Number 5

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 429 draws, 5 from 1–13.

151times drawn · chance expected 165 −1.39σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

2.8average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

17longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 151 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, −1.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 151 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.8 draws · longest completed wait 17 · waiting 1 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 smallest34 · chance 21.4
2nd smallest73 · chance 68.3
3rd smallest40 · chance 51.2
4th smallest3 · chance 9.8
5th smallest1 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 50.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 8 4 7 6 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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	4	2nd	4 5 10 11 13
2026-10-06	4	3rd	1 2 5 9 9
2026-10-02	3	2nd	3 5 6 12 13
2026-09-29	3	2nd	2 5 7

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-08-16	4	3rd	1 4 5 6 12
2026-08-12	0	2nd	4 5 9 13
2026-08-12	4	2nd	4 5 9 13
2026-08-08	2	2nd	2 5 6 6 13
2026-08-06	3	2nd	1 5 6 9 12
2026-08-03	2	1st	5 6 8 9 12
2026-08-01	5	3rd	2 4 5 6 9
2026-07-27	2	2nd	1 5 9 10 11
2026-07-25	3	3rd	1 4 5 8 9
2026-07-22	1	3rd	1 1 5 9 13
2026-07-21	0	3rd	1 4 5 7
2026-07-21	2	3rd	1 4 5 7
2026-07-19	1	3rd	1 4 5 10 12
2026-07-18	5	3rd	1 2 5 8 13
2026-07-13	4	2nd	2 5 8 12 13
2026-07-09	1	3rd	2 4 5 9 13
2026-07-08	5	1st	5 9 10 10 13
2026-07-03	4	3rd	4 4 5 7 9
2026-06-29	3	2nd	3 5 9 9 13
2026-06-26	4	3rd	3 4 5 6 6
2026-06-22	2	2nd	2 5 7 7 10
2026-06-20	2	2nd	1 5 7 10 11
2026-06-18	4	1st	5 6 6 10 13
2026-06-14	1	2nd	3 5 8 11 13
2026-06-13	3	1st	5 6 8 13 13
2026-06-10	3	2nd	2 5 7 9 11
2026-06-07	2	1st	5 6 8 10 10
2026-06-05	4	3rd	1 4 5 7 13
2026-06-01	1	2nd	2 5 6 10 13
2026-05-31	1	2nd	4 5 6 7 9
2026-05-30	17	2nd	2 5 7 10 13
2026-05-13	1	2nd	1 5 6 10 13
2026-05-12	1	2nd	3 5 8 13 13
2026-05-11	1	3rd	4 4 5 7 11
2026-05-10	1	5th	2 3 4 4 5
2026-05-09	2	3rd	1 3 5 6 9
2026-05-07	1	1st	5 7 8 9 13
2026-05-06	0	2nd	4 5 7 10
2026-05-06	4	2nd	4 5 7 10
2026-05-02	4	1st	5 7 7 13 13
2026-04-28	1	3rd	1 1 5 13 13
2026-04-27	5	2nd	2 5 6 10 11
2026-04-22	3	2nd	4 5 6 10 13
2026-04-19	9	1st	5 6 11 12 13
2026-04-10	0	1st	5 8 9 12
2026-04-10	1	1st	5 8 9 12
2026-04-09	1	2nd	1 5 11 12 13
2026-04-08	1	3rd	1 4 5 11 13
2026-04-07	4	1st	5 9 10 12 13
2026-04-03	1	2nd	1 5 6 8 13
2026-04-02	1	3rd	1 4 5 10 12
2026-04-01	3	2nd	2 5 8 8 11
2026-03-29	2	1st	5 9 10 12 12
2026-03-27	5	1st	5 9 11 11 13
2026-03-22	3	3rd	2 3 5 9 10
2026-03-19	1	2nd	3 5 8 8 11
2026-03-18	1	2nd	3 5 6 13 13
2026-03-17	5	1st	5 7 7 10 11
2026-03-12	1	3rd	2 3 5 7 9
2026-03-11	1	2nd	2 5 7 7 9
2026-03-10	1	2nd	3 5 6 8 12
2026-03-09	6	1st	5 7 8 12 13
2026-03-03	4	1st	5 7 8 11 12
2026-02-27	13	3rd	4 4 5 10 13
2026-02-14	2	2nd	1 5 6 6 10
2026-02-12	1	3rd	2 2 5 6 8
2026-02-11	1	1st	5 9 9 10 12
2026-02-10	2	3rd	2 4 5 6 9
2026-02-08	0	1st	5 6 8 8
2026-02-08	3	1st	5 6 8 8
2026-02-05	6	3rd	1 4 5 6 11
2026-01-30	2	2nd	1 5 8 8 12
2026-01-28	2	2nd	2 5 8 9 12
2026-01-26	1	2nd	4 5 7 8 10
2026-01-25	1	2nd	4 5 6 7 13
2026-01-24	1	2nd	1 5 6 7 11
2026-01-23	2	2nd	1 5 9 9 10
2026-01-21	0	3rd	1 1 5 11
2026-01-21	1	3rd	1 1 5 11
2026-01-20	2	2nd	2 5 7 11 11
2026-01-18	8	1st	5 7 8 10 13
2026-01-10	3	2nd	2 5 7 12 13
2026-01-07	5	3rd	4 4 5 7 12
2026-01-02	0	2nd	3 5 8 12
2026-01-02	1	2nd	3 5 8 12
2026-01-01	1	2nd	3 5 9 11 13
2025-12-31	1	2nd	3 5 6 6 8
2025-12-30	3	1st	5 8 8 10 11
2025-12-27	2	2nd	4 5 6 8 9
2025-12-25	7	3rd	2 4 5 8 13
2025-12-18	2	2nd	3 5 10 13 13
2025-12-16	0	2nd	1 5 12 13
2025-12-16	4	2nd	1 5 12 13
2025-12-12	3	3rd	1 4 5 7 13
2025-12-09	1	2nd	4 5 6 7 8
2025-12-08	1	4th	1 3 4 5 9
2025-12-07	3	3rd	3 4 5 8 13
2025-12-04	2	2nd	4 5 10 11 13
2025-12-02	3	1st	5 8 10 10 11
2025-11-29	2	2nd	4 5 8 8 12
2025-11-27	11	2nd	3 5 6 6 12
2025-11-16	2	2nd	1 5 7 10 13
2025-11-14	5	2nd	3 5 6 6 7
2025-11-09	5	1st	5 8 9 10 12
2025-11-04	3	3rd	1 2 5 10 13
2025-11-01	6	1st	5 9 10 12 13
2025-10-26	4	3rd	1 2 5 8 9
2025-10-22	0	2nd	4 5 8 9
2025-10-22	2	2nd	4 5 8 9
2025-10-20	2	3rd	3 4 5 6 7
2025-10-18	5	3rd	1 1 5 10 13
2025-10-13	7	2nd	2 5 7 8 11
2025-10-06	2	1st	5 7 7 10 12
2025-10-04	4	2nd	2 5 9 10 13
2025-09-30	1	1st	5 6 6 8 8
2025-09-29	4	1st	5 7 8 11 12
2025-09-25	2	2nd	1 5 9 11 13
2025-09-23	4	2nd	1 5 6 8 13
2025-09-19	1	2nd	4 5 6 7 9
2025-09-18	5	2nd	3 5 8 13 13
2025-09-13	8	3rd	2 3 5 7 12
2025-09-05	4	2nd	2 5 7 10 13
2025-09-01	1	1st	5 6 7 8 8
2025-08-31	6	2nd	1 5 7 10 11
2025-08-25	13	2nd	4 5 10 13 13
2025-08-12	1	3rd	1 4 5 7 9
2025-08-11	—	4th	1 2 2 5 9