Number 4

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

232times drawn · chance expected 218 +1.00σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 56% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

28longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 232 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, +1.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 232 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 5 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 smallest168 · chance 161.2
2nd smallest57 · chance 64.5
3rd smallest7 · chance 6.2
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 26 36 5 27 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-09-23	7	1st	4 13 14 23 28
2026-08-29	5	1st	4 5 21 29 30
2026-08-12	7	1st	4 8 11 22 33
2026-07-18	2	2nd	2 4 7 19

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-01	3	2nd	2 4 9 11 33
2024-12-18	7	1st	4 14 21 23 26
2024-11-23	8	1st	4 17 24 32 33
2024-10-26	8	1st	4 5 9 20 24
2024-09-28	8	1st	4 5 22 24 33
2024-08-31	6	2nd	3 4 8 10 13
2024-08-10	5	1st	4 13 25 34 36
2024-07-24	2	1st	4 8 15 17 19
2024-07-17	3	2nd	1 4 6 12 32
2024-07-06	4	1st	4 13 25 30 31
2024-06-22	14	2nd	2 4 20 27 30
2024-05-04	5	2nd	1 4 13 16 31
2024-04-17	2	2nd	1 4 10 11 27
2024-04-10	8	1st	4 7 15 22 35
2024-03-13	5	2nd	3 4 26 30 33
2024-02-24	3	1st	4 7 17 24 34
2024-02-14	3	2nd	3 4 27 31 33
2024-02-03	2	1st	4 12 16 23 36
2024-01-27	22	2nd	1 4 5 23 29
2023-11-11	4	1st	4 10 16 23 26
2023-10-28	12	1st	4 7 15 17 32
2023-09-16	12	1st	4 10 27 30 33
2023-08-05	4	1st	4 19 31 36 37
2023-07-22	5	1st	4 6 16 19 36
2023-07-05	6	1st	4 12 18 23 37
2023-06-14	12	1st	4 7 9 22 28
2023-05-03	1	1st	4 16 30 31 33
2023-04-29	7	2nd	2 4 9 10 30
2023-04-05	1	1st	4 19 24 26 31
2023-04-01	4	1st	4 5 20 21 36
2023-03-18	1	1st	4 14 15 26 37
2023-03-15	5	3rd	1 3 4 6 27
2023-02-25	3	1st	4 5 14 22 27
2023-02-15	13	1st	4 10 14 18 31
2022-12-31	9	1st	4 15 16 31 32
2022-11-30	6	1st	4 8 16 18 25
2022-11-09	2	1st	4 6 11 30 33
2022-11-02	1	2nd	1 4 6 21 35
2022-10-29	7	2nd	2 4 9 15 18
2022-10-05	1	1st	4 9 12 21 30
2022-10-01	20	1st	4 5 14 23 36
2022-07-23	2	2nd	3 4 28 29 37
2022-07-16	15	1st	4 14 19 23 33
2022-05-25	2	1st	4 11 14 20 37
2022-05-18	7	1st	4 5 15 20 35
2022-04-23	2	2nd	1 4 15 22 26
2022-04-16	8	1st	4 14 16 25 30
2022-03-19	20	2nd	1 4 12 30 31
2022-01-08	2	1st	4 15 21 28 29
2022-01-01	2	1st	4 11 12 20 27
2021-12-22	8	1st	4 20 22 27 37
2021-11-24	1	1st	4 19 22 24 32
2021-11-20	8	1st	4 6 7 16 36
2021-10-23	3	2nd	1 4 10 12 28
2021-10-13	12	1st	4 5 24 32 33
2021-09-01	4	2nd	3 4 5 18 28
2021-08-18	3	1st	4 6 11 14 22
2021-08-07	2	1st	4 6 11 24 26
2021-07-31	3	1st	4 16 26 30 31
2021-07-21	3	3rd	1 3 4 13 17
2021-07-10	5	2nd	2 4 9 12 28
2021-06-23	8	1st	4 5 8 9 33
2021-05-26	5	1st	4 7 25 26 29
2021-05-08	9	1st	4 5 15 29 35
2021-04-07	2	1st	4 6 12 18 20
2021-03-31	13	2nd	1 4 11 18 34
2021-02-13	2	2nd	3 4 9 36 37
2021-02-06	2	1st	4 5 16 18 35
2021-01-30	6	1st	4 16 17 18 26
2021-01-09	3	1st	4 10 14 17 34
2020-12-30	9	1st	4 7 17 26 34
2020-11-28	8	2nd	3 4 18 31 32
2020-10-31	2	1st	4 13 19 34 36
2020-10-24	5	1st	4 6 7 23 27
2020-10-07	2	1st	4 5 7 19 29
2020-09-30	2	1st	4 16 22 26 30
2020-09-23	10	1st	4 15 16 27 36
2020-08-19	1	1st	4 12 17 22 37
2020-08-15	1	1st	4 16 29 32 36
2020-08-12	13	1st	4 10 15 28 29
2020-06-27	18	1st	4 9 23 26 29
2020-04-25	1	1st	4 14 24 26 37
2020-04-22	25	1st	4 15 22 31 36
2020-01-25	2	1st	4 6 12 23 27
2020-01-18	11	1st	4 7 22 30 36
2019-12-07	4	1st	4 21 27 28 33
2019-11-23	8	1st	4 11 22 24 26
2019-10-26	4	2nd	3 4 23 25 36
2019-10-12	1	1st	4 11 14 33 36
2019-10-09	12	1st	4 23 24 34 37
2019-08-28	9	1st	4 6 7 13 33
2019-07-27	4	1st	4 12 17 19 20
2019-07-13	12	2nd	3 4 17 23 25
2019-06-01	3	2nd	2 4 13 17 28
2019-05-22	15	2nd	2 4 10 12 16
2019-03-30	2	1st	4 14 19 23 27
2019-03-23	12	1st	4 11 16 18 29
2019-02-09	2	1st	4 5 14 18 20
2019-02-02	4	1st	4 5 10 29 31
2019-01-19	8	2nd	1 4 22 32 34
2018-12-22	13	2nd	1 4 13 21 24
2018-11-07	14	1st	4 13 19 24 32
2018-09-19	11	1st	4 11 12 18 23
2018-08-11	6	2nd	1 4 26 31 33
2018-07-21	21	1st	4 6 20 30 35
2018-05-09	26	1st	4 16 20 23 32
2018-02-07	19	1st	4 5 12 24 37
2016-12-03	10	1st	4 7 13 27 35
2016-10-29	13	2nd	2 4 7 20 31
2016-09-14	14	1st	4 9 16 24 33
2016-07-27	9	2nd	2 4 10 17 37
2016-06-25	8	3rd	1 3 4 15 32
2016-05-28	14	1st	4 5 23 30 36
2016-04-09	13	1st	4 6 13 35 37
2016-02-24	1	2nd	1 4 22 26 34
2016-02-20	14	1st	4 10 11 13 22
2016-01-02	2	1st	4 9 17 19 36
2015-12-26	4	1st	4 5 14 19 32
2015-12-12	6	2nd	1 4 7 29 35
2015-11-21	23	1st	4 18 23 29 37
2015-09-02	4	2nd	2 4 9 27 37
2015-08-19	8	2nd	1 4 10 13 19
2015-07-22	14	1st	4 11 14 35 36
2015-06-03	1	1st	4 6 13 27 36
2015-05-30	12	1st	4 13 20 26 32
2015-04-18	4	2nd	3 4 10 26 31
2015-04-04	16	1st	4 23 27 28 30
2015-02-07	12	1st	4 13 15 16 21
2014-12-27	2	1st	4 5 27 33 36
2014-12-20	12	1st	4 21 30 33 34
2014-11-08	16	1st	4 9 19 24 26
2014-09-13	1	1st	4 8 11 21 29
2014-09-10	2	1st	4 5 16 20 37
2014-09-03	4	1st	4 14 19 23 32
2014-08-20	10	2nd	2 4 11 18 23
2014-07-16	1	1st	4 22 30 32 34
2014-07-12	1	2nd	2 4 6 31 37
2014-07-09	4	1st	4 8 11 16 24
2014-06-25	20	1st	4 5 10 19 25
2014-04-16	5	1st	4 7 11 21 27
2014-03-29	5	1st	4 14 16 31 36
2014-03-12	5	2nd	1 4 16 26 30
2014-02-22	1	1st	4 26 32 35 36
2014-02-19	6	1st	4 21 22 32 34
2014-01-29	4	2nd	1 4 7 12 26
2014-01-15	15	2nd	2 4 24 26 28
2013-11-20	2	1st	4 10 11 27 34
2013-11-13	3	1st	4 5 9 22 25
2013-11-02	8	1st	4 11 16 35 36
2013-10-05	8	2nd	2 4 14 16 17
2013-09-07	1	1st	4 10 11 18 30
2013-09-04	3	1st	4 12 15 19 22
2013-08-24	5	2nd	2 4 12 18 37
2013-08-07	4	1st	4 5 6 17 35
2013-07-24	1	1st	4 7 31 35 36
2013-07-20	4	2nd	3 4 18 29 33
2013-07-06	9	1st	4 6 23 28 35
2013-06-05	19	1st	4 8 22 33 36
2013-03-30	4	1st	4 7 12 21 24
2013-03-16	4	1st	4 5 21 34 37
2013-03-02	7	2nd	3 4 12 17 35
2013-02-06	2	1st	4 11 13 20 26
2013-01-30	1	1st	4 9 22 25 26
2013-01-26	5	1st	4 7 8 11 32
2013-01-09	8	1st	4 9 21 26 37
2012-12-12	2	3rd	2 3 4 34 37
2012-12-05	1	1st	4 13 27 28 30
2012-12-01	12	3rd	1 2 4 17 25
2012-10-20	3	1st	4 8 24 26 33
2012-10-10	5	2nd	3 4 5 19 20
2012-09-22	1	1st	4 15 18 22 36
2012-09-19	2	1st	4 15 19 27 36
2012-09-12	28	1st	4 11 18 23 31
2012-06-06	1	1st	4 16 24 34 35
2012-06-02	12	1st	4 18 21 24 32
2012-04-21	3	1st	4 11 14 18 27
2012-04-11	9	3rd	1 3 4 7 13
2012-03-10	3	1st	4 20 28 29 33
2012-02-29	11	2nd	2 4 13 33 34
2012-01-21	8	1st	4 11 19 28 30
2011-12-24	1	1st	4 22 24 36 37
2011-12-21	4	2nd	1 4 8 14 24
2011-12-07	5	1st	4 5 9 18 30
2011-11-19	2	1st	4 8 13 32 35
2011-11-12	19	2nd	2 4 14 15 27
2011-09-07	11	2nd	1 4 8 17 26
2011-07-30	6	1st	4 8 14 16 34
2011-07-09	5	1st	4 21 34 35 37
2011-06-22	5	1st	4 9 16 24 29
2011-06-04	1	2nd	3 4 18 22 35
2011-06-01	13	1st	4 8 9 18 23
2011-04-16	19	1st	4 8 16 24 30
2011-02-09	5	1st	4 10 13 16 36
2011-01-22	17	2nd	1 4 13 14 28
2010-11-20	2	1st	4 10 16 25 26
2010-11-13	4	1st	4 7 21 22 29
2010-10-30	1	1st	4 5 9 27 34
2010-10-27	19	1st	4 16 25 28 29
2010-08-21	4	1st	4 12 15 31 33
2010-08-07	1	3rd	1 3 4 5 36
2010-08-04	4	1st	4 9 10 14 36
2010-07-21	1	2nd	2 4 6 16 28
2010-07-17	3	1st	4 15 18 19 25
2010-07-07	14	1st	4 14 18 26 37
2010-05-19	5	1st	4 27 30 34 37
2010-05-01	4	1st	4 8 21 29 37
2010-04-17	2	1st	4 12 19 31 34
2010-04-10	—	1st	4 5 7 11 31