Number 4

In Gopher 5 under the 5/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,586 draws, 5 from 1–47.

269times drawn · chance expected 275 −0.39σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

56longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 269 times in 2,586 draws against 275.1 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 269 times in 2,586 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 56 · 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 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 smallest203 · chance 203.4
2nd smallest61 · chance 61.0
3rd smallest5 · chance 4.5
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 23.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 7 15 25 35 41

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-09	7	1st	4 12 38 45 47
2026-09-23	7	1st	4 6 21 35 36
2026-09-07	4	1st	4 9 17 32 34
2026-08-28	12	1st	4 13 14 30

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-28	6	1st	4 8 13 24 46
2025-07-14	25	1st	4 21 27 29 39
2025-05-16	2	1st	4 6 12 38 44
2025-05-12	22	1st	4 6 15 18 41
2025-03-21	1	1st	4 18 23 32 43
2025-03-19	7	1st	4 20 35 39 43
2025-03-03	15	1st	4 12 29 30 35
2025-01-27	1	1st	4 11 20 33 34
2025-01-24	8	1st	4 7 16 19 46
2025-01-06	12	1st	4 7 26 46 47
2024-12-09	20	1st	4 12 21 41 42
2024-10-23	5	1st	4 16 24 26 27
2024-10-11	8	2nd	3 4 19 37 45
2024-09-23	5	1st	4 10 12 32 42
2024-09-11	10	1st	4 9 31 37 43
2024-08-19	1	1st	4 13 31 43 46
2024-08-16	5	2nd	1 4 16 24 26
2024-08-05	2	2nd	1 4 7 12 19
2024-07-31	5	1st	4 5 32 43 44
2024-07-19	4	1st	4 8 12 33 34
2024-07-10	2	1st	4 8 20 32 38
2024-07-05	5	1st	4 5 25 27 38
2024-06-24	28	1st	4 6 8 20 37
2024-04-19	1	1st	4 12 15 28 31
2024-04-17	9	1st	4 24 37 39 41
2024-03-27	1	1st	4 30 32 36 38
2024-03-25	26	1st	4 18 34 37 41
2024-01-24	7	2nd	1 4 5 7 17
2024-01-08	7	1st	4 5 16 24 40
2023-12-22	4	2nd	3 4 15 29 32
2023-12-13	27	1st	4 5 20 37 41
2023-10-11	8	2nd	2 4 12 14 40
2023-09-22	25	1st	4 14 15 21 27
2023-07-26	27	1st	4 25 37 40 43
2023-05-24	5	1st	4 21 34 35 41
2023-05-12	7	1st	4 7 12 22 46
2023-04-26	20	1st	4 7 30 31 37
2023-03-10	56	1st	4 8 25 41 42
2022-11-02	1	2nd	2 4 39 42 45
2022-10-31	42	2nd	2 4 6 17 44
2022-07-25	12	1st	4 11 28 31 46
2022-06-27	11	1st	4 8 15 18 40
2022-06-01	12	1st	4 9 23 28 37
2022-05-04	6	1st	4 6 13 22 24
2022-04-20	9	1st	4 15 21 40 44
2022-03-30	2	2nd	3 4 30 34 47
2022-03-25	1	1st	4 11 18 30 38
2022-03-23	5	1st	4 6 18 24 32
2022-03-11	5	1st	4 7 28 33 42
2022-02-28	4	1st	4 6 16 31 39
2022-02-18	3	1st	4 7 11 34 43
2022-02-11	3	1st	4 7 17 38 44
2022-02-04	7	1st	4 12 27 29 41
2022-01-19	18	1st	4 16 19 23 24
2021-12-08	15	2nd	2 4 5 18 45
2021-11-03	4	1st	4 22 25 30 35
2021-10-25	11	1st	4 7 9 21 26
2021-09-29	13	1st	4 17 20 21 44
2021-08-30	3	2nd	1 4 25 38 46
2021-08-23	38	1st	4 17 25 31 39
2021-05-26	5	1st	4 14 17 32 36
2021-05-14	16	1st	4 27 35 38 44
2021-04-07	7	2nd	3 4 9 17 27
2021-03-22	1	1st	4 11 13 15 36
2021-03-19	8	1st	4 25 34 44 45
2021-03-01	3	1st	4 19 34 35 46
2021-02-22	16	1st	4 16 31 40 46
2021-01-15	2	2nd	1 4 10 19 23
2021-01-11	7	2nd	2 4 12 13 20
2020-12-25	1	1st	4 11 16 17 34
2020-12-23	4	1st	4 11 15 35 45
2020-12-14	1	1st	4 16 19 25 34
2020-12-11	7	1st	4 14 20 36 39
2020-11-25	9	1st	4 21 22 25 26
2020-11-04	5	1st	4 10 22 29 45
2020-10-23	13	1st	4 17 28 35 38
2020-09-23	8	1st	4 16 32 33 40
2020-09-04	6	1st	4 5 11 16 25
2020-08-21	3	2nd	3 4 15 20 28
2020-08-14	11	2nd	3 4 30 37 46
2020-07-20	26	1st	4 12 27 30 38
2020-05-20	2	1st	4 10 15 18 24
2020-05-15	31	2nd	3 4 9 13 34
2020-03-04	4	3rd	2 3 4 32 43
2020-02-24	11	2nd	3 4 6 15 22
2020-01-29	13	1st	4 18 39 41 44
2019-12-30	6	1st	4 18 25 28 39
2019-12-16	2	1st	4 14 23 31 34
2019-12-11	23	1st	4 18 27 29 43
2019-10-18	4	1st	4 16 22 25 39
2019-10-09	15	1st	4 18 35 43 44
2019-09-04	3	2nd	3 4 15 30 46
2019-08-28	4	1st	4 8 13 14 40
2019-08-19	2	2nd	3 4 18 26 31
2019-08-14	19	1st	4 15 21 29 41
2019-07-01	3	2nd	2 4 35 36 40
2019-06-24	4	1st	4 5 18 22 40
2019-06-14	3	1st	4 12 18 30 35
2019-06-07	12	1st	4 16 21 37 43
2019-05-10	5	1st	4 16 29 41 45
2019-04-29	3	2nd	2 4 9 17 25
2019-04-22	1	1st	4 11 20 26 40
2019-04-19	20	1st	4 20 28 34 38
2019-03-04	8	1st	4 5 30 31 39
2019-02-13	13	1st	4 10 32 35 43
2019-01-14	5	1st	4 6 26 28 38
2019-01-02	5	3rd	1 2 4 36 47
2018-12-21	6	1st	4 9 27 28 31
2018-12-07	25	2nd	1 4 8 39 46
2018-10-10	17	1st	4 7 16 19 29
2018-08-31	7	2nd	3 4 20 24 45
2018-08-15	1	1st	4 6 18 22 32
2018-08-13	4	1st	4 8 12 16 23
2018-08-03	5	1st	4 9 11 13 33
2018-07-23	18	2nd	3 4 22 27 34
2018-06-11	27	2nd	2 4 7 21 31
2018-04-09	6	2nd	1 4 28 40 41
2018-03-26	4	2nd	3 4 25 27 33
2018-03-16	13	1st	4 6 10 15 23
2018-02-14	10	1st	4 9 21 24 33
2018-01-22	13	1st	4 6 12 26 41
2017-12-22	12	1st	4 26 32 37 43
2017-11-24	9	1st	4 16 19 20 35
2017-11-03	11	1st	4 9 10 12 25
2017-10-09	7	1st	4 18 27 31 40
2017-09-22	12	1st	4 9 10 13 21
2017-08-25	13	1st	4 6 9 12 33
2017-07-26	5	2nd	1 4 29 39 41
2017-07-14	6	1st	4 8 10 16 25
2017-06-30	1	2nd	1 4 7 9 14
2017-06-28	7	1st	4 5 32 38 44
2017-06-12	14	1st	4 5 9 22 43
2017-05-10	13	1st	4 13 26 45 46
2017-04-10	6	1st	4 6 7 23 47
2017-03-27	10	2nd	2 4 14 16 17
2017-03-03	19	1st	4 20 26 30 31
2017-01-18	5	1st	4 14 16 28 34
2017-01-06	10	1st	4 10 31 39 46
2016-12-14	21	1st	4 22 31 38 47
2016-10-26	5	1st	4 6 7 41 43
2016-10-14	13	1st	4 7 13 14 33
2016-09-14	7	1st	4 10 21 26 44
2016-08-29	5	1st	4 24 29 31 44
2016-08-17	7	1st	4 7 30 34 43
2016-08-01	4	2nd	1 4 6 26 34
2016-07-22	20	2nd	1 4 15 17 44
2016-06-06	16	1st	4 5 35 37 46
2016-04-29	5	1st	4 23 26 27 47
2016-04-18	2	1st	4 8 10 28 33
2016-04-13	25	1st	4 7 10 15 25
2016-02-15	5	2nd	3 4 10 21 44
2016-02-03	2	1st	4 36 38 40 43
2016-01-29	16	1st	4 9 15 27 36
2015-12-23	13	1st	4 7 14 26 33
2015-11-23	15	1st	4 9 10 23 46
2015-10-19	15	1st	4 10 14 22 24
2015-09-14	11	1st	4 5 8 9 36
2015-08-19	3	3rd	2 3 4 11 26
2015-08-12	14	1st	4 15 23 34 45
2015-07-10	1	1st	4 9 23 25 41
2015-07-08	10	2nd	3 4 22 35 45
2015-06-15	16	1st	4 5 9 26 27
2015-05-08	13	1st	4 8 13 34 45
2015-04-08	10	1st	4 15 35 42 47
2015-03-16	2	1st	4 14 29 35 39
2015-03-11	2	1st	4 17 23 28 42
2015-03-06	2	1st	4 6 19 32 42
2015-03-02	11	2nd	1 4 32 40 45
2015-02-04	2	1st	4 12 25 31 40
2015-01-30	2	1st	4 6 14 37 42
2015-01-26	12	1st	4 15 20 32 47
2014-12-29	8	1st	4 12 17 41 45
2014-12-10	20	1st	4 18 31 37 47
2014-10-24	5	1st	4 6 8 14 46
2014-10-13	3	1st	4 34 39 41 44
2014-10-06	4	2nd	3 4 5 21 32
2014-09-26	14	1st	4 14 15 34 41
2014-08-25	4	1st	4 14 15 22 29
2014-08-15	2	1st	4 5 11 17 30
2014-08-11	3	1st	4 14 25 33 39
2014-08-04	2	1st	4 12 33 38 45
2014-07-30	27	2nd	2 4 23 33 41
2014-05-28	13	3rd	1 3 4 11 19
2014-04-28	34	1st	4 20 34 37 41
2014-02-07	9	1st	4 5 17 24 28
2014-01-17	5	2nd	2 4 25 32 47
2014-01-06	13	1st	4 27 30 34 35
2013-12-06	4	2nd	1 4 7 10 29
2013-11-27	5	1st	4 14 19 32 41
2013-11-15	14	1st	4 7 9 28 47
2013-10-14	24	1st	4 14 33 42 43
2013-08-19	15	2nd	2 4 7 24 37
2013-07-15	6	1st	4 23 30 35 41
2013-07-01	5	1st	4 11 19 25 34
2013-06-19	7	2nd	3 4 7 31 35
2013-06-03	2	1st	4 22 29 44 46
2013-05-29	12	1st	4 11 14 23 45
2013-05-01	20	1st	4 6 9 19 31
2013-03-15	25	2nd	2 4 39 41 47
2013-01-16	17	1st	4 5 32 37 44
2012-12-07	26	1st	4 8 30 40 45
2012-10-08	3	1st	4 5 19 28 31
2012-10-01	16	1st	4 29 35 36 39
2012-08-24	8	2nd	2 4 8 31 46
2012-08-06	9	2nd	1 4 11 34 37
2012-07-16	10	1st	4 6 20 23 43
2012-06-22	3	1st	4 13 18 35 45
2012-06-15	6	2nd	3 4 31 38 47
2012-06-01	16	2nd	3 4 19 23 36
2012-04-25	17	1st	4 7 9 11 35
2012-03-16	6	2nd	2 4 12 13 39
2012-03-02	2	2nd	3 4 8 15 25
2012-02-27	1	1st	4 13 35 37 40
2012-02-24	6	1st	4 25 26 42 47
2012-02-10	4	2nd	3 4 17 29 34
2012-02-01	23	1st	4 14 23 26 34
2011-12-09	17	2nd	1 4 7 8 42
2011-10-31	9	1st	4 12 35 38 46
2011-10-10	5	3rd	2 3 4 12 40
2011-09-28	6	2nd	1 4 11 12 15
2011-09-14	7	2nd	1 4 31 34 35
2011-08-29	5	1st	4 14 30 38 46
2011-08-17	9	1st	4 7 21 45 46
2011-07-27	8	1st	4 5 14 28 42
2011-07-08	23	1st	4 25 34 36 39
2011-05-16	7	1st	4 7 34 37 38
2011-04-29	2	1st	4 14 16 34 38
2011-04-25	3	1st	4 15 16 18 38
2011-04-18	16	1st	4 13 18 35 47
2011-03-11	6	1st	4 15 22 36 44
2011-02-25	12	1st	4 9 12 29 43
2011-01-28	18	1st	4 7 25 28 41
2010-12-17	6	1st	4 16 32 37 43
2010-12-03	13	2nd	1 4 18 23 25
2010-11-03	4	2nd	2 4 24 27 45
2010-10-25	4	1st	4 22 29 39 45
2010-10-15	13	1st	4 7 15 20 36
2010-09-15	14	1st	4 11 17 18 44
2010-08-13	9	1st	4 11 17 28 32
2010-07-23	7	1st	4 16 23 33 42
2010-07-07	8	1st	4 7 41 44 46
2010-06-18	4	1st	4 10 28 39 45
2010-06-09	14	1st	4 5 10 32 35
2010-05-07	12	2nd	1 4 33 35 43
2010-04-09	—	1st	4 13 19 22 27