Number 5

In Hoosier Lotto under the 6/48 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–48.

227times drawn · chance expected 219 +0.59σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

40longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 227 times in 1,751 draws against 218.9 expected, +0.59σ. 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 227 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 smallest144 · chance 142.5
2nd smallest75 · chance 73.1
3rd smallest6 · chance 11.0
4th smallest2 · chance 0.5
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 24.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 18 10 22 28 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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	12	1st	5 10 23 24 37 39
2026-08-29	2	1st	5 28 32 39 43 46
2026-08-22	4	1st	5 17 27 36 40 44
2026-08-08

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-27	1	1st	5 10 20 36 39 40
2024-01-24	12	2nd	3 5 13 16 29 44
2023-12-13	1	1st	5 7 10 11 18 28
2023-12-09	4	1st	5 20 22 24 32 39
2023-11-25	16	3rd	1 2 5 16 29 45
2023-09-30	4	1st	5 12 30 31 33 46
2023-09-16	10	1st	5 24 28 34 39 43
2023-08-12	19	2nd	2 5 8 28 29 45
2023-06-07	10	2nd	1 5 8 19 38 39
2023-05-03	1	1st	5 21 22 23 42 45
2023-04-29	4	2nd	2 5 17 22 34 39
2023-04-15	15	2nd	3 5 6 19 20 30
2023-02-22	18	1st	5 25 28 30 37 41
2022-12-21	2	1st	5 17 28 29 34 38
2022-12-14	7	1st	5 11 35 37 38 45
2022-11-19	1	1st	5 6 7 11 37 40
2022-11-16	1	2nd	1 5 14 29 37 42
2022-11-12	4	1st	5 20 25 32 34 38
2022-10-29	8	2nd	4 5 22 23 40 46
2022-10-01	7	1st	5 23 25 29 37 44
2022-09-07	10	2nd	3 5 8 18 31 40
2022-08-03	5	2nd	3 5 25 28 30 40
2022-07-16	4	3rd	3 4 5 9 20 36
2022-07-02	23	1st	5 8 28 38 43 44
2022-04-13	12	1st	5 8 22 32 39 42
2022-03-02	5	1st	5 11 13 18 22 28
2022-02-12	3	2nd	4 5 17 20 24 31
2022-02-02	5	1st	5 19 24 33 41 44
2022-01-15	8	1st	5 23 30 39 43 46
2021-12-18	1	1st	5 10 12 13 40 42
2021-12-15	2	1st	5 14 20 25 29 33
2021-12-08	22	2nd	4 5 10 20 36 41
2021-09-22	3	1st	5 13 19 23 28 30
2021-09-11	13	1st	5 6 16 19 33 34
2021-07-28	5	1st	5 11 28 31 38 40
2021-07-10	1	1st	5 22 28 29 38 42
2021-07-07	22	2nd	4 5 19 22 30 45
2021-04-21	15	2nd	2 5 16 35 38 45
2021-02-27	2	2nd	3 5 20 23 30 44
2021-02-20	13	1st	5 19 24 36 37 43
2021-01-06	2	1st	5 17 29 40 42 46
2020-12-30	8	2nd	4 5 26 30 40 45
2020-12-02	2	2nd	3 5 9 10 17 45
2020-11-25	11	1st	5 10 17 20 26 33
2020-10-17	3	1st	5 12 22 23 38 42
2020-10-07	1	1st	5 15 22 23 31 35
2020-10-03	18	3rd	1 2 5 14 18 19
2020-08-01	10	1st	5 7 19 26 42 46
2020-06-27	17	2nd	2 5 10 26 34 36
2020-04-29	1	1st	5 7 17 34 44 46
2020-04-25	1	2nd	3 5 9 13 25 29
2020-04-22	3	1st	5 19 21 23 32 36
2020-04-11	16	1st	5 9 20 26 30 44
2020-02-15	11	2nd	2 5 9 22 28 40
2020-01-08	15	1st	5 10 27 31 33 43
2019-11-16	11	2nd	3 5 12 15 34 38
2019-10-09	1	1st	5 8 12 20 36 41
2019-10-05	13	4th	1 2 4 5 40 42
2019-08-21	2	1st	5 8 10 14 19 36
2019-08-14	1	1st	5 7 18 25 36 37
2019-08-10	1	2nd	4 5 7 12 15 35
2019-08-07	2	2nd	3 5 7 9 16 27
2019-07-31	14	1st	5 10 13 18 21 37
2019-06-12	2	1st	5 11 18 24 40 42
2019-06-05	11	1st	5 8 11 16 24 35
2019-04-27	4	2nd	2 5 21 24 36 45
2019-04-13	3	2nd	2 5 10 12 38 43
2019-04-03	18	1st	5 6 15 18 23 37
2019-01-30	3	2nd	2 5 10 22 24 42
2019-01-19	4	1st	5 10 11 19 21 46
2019-01-05	1	2nd	3 5 30 36 39 42
2019-01-02	3	1st	5 20 21 25 31 37
2018-12-22	5	1st	5 14 15 26 30 38
2018-12-05	1	2nd	4 5 7 16 28 39
2018-12-01	6	1st	5 12 16 18 42 44
2018-11-10	7	1st	5 9 24 31 36 45
2018-10-17	5	2nd	1 5 14 17 20 41
2018-09-29	13	1st	5 18 19 36 38 43
2018-08-15	1	2nd	2 5 8 9 26 46
2018-08-11	4	2nd	2 5 13 39 43 46
2018-07-28	5	1st	5 8 21 23 29 38
2018-07-11	2	2nd	3 5 9 20 31 45
2018-07-04	31	1st	5 9 16 34 40 45
2018-03-17	1	1st	5 10 14 18 39 44
2018-03-14	2	1st	5 9 14 36 43 45
2018-03-07	17	1st	5 17 21 28 39 40
2018-01-06	16	2nd	1 5 7 16 40 43
2017-11-11	4	2nd	4 5 10 20 21 35
2017-10-28	14	1st	5 8 28 33 38 40
2017-09-09	14	1st	5 9 26 27 36 41
2017-07-22	3	2nd	3 5 11 28 30 43
2017-07-12	20	1st	5 8 9 27 37 46
2017-05-03	6	1st	5 7 12 16 20 40
2017-04-12	3	2nd	4 5 11 15 34 46
2017-04-01	14	1st	5 9 22 23 30 40
2017-02-11	8	2nd	3 5 11 17 33 46
2017-01-14	5	1st	5 18 25 28 41 45
2016-12-28	7	2nd	3 5 12 24 35 37
2016-12-03	3	2nd	3 5 15 24 28 43
2016-11-23	24	1st	5 8 13 29 31 37
2016-08-31	8	2nd	1 5 16 19 39 41
2016-08-03	12	1st	5 7 11 17 26 35
2016-06-22	4	1st	5 6 11 14 21 39
2016-06-08	5	1st	5 9 20 26 35 46
2016-05-21	2	1st	5 10 16 18 19 35
2016-05-14	4	2nd	2 5 12 19 40 44
2016-04-30	1	1st	5 12 13 22 38 43
2016-04-27	3	1st	5 10 11 21 40 44
2016-04-16	12	2nd	1 5 22 28 30 31
2016-03-05	13	2nd	3 5 7 14 15 25
2016-01-20	8	1st	5 12 27 28 35 44
2015-12-23	3	2nd	1 5 13 22 28 40
2015-12-12	1	1st	5 6 14 21 42 43
2015-12-09	10	1st	5 18 20 23 37 47
2015-11-04	2	1st	5 11 16 26 37 47
2015-10-28	2	2nd	2 5 7 15 22 30
2015-10-21	2	1st	5 18 22 28 31 40
2015-10-14	4	1st	5 12 16 22 46 48
2015-09-30	6	1st	5 12 18 22 24 25
2015-09-09	15	1st	5 6 10 41 43 45
2015-07-18	1	1st	5 8 28 29 34 41
2015-07-15	1	2nd	3 5 7 14 18 41
2015-07-11	6	1st	5 7 15 35 39 42
2015-06-20	7	1st	5 6 17 20 29 37
2015-05-27	2	2nd	3 5 6 37 41 48
2015-05-20	10	1st	5 14 17 19 29 44
2015-04-15	9	2nd	3 5 9 18 32 37
2015-03-14	6	1st	5 7 22 33 37 40
2015-02-21	2	1st	5 12 16 21 28 39
2015-02-14	13	2nd	4 5 6 17 21 40
2014-12-31	6	1st	5 24 30 34 40 45
2014-12-10	20	1st	5 13 16 28 32 39
2014-10-01	5	1st	5 6 16 17 24 40
2014-09-13	17	2nd	4 5 10 13 14 41
2014-07-16	2	2nd	1 5 10 18 27 44
2014-07-09	7	1st	5 15 22 42 43 46
2014-06-14	3	2nd	2 5 7 11 27 43
2014-06-04	8	1st	5 10 13 14 22 27
2014-05-07	12	1st	5 6 14 17 42 45
2014-03-26	13	2nd	1 5 6 16 31 46
2014-02-08	4	1st	5 9 14 23 33 48
2014-01-25	5	2nd	4 5 15 22 29 37
2014-01-08	6	1st	5 18 19 34 43 48
2013-12-18	4	1st	5 7 8 10 13 29
2013-12-04	8	1st	5 18 22 27 33 35
2013-11-06	19	4th	1 2 4 5 24 45
2013-08-31	20	1st	5 6 10 13 19 31
2013-06-22	7	2nd	4 5 7 14 24 31
2013-05-29	28	2nd	1 5 7 13 16 23
2013-02-20	1	2nd	2 5 10 31 43 44
2013-02-16	7	1st	5 8 17 21 23 33
2013-01-23	1	1st	5 12 17 36 40 41
2013-01-19	24	1st	5 6 7 32 45 47
2012-10-27	2	1st	5 12 23 25 38 48
2012-10-20	2	1st	5 11 22 31 40 48
2012-10-13	9	3rd	1 3 5 34 35 48
2012-09-12	2	1st	5 6 10 13 29 30
2012-09-05	3	2nd	3 5 13 29 35 46
2012-08-25	8	1st	5 7 16 17 18 38
2012-07-28	3	1st	5 10 13 33 40 42
2012-07-18	2	1st	5 14 23 29 43 47
2012-07-11	1	1st	5 11 23 27 41 42
2012-07-07	2	2nd	1 5 14 17 28 33
2012-06-30	1	1st	5 8 11 17 28 48
2012-06-27	9	1st	5 12 30 37 38 40
2012-05-26	1	1st	5 22 24 26 31 48
2012-05-23	7	1st	5 7 10 24 30 32
2012-04-28	6	1st	5 10 17 21 23 28
2012-04-07	1	2nd	4 5 6 28 33 48
2012-04-04	2	2nd	4 5 18 24 32 43
2012-03-28	3	2nd	1 5 17 25 44 45
2012-03-17	2	1st	5 18 21 22 25 48
2012-03-10	9	1st	5 11 18 34 35 38
2012-02-08	12	1st	5 14 20 33 45 46
2011-12-28	5	1st	5 7 8 25 37 45
2011-12-10	2	1st	5 6 11 17 18 37
2011-12-03	8	1st	5 20 33 34 35 47
2011-11-05	2	2nd	4 5 9 22 34 36
2011-10-29	27	1st	5 17 19 23 26 48
2011-07-27	4	1st	5 22 33 41 42 44
2011-07-13	14	1st	5 17 19 20 39 40
2011-05-25	15	1st	5 8 14 26 29 31
2011-04-02	1	1st	5 16 25 30 33 47
2011-03-30	16	2nd	4 5 18 24 39 46
2011-02-02	8	2nd	2 5 10 16 20 48
2011-01-05	2	2nd	1 5 18 22 30 34
2010-12-29	1	2nd	1 5 13 18 35 43
2010-12-25	4	1st	5 10 24 25 29 47
2010-12-11	5	1st	5 15 25 39 40 47
2010-11-24	5	1st	5 13 18 26 30 33
2010-11-06	1	2nd	4 5 12 24 32 35
2010-11-03	5	1st	5 20 22 26 27 37
2010-10-16	1	1st	5 10 13 31 37 42
2010-10-13	6	1st	5 11 13 25 40 41
2010-09-22	4	1st	5 8 29 41 44 45
2010-09-08	8	2nd	1 5 12 19 41 46
2010-08-11	11	1st	5 9 11 27 33 44
2010-07-03	2	1st	5 14 16 20 30 47
2010-06-26	14	1st	5 8 18 20 21 32
2010-05-08	8	2nd	4 5 9 21 30 48
2010-04-10	11	2nd	2 5 6 12 15 21
2010-03-03	7	1st	5 17 21 27 29 41
2010-02-06	—	3rd	1 3 5 36 37 41