Number 5

In Cash Ball under the 4/35 + 1/25 · since Jan 2017 rules — 3,513 draws, 4 from 1–35.

412times drawn · chance expected 401 +0.56σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

33longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 412 times in 3,513 draws against 401.5 expected, +0.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 412 times in 3,513 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 2 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 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 smallest268 · chance 279.5
2nd smallest125 · chance 119.8
3rd smallest18 · chance 12.4
4th smallest1 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 2 23 30 4 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-09	3	1st	5 18 20 22
2026-10-06	30	1st	5 17 20 23
2026-09-06	3	1st	5 17 18 25
2026-09-03	10	1st	5 6 28 29
2026-08-24	10	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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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