Number 5

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

251times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.39σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

79longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 251 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 251 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 79 · waiting 13 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 smallest165 · chance 173.7
2nd smallest81 · chance 69.5
3rd smallest5 · chance 7.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 48 8 37 7 33

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
2026-02-08	20	1st	5 14 17 31 44
2026-01-19	8	1st	5 17 22 42 48
2026-01-11	3	1st	5 6 12 14 24
2026-01-08	1	1st	5 12 13

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-26	6	1st	5 7 37 41 42
2025-06-20	1	1st	5 9 31 33 45
2025-06-19	11	2nd	2 5 8 18 45
2025-06-08	19	1st	5 11 20 42 43
2025-05-20	10	1st	5 6 16 29 34
2025-05-10	3	1st	5 12 19 43 47
2025-05-07	7	1st	5 7 37 39 46
2025-04-30	27	2nd	3 5 22 23 44
2025-04-03	22	2nd	2 5 11 14 28
2025-03-12	14	1st	5 8 10 20 44
2025-02-26	8	1st	5 18 27 33 38
2025-02-18	14	2nd	2 5 16 19 46
2025-02-04	2	2nd	2 5 23 29 47
2025-02-02	45	1st	5 6 17 27 36
2024-12-19	7	2nd	2 5 13 18 29
2024-12-12	10	1st	5 7 17 19 32
2024-12-02	5	1st	5 13 14 31 42
2024-11-27	12	1st	5 16 22 25 45
2024-11-15	1	1st	5 28 34 38 44
2024-11-14	3	1st	5 22 30 33 44
2024-11-11	4	1st	5 11 17 19 30
2024-11-07	4	1st	5 10 30 37 40
2024-11-03	18	1st	5 13 18 21 42
2024-10-16	8	1st	5 29 32 45 46
2024-10-08	5	1st	5 17 22 26 32
2024-10-03	2	2nd	2 5 29 42 48
2024-10-01	9	1st	5 13 22 31 48
2024-09-22	8	1st	5 13 27 35 48
2024-09-14	23	1st	5 13 27 28 44
2024-08-22	6	2nd	2 5 21 45 47
2024-08-16	5	1st	5 12 17 21 45
2024-08-11	21	2nd	3 5 10 12 32
2024-07-21	24	2nd	2 5 20 36 39
2024-06-27	1	1st	5 14 34 46 48
2024-06-26	3	1st	5 12 36 39 40
2024-06-23	5	2nd	3 5 23 43 46
2024-06-18	27	1st	5 14 18 37 48
2024-05-22	1	1st	5 8 15 17 37
2024-05-21	17	1st	5 13 24 41 48
2024-05-04	15	3rd	1 4 5 6 33
2024-04-19	15	1st	5 8 24 28 34
2024-04-04	11	1st	5 24 26 27 43
2024-03-24	5	1st	5 19 30 37 45
2024-03-19	28	2nd	2 5 19 26 38
2024-02-20	7	1st	5 7 13 37 39
2024-02-13	21	1st	5 11 35 41 44
2024-01-23	14	1st	5 8 11 38 40
2024-01-09	25	1st	5 29 30 39 40
2023-12-15	19	1st	5 16 20 23 30
2023-11-26	6	1st	5 30 31 33 40
2023-11-20	3	1st	5 12 16 31 40
2023-11-17	2	1st	5 8 27 33 39
2023-11-15	79	1st	5 6 15 20 48
2023-08-28	4	1st	5 19 26 40 48
2023-08-24	1	1st	5 30 35 40 41
2023-08-23	1	1st	5 21 29 33 37
2023-08-22	5	1st	5 14 15 33 43
2023-08-17	6	1st	5 14 17 24 34
2023-08-11	8	1st	5 8 26 32 40
2023-08-03	4	1st	5 18 19 25 48
2023-07-30	24	1st	5 9 19 44 46
2023-07-06	7	1st	5 7 11 12 40
2023-06-29	8	1st	5 24 28 38 46
2023-06-21	14	2nd	2 5 28 30 37
2023-06-07	24	2nd	1 5 18 43 47
2023-05-14	22	1st	5 10 28 45 48
2023-04-22	2	1st	5 18 38 41 45
2023-04-20	9	2nd	1 5 18 33 48
2023-04-11	1	2nd	1 5 9 33 47
2023-04-10	25	2nd	3 5 6 17 21
2023-03-16	18	1st	5 22 28 34 45
2023-02-26	20	1st	5 9 18 35 38
2023-02-06	9	2nd	1 5 15 39 46
2023-01-28	1	2nd	2 5 35 38 45
2023-01-27	12	2nd	4 5 7 39 42
2023-01-15	6	1st	5 8 13 41 44
2023-01-09	2	2nd	3 5 24 26 31
2023-01-07	3	2nd	4 5 13 22 44
2023-01-04	4	2nd	2 5 11 13 40
2022-12-31	8	2nd	2 5 37 39 40
2022-12-23	2	1st	5 12 30 37 41
2022-12-21	8	2nd	1 5 21 27 38
2022-12-13	13	2nd	4 5 10 20 34
2022-11-30	4	1st	5 6 11 15 30
2022-11-26	5	1st	5 12 18 19 31
2022-11-21	12	3rd	1 2 5 33 38
2022-11-09	16	2nd	3 5 9 36 41
2022-10-24	24	2nd	1 5 9 31 38
2022-09-30	4	1st	5 14 23 27 48
2022-09-26	1	1st	5 12 18 21 27
2022-09-25	5	2nd	4 5 17 39 41
2022-09-20	2	1st	5 26 28 37 42
2022-09-18	7	2nd	4 5 8 16 19
2022-09-11	6	2nd	3 5 28 33 43
2022-09-05	5	1st	5 10 21 37 39
2022-08-31	3	1st	5 23 26 29 36
2022-08-28	1	2nd	4 5 35 37 48
2022-08-27	2	2nd	1 5 10 33 38
2022-08-25	2	1st	5 6 9 27 30
2022-08-23	21	2nd	4 5 21 27 48
2022-08-02	1	1st	5 20 24 26 33
2022-08-01	4	2nd	1 5 14 22 41
2022-07-28	2	1st	5 15 20 37 46
2022-07-26	11	1st	5 7 16 38 44
2022-07-15	11	2nd	4 5 10 22 36
2022-07-04	26	1st	5 7 8 15 30
2022-06-08	22	1st	5 14 16 25 26
2022-05-17	14	1st	5 16 29 31 32
2022-05-03	3	1st	5 8 11 33 34
2022-04-30	8	2nd	3 5 7 33 45
2022-04-22	8	2nd	2 5 20 41 47
2022-04-14	8	1st	5 13 15 30 37
2022-04-06	7	2nd	3 5 10 18 23
2022-03-30	3	1st	5 37 38 46 48
2022-03-27	23	2nd	1 5 11 25 42
2022-03-04	1	1st	5 8 30 33 39
2022-03-03	7	1st	5 14 18 20 29
2022-02-24	5	3rd	1 2 5 10 34
2022-02-19	8	1st	5 6 14 37 41
2022-02-11	9	1st	5 7 16 19 43
2022-02-02	17	2nd	3 5 11 32 40
2022-01-16	5	1st	5 10 18 28 48
2022-01-11	4	2nd	2 5 8 18 43
2022-01-07	2	1st	5 9 22 28 44
2022-01-05	3	1st	5 8 22 37 43
2022-01-02	8	2nd	3 5 12 36 40
2021-12-25	17	2nd	2 5 7 29 44
2021-12-08	14	1st	5 20 24 40 43
2021-11-24	2	1st	5 6 9 29 30
2021-11-22	7	1st	5 7 8 14 35
2021-11-15	6	1st	5 12 14 28 34
2021-11-09	9	1st	5 9 10 12 34
2021-10-31	1	1st	5 7 11 21 29
2021-10-30	7	1st	5 19 22 36 37
2021-10-23	6	1st	5 12 19 33 44
2021-10-17	2	1st	5 11 24 42 43
2021-10-15	24	1st	5 15 21 32 45
2021-09-21	8	2nd	1 5 37 44 48
2021-09-13	2	1st	5 7 22 28 30
2021-09-11	3	2nd	4 5 22 29 39
2021-09-08	17	2nd	2 5 15 35 44
2021-08-22	17	1st	5 8 15 23 39
2021-08-05	3	1st	5 15 36 44 46
2021-08-02	10	2nd	4 5 24 36 38
2021-07-23	2	1st	5 15 17 24 29
2021-07-21	3	1st	5 30 36 42 44
2021-07-15	3	1st	5 10 14 15 19
2021-07-05	2	2nd	2 5 6 20 36
2021-06-28	6	1st	5 7 23 25 48
2021-06-07	3	1st	5 7 18 24 34
2021-05-27	6	1st	5 6 8 40 43
2021-05-06	9	1st	5 13 26 32 47
2021-04-05	1	2nd	2 5 16 26 39
2021-04-01	3	1st	5 27 36 42 47
2021-03-22	1	2nd	3 5 24 31 45
2021-03-18	1	2nd	2 5 21 28 45
2021-03-15	3	1st	5 14 15 27 37
2021-03-04	1	2nd	2 5 32 35 37
2021-03-01	23	1st	5 11 17 26 47
2020-12-10	6	2nd	1 5 10 11 31
2020-11-19	14	1st	5 16 27 35 36
2020-10-01	4	1st	5 8 9 25 29
2020-09-17	1	1st	5 28 34 41 44
2020-09-14	8	2nd	2 5 25 45 46
2020-08-17	2	1st	5 9 11 17 27
2020-08-10	5	2nd	4 5 16 19 37
2020-07-23	2	1st	5 6 23 33 45
2020-07-16	13	1st	5 7 20 43 48
2020-06-01	10	1st	5 15 30 40 45
2020-04-27	1	2nd	1 5 9 28 35
2020-04-23	20	1st	5 31 38 41 45
2020-02-13	11	1st	5 14 31 40 46
2020-01-06	16	1st	5 8 15 33 48
2019-11-11	5	2nd	3 5 22 23 36
2019-10-24	14	1st	5 13 24 38 48
2019-09-05	7	1st	5 20 32 38 47
2019-08-12	4	2nd	2 5 14 27 39
2019-07-29	2	1st	5 6 16 19 27
2019-07-22	3	1st	5 31 33 41 47
2019-07-11	8	1st	5 19 23 26 42
2019-06-13	10	2nd	4 5 8 10 46
2019-05-09	2	1st	5 7 39 44 46
2019-05-02	16	1st	5 7 9 25 33
2019-03-07	7	1st	5 8 29 44 47
2019-02-11	19	2nd	3 5 10 32 41
2018-12-06	17	1st	5 14 26 28 31
2018-10-08	3	1st	5 34 35 36 48
2018-09-27	3	1st	5 9 29 30 34
2018-09-17	12	2nd	3 5 6 19 47
2018-08-06	4	1st	5 7 13 15 29
2018-07-23	12	2nd	1 5 11 28 48
2018-06-11	2	2nd	4 5 25 36 46
2018-06-04	8	2nd	1 5 20 33 36
2018-05-07	1	2nd	2 5 6 15 40
2018-05-03	6	1st	5 22 26 29 47
2018-04-12	11	1st	5 20 33 39 48
2018-03-05	8	1st	5 17 23 35 42
2018-02-05	4	3rd	1 2 5 32 48
2018-01-22	1	1st	5 13 26 30 35
2018-01-18	28	1st	5 15 21 28 36
2017-10-12	13	1st	5 19 27 35 43
2017-08-28	2	2nd	1 5 6 47 48
2017-08-21	27	1st	5 29 38 42 45
2017-05-18	2	1st	5 10 34 45 48
2017-05-11	2	1st	5 14 17 31 32
2017-05-04	12	1st	5 22 29 33 45
2017-03-23	7	2nd	1 5 6 15 30
2017-02-27	5	1st	5 8 27 34 45
2017-02-09	1	1st	5 9 17 40 44
2017-02-06	6	2nd	3 5 6 7 39
2017-01-16	11	1st	5 6 24 25 26
2016-12-08	3	1st	5 7 8 13 15
2016-11-28	1	2nd	2 5 6 13 32
2016-11-24	10	1st	5 10 15 16 37
2016-10-20	7	2nd	4 5 9 28 37
2016-09-26	49	1st	5 8 14 17 37
2016-04-07	5	2nd	3 5 27 28 38
2016-03-21	9	2nd	2 5 12 30 44
2016-02-18	4	1st	5 16 21 26 41
2016-02-04	8	1st	5 8 22 23 34
2016-01-07	39	1st	5 21 28 35 47
2015-08-24	6	1st	5 11 16 22 46
2015-08-03	7	2nd	4 5 17 20 23
2015-07-09	3	1st	5 7 8 36 47
2015-06-29	4	1st	5 14 32 45 48
2015-06-15	19	2nd	4 5 7 9 38
2015-04-09	—	1st	5 20 42 44 47