Number 5

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

218times drawn · chance expected 214 +0.31σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

50longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 218 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 218 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 10 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 smallest134 · chance 128.8
2nd smallest72 · chance 76.3
3rd smallest12 · chance 12.3
4th smallest0 · chance 0.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 1 17 10 16 28

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
2026-10-01	6	1st	5 25 26 29 35
2026-09-25	27	1st	5 15 22 23 28
2026-08-29	13	3rd	1 2 5 19 20
2026-08-16	6	1st	5 14 15 26

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-21	4	2nd	1 5 10 30 35
2026-04-17	8	1st	5 10 16 32 35
2026-04-09	14	1st	5 9 11 25 33
2026-03-26	9	1st	5 16 25 29 35
2026-03-17	16	1st	5 6 10 28 34
2026-03-01	9	1st	5 17 32 33 35
2026-02-20	2	3rd	1 2 5 10 33
2026-02-18	3	2nd	1 5 11 16 26
2026-02-15	13	1st	5 13 16 22 35
2026-02-02	35	2nd	3 5 12 13 15
2025-12-29	3	1st	5 24 29 30 33
2025-12-26	9	1st	5 7 15 28 33
2025-12-17	20	1st	5 14 24 31 33
2025-11-27	2	2nd	4 5 29 30 34
2025-11-25	7	1st	5 15 23 28 33
2025-11-18	3	1st	5 9 10 19 20
2025-11-15	1	2nd	4 5 30 31 32
2025-11-14	11	2nd	2 5 6 19 35
2025-11-03	9	2nd	1 5 10 15 27
2025-10-25	2	2nd	1 5 11 16 34
2025-10-23	14	1st	5 8 16 24 33
2025-10-09	16	2nd	1 5 7 27 33
2025-09-23	6	1st	5 7 24 30 32
2025-09-17	1	1st	5 14 22 23 32
2025-09-16	1	1st	5 7 11 15 17
2025-09-15	10	1st	5 8 18 23 29
2025-09-05	5	3rd	1 3 5 17 34
2025-08-31	7	1st	5 14 17 23 35
2025-08-24	1	1st	5 22 29 33 35
2025-08-23	1	2nd	3 5 10 11 12
2025-08-22	11	2nd	1 5 9 18 20
2025-08-11	1	1st	5 13 15 16 30
2025-08-10	9	2nd	2 5 18 29 31
2025-08-01	1	2nd	1 5 9 16 20
2025-07-31	4	2nd	4 5 7 8 12
2025-07-27	6	1st	5 17 27 28 34
2025-07-21	3	2nd	2 5 13 22 35
2025-07-18	5	1st	5 11 19 25 26
2025-07-13	13	1st	5 16 20 22 34
2025-06-30	4	1st	5 9 19 22 27
2025-06-26	2	3rd	1 4 5 10 16
2025-06-24	5	1st	5 11 13 25 33
2025-06-19	36	1st	5 6 9 16 30
2025-05-14	16	3rd	2 4 5 6 16
2025-04-28	2	2nd	4 5 7 29 35
2025-04-26	2	1st	5 14 21 26 31
2025-04-24	1	1st	5 9 19 27 33
2025-04-23	3	2nd	4 5 17 24 32
2025-04-20	1	2nd	4 5 7 14 20
2025-04-19	5	2nd	1 5 13 28 31
2025-04-14	8	1st	5 10 21 25 31
2025-04-06	23	1st	5 6 7 30 34
2025-03-14	19	1st	5 9 20 24 30
2025-02-23	1	1st	5 16 18 19 28
2025-02-22	20	2nd	2 5 6 27 32
2025-02-02	2	1st	5 6 13 14 21
2025-01-31	1	1st	5 13 20 28 34
2025-01-30	5	1st	5 9 25 26 28
2025-01-25	4	1st	5 21 22 31 33
2025-01-21	1	1st	5 6 8 10 23
2025-01-20	12	1st	5 10 11 17 30
2025-01-08	2	1st	5 9 13 26 34
2025-01-06	13	2nd	2 5 6 8 26
2024-12-24	2	1st	5 9 23 32 33
2024-12-22	4	1st	5 9 12 16 18
2024-12-18	2	1st	5 8 19 22 32
2024-12-16	1	2nd	3 5 17 18 25
2024-12-15	7	1st	5 13 15 19 31
2024-12-08	7	2nd	1 5 15 16 35
2024-12-01	2	2nd	2 5 10 19 30
2024-11-29	1	2nd	2 5 12 22 35
2024-11-28	1	2nd	3 5 8 20 34
2024-11-27	2	1st	5 7 9 10 22
2024-11-25	1	2nd	2 5 12 15 29
2024-11-24	2	2nd	1 5 13 22 30
2024-11-22	2	3rd	3 4 5 13 35
2024-11-20	2	2nd	2 5 14 15 17
2024-11-18	4	2nd	4 5 17 26 34
2024-11-14	3	2nd	3 5 21 22 30
2024-11-11	1	1st	5 16 25 29 35
2024-11-10	6	3rd	1 2 5 28 35
2024-11-04	2	2nd	2 5 22 28 30
2024-11-02	5	1st	5 6 9 19 21
2024-10-28	4	1st	5 17 19 24 30
2024-10-24	24	1st	5 25 27 29 34
2024-09-30	7	1st	5 13 19 28 32
2024-09-23	6	1st	5 17 29 30 34
2024-09-17	5	1st	5 25 28 33 34
2024-09-12	4	2nd	3 5 22 29 32
2024-09-08	6	2nd	4 5 13 28 34
2024-09-02	2	1st	5 24 25 30 34
2024-08-31	6	2nd	1 5 13 16 31
2024-08-25	2	3rd	1 2 5 13 31
2024-08-23	9	2nd	1 5 10 17 35
2024-08-14	1	1st	5 8 12 20 23
2024-08-13	3	2nd	2 5 16 27 32
2024-08-10	28	1st	5 11 13 14 28
2024-07-13	2	2nd	1 5 6 8 10
2024-07-11	22	2nd	4 5 12 23 24
2024-06-19	7	1st	5 12 18 20 28
2024-06-12	2	2nd	2 5 7 10 17
2024-06-10	8	1st	5 8 24 26 28
2024-06-02	9	1st	5 15 18 23 29
2024-05-24	2	1st	5 8 18 25 33
2024-05-22	4	2nd	2 5 15 30 32
2024-05-18	3	1st	5 21 25 28 34
2024-05-15	3	2nd	1 5 7 26 29
2024-05-12	5	1st	5 14 20 26 27
2024-05-07	4	1st	5 17 24 28 31
2024-05-03	1	1st	5 11 18 19 32
2024-05-02	10	1st	5 23 27 32 33
2024-04-22	3	1st	5 13 15 19 26
2024-04-19	2	1st	5 10 11 33 34
2024-04-17	13	1st	5 8 14 21 23
2024-04-04	12	1st	5 6 19 21 33
2024-03-23	1	1st	5 13 16 18 26
2024-03-22	1	1st	5 7 16 18 22
2024-03-21	3	2nd	1 5 21 24 26
2024-03-18	19	2nd	2 5 30 31 34
2024-02-28	1	2nd	1 5 7 22 34
2024-02-27	1	1st	5 18 25 29 34
2024-02-26	8	1st	5 8 10 25 35
2024-02-18	17	2nd	2 5 6 20 28
2024-02-01	2	2nd	1 5 9 22 27
2024-01-30	8	1st	5 7 9 11 26
2024-01-22	2	1st	5 6 14 17 18
2024-01-20	14	1st	5 22 23 28 29
2024-01-06	2	1st	5 21 22 23 34
2024-01-04	7	1st	5 10 20 25 28
2023-12-28	11	2nd	4 5 12 30 31
2023-12-17	14	1st	5 9 17 31 32
2023-12-03	6	2nd	1 5 14 20 34
2023-11-27	1	2nd	3 5 14 25 30
2023-11-26	6	2nd	4 5 17 23 35
2023-11-20	6	2nd	1 5 9 13 14
2023-11-14	19	1st	5 13 14 21 24
2023-10-26	12	1st	5 6 12 24 29
2023-10-14	1	1st	5 8 22 33 35
2023-10-13	1	1st	5 14 21 25 34
2023-10-12	8	2nd	1 5 12 25 26
2023-10-04	4	1st	5 9 18 28 29
2023-09-30	3	1st	5 12 16 33 35
2023-09-27	5	1st	5 10 12 17 18
2023-09-22	3	1st	5 12 16 25 31
2023-09-19	5	3rd	1 2 5 13 29
2023-09-14	3	2nd	4 5 10 22 23
2023-09-11	3	1st	5 18 24 28 31
2023-09-07	2	1st	5 17 21 32 34
2023-09-02	5	1st	5 8 10 28 33
2023-08-22	8	1st	5 10 18 21 32
2023-08-03	1	1st	5 10 16 29 30
2023-08-01	15	1st	5 12 17 19 23
2023-06-27	4	1st	5 10 17 19 29
2023-06-17	11	3rd	3 4 5 16 28
2023-05-23	1	1st	5 11 13 17 31
2023-05-20	50	1st	5 8 11 31 34
2023-01-24	9	2nd	3 5 15 17 28
2023-01-03	16	1st	5 7 17 22 30
2022-11-26	3	1st	5 8 9 16 19
2022-11-19	4	1st	5 6 13 25 30
2022-11-10	5	2nd	2 5 16 23 32
2022-10-29	14	2nd	3 5 15 19 25
2022-09-27	4	1st	5 6 11 16 18
2022-09-17	9	1st	5 12 13 17 22
2022-08-27	27	2nd	1 5 11 15 24
2022-06-25	3	1st	5 19 20 29 30
2022-06-18	3	1st	5 9 11 29 31
2022-06-11	17	1st	5 9 17 19 29
2022-05-03	4	1st	5 9 11 24 33
2022-04-23	4	1st	5 9 22 26 31
2022-04-14	1	1st	5 8 11 22 34
2022-04-12	1	1st	5 10 17 22 23
2022-04-09	6	1st	5 8 12 15 23
2022-03-26	3	1st	5 8 17 23 25
2022-03-19	4	1st	5 11 13 21 31
2022-03-10	14	2nd	2 5 11 18 23
2022-02-05	1	2nd	3 5 6 15 29
2022-02-03	18	1st	5 9 20 25 26
2021-12-23	2	1st	5 6 11 24 29
2021-12-18	15	1st	5 9 22 30 35
2021-11-13	5	2nd	1 5 8 23 25
2021-11-02	14	1st	5 14 15 26 29
2021-09-30	1	2nd	2 5 11 31 34
2021-09-28	1	1st	5 8 17 21 34
2021-09-25	8	1st	5 11 24 27 29
2021-09-07	9	1st	5 6 7 31 35
2021-08-17	12	2nd	1 5 7 9 10
2021-07-20	2	1st	5 7 15 18 26
2021-07-15	1	1st	5 14 24 30 31
2021-07-13	4	2nd	2 5 10 23 31
2021-07-03	18	1st	5 11 13 24 33
2021-05-20	1	3rd	3 4 5 18 28
2021-05-18	5	2nd	2 5 10 24 33
2021-05-06	—	1st	5 10 11 31 32