2018-06-08	10	1st	2 13 23 26 43
2018-05-29	19	1st	2 4 5 12 22
2018-05-10	14	1st	2 10 26 33 41
2018-04-26	27	1st	2 21 27 28 43
2018-03-30	3	1st	2 8 11 37 44
2018-03-27	5	1st	2 17 24 35 39
2018-03-22	1	1st	2 5 30 38 44
2018-03-21	6	1st	2 9 24 33 43
2018-03-15	2	2nd	1 2 21 37 41
2018-03-13	23	1st	2 13 34 37 40
2018-02-18	18	1st	2 11 20 28 38
2018-01-31	2	1st	2 3 18 28 42
2018-01-29	4	1st	2 15 25 28 34
2018-01-25	12	1st	2 11 12 24 35
2018-01-13	23	2nd	1 2 6 31 42
2017-12-21	48	1st	2 18 23 27 38
2017-11-03	7	1st	2 3 9 19 38
2017-10-27	8	1st	2 8 15 35 44
2017-10-18	9	1st	2 10 14 18 29
2017-10-09	1	1st	2 5 6 14 45
2017-10-08	16	1st	2 9 10 25 33
2017-09-21	2	1st	2 22 23 31 43
2017-09-19	2	1st	2 4 11 18 27
2017-09-17	3	1st	2 9 20 43 44
2017-09-14	2	1st	2 3 9 31 38
2017-09-12	17	1st	2 4 13 32 35
2017-08-26	15	1st	2 19 24 28 40
2017-08-11	8	1st	2 10 14 27 33
2017-08-03	7	1st	2 8 14 18 29
2017-07-27	—	1st	2 10 21 33 35