Number 2

In Cash 5 under the 5/43 · since Nov 2018 rules — 2,787 draws, 5 from 1–43.

328times drawn · chance expected 324 +0.23σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

63longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 328 times in 2,787 draws against 324.1 expected, +0.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 328 times in 2,787 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 4 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 2 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 smallest302 · chance 296.8
2nd smallest26 · chance 31.2
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 39 11 18 23 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 43. 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 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-08	9	1st	2 4 5 20 30
2026-09-29	26	1st	2 11 19 26 35
2026-09-03	2	1st	2 14 16 23 34
2026-09-01	4	1st	2 13 15 17

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: 2 is drawn with probability 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-02	26	1st	2 20 37 41 42
2026-03-07	8	1st	2 3 18 29 39
2026-02-27	12	1st	2 6 17 31 34
2026-02-15	4	1st	2 4 24 33 34
2026-02-11	7	1st	2 4 7 20 26
2026-02-04	5	2nd	1 2 20 27 35
2026-01-30	1	1st	2 11 17 39 43
2026-01-29	19	1st	2 15 23 27 31
2026-01-10	14	1st	2 7 13 15 17
2025-12-27	2	2nd	1 2 6 23 34
2025-12-25	17	1st	2 3 9 22 33
2025-12-08	2	1st	2 4 16 24 30
2025-12-06	21	1st	2 16 17 25 42
2025-11-15	8	1st	2 19 23 26 39
2025-11-07	2	1st	2 6 26 42 43
2025-11-05	13	1st	2 6 7 23 37
2025-10-23	1	1st	2 23 30 40 43
2025-10-22	1	1st	2 8 28 40 43
2025-10-21	1	1st	2 16 17 19 31
2025-10-20	9	2nd	1 2 24 25 40
2025-10-11	3	1st	2 11 13 24 28
2025-10-08	15	1st	2 9 25 33 35
2025-09-23	4	1st	2 5 11 17 28
2025-09-19	9	1st	2 19 29 32 34
2025-09-10	7	1st	2 3 7 15 22
2025-09-03	19	1st	2 5 16 20 32
2025-08-15	1	1st	2 13 23 32 37
2025-08-14	1	1st	2 4 6 35 37
2025-08-13	9	1st	2 14 19 25 29
2025-08-04	20	1st	2 7 14 30 39
2025-07-15	10	1st	2 8 23 25 33
2025-07-05	7	1st	2 4 33 42 43
2025-06-28	4	1st	2 21 27 34 36
2025-06-24	1	1st	2 10 13 20 24
2025-06-23	8	1st	2 10 25 36 43
2025-06-15	25	1st	2 11 12 29 39
2025-05-21	31	1st	2 11 13 28 41
2024-12-28	20	1st	2 12 23 30 41
2024-12-08	14	1st	2 4 9 12 32
2024-11-24	1	1st	2 12 20 22 29
2024-11-23	12	1st	2 23 28 33 40
2024-11-11	11	1st	2 29 32 35 37
2024-10-31	17	1st	2 5 8 36 43
2024-10-14	3	1st	2 3 12 14 21
2024-10-11	7	1st	2 4 16 18 31
2024-10-04	6	1st	2 5 8 18 24
2024-09-28	4	1st	2 11 17 19 38
2024-09-24	16	1st	2 27 34 39 43
2024-09-08	10	1st	2 8 10 34 36
2024-08-29	3	1st	2 3 22 33 34
2024-08-26	8	1st	2 26 29 33 34
2024-08-18	1	1st	2 15 19 33 34
2024-08-17	7	1st	2 3 5 11 17
2024-08-10	22	1st	2 3 6 31 37
2024-07-19	6	1st	2 4 28 32 34
2024-07-13	2	1st	2 12 30 41 43
2024-07-11	63	1st	2 6 26 33 37
2024-05-09	19	1st	2 6 7 12 38
2024-04-20	14	1st	2 5 13 18 29
2024-04-06	7	1st	2 29 31 38 43
2024-03-30	7	1st	2 22 32 39 43
2024-03-23	9	1st	2 6 20 27 43
2024-03-14	8	1st	2 18 22 38 39
2024-03-06	5	2nd	1 2 6 9 14
2024-03-01	6	1st	2 11 13 33 36
2024-02-24	3	1st	2 4 6 14 21
2024-02-21	3	1st	2 4 18 30 43
2024-02-18	15	1st	2 3 22 36 38
2024-02-03	10	1st	2 26 30 34 36
2024-01-24	1	2nd	1 2 15 22 39
2024-01-23	7	1st	2 21 24 35 41
2024-01-16	10	1st	2 5 22 28 36
2024-01-06	5	1st	2 3 18 28 30
2024-01-01	13	1st	2 12 15 21 22
2023-12-19	1	1st	2 19 21 25 29
2023-12-18	5	1st	2 10 18 22 36
2023-12-13	3	1st	2 5 22 25 39
2023-12-10	30	1st	2 7 30 31 42
2023-11-10	3	1st	2 9 13 14 33
2023-11-07	7	1st	2 16 23 37 38
2023-10-31	7	1st	2 15 23 26 38
2023-10-24	9	1st	2 23 29 39 42
2023-10-15	10	1st	2 6 36 37 42
2023-10-05	18	1st	2 3 24 39 42
2023-09-17	4	1st	2 4 20 30 33
2023-09-13	5	2nd	1 2 6 8 35
2023-09-08	3	1st	2 13 15 22 26
2023-09-05	42	1st	2 16 21 22 31
2023-07-25	1	2nd	1 2 27 33 41
2023-07-24	5	1st	2 6 17 30 42
2023-07-19	8	1st	2 25 32 38 41
2023-07-11	7	1st	2 8 20 21 27
2023-07-04	12	1st	2 24 30 35 42
2023-06-22	1	1st	2 11 16 21 41
2023-06-21	4	1st	2 22 23 24 27
2023-06-17	5	2nd	1 2 27 42 43
2023-06-12	1	2nd	1 2 20 21 42
2023-06-11	19	1st	2 6 16 21 23
2023-05-23	8	1st	2 10 12 33 36
2023-05-15	11	1st	2 10 18 28 39
2023-05-04	3	1st	2 9 21 22 27
2023-05-01	6	1st	2 11 16 35 38
2023-04-25	3	1st	2 9 14 36 42
2023-04-22	1	1st	2 12 19 30 40
2023-04-21	8	1st	2 4 19 21 40
2023-04-13	8	1st	2 12 23 26 39
2023-04-05	10	1st	2 20 21 37 41
2023-03-26	2	2nd	1 2 19 24 32
2023-03-24	12	1st	2 17 23 32 36
2023-03-12	3	1st	2 19 25 29 32
2023-03-09	4	1st	2 9 11 17 40
2023-03-05	18	2nd	1 2 16 18 30
2023-02-15	1	1st	2 4 17 19 38
2023-02-14	6	1st	2 13 22 23 33
2023-02-08	1	1st	2 17 18 33 35
2023-02-07	4	1st	2 18 21 33 42
2023-02-03	18	1st	2 13 17 34 40
2023-01-16	13	2nd	1 2 11 25 41
2023-01-03	1	1st	2 14 22 26 33
2023-01-02	14	1st	2 18 19 34 43
2022-12-19	7	1st	2 18 28 31 37
2022-12-12	1	1st	2 5 29 34 36
2022-12-11	4	1st	2 5 13 23 33
2022-12-07	14	1st	2 15 21 25 26
2022-11-23	4	1st	2 7 14 29 36
2022-11-19	22	1st	2 15 16 34 41
2022-10-28	7	1st	2 3 8 25 38
2022-10-21	8	1st	2 11 18 27 39
2022-10-13	3	1st	2 4 22 28 33
2022-10-10	2	1st	2 8 11 31 43
2022-10-08	4	1st	2 3 12 25 36
2022-10-04	5	1st	2 7 9 19 40
2022-09-29	8	1st	2 9 20 38 42
2022-09-21	10	1st	2 3 6 25 40
2022-09-11	3	1st	2 24 26 27 39
2022-09-08	2	1st	2 28 29 31 34
2022-09-06	4	1st	2 4 5 26 40
2022-09-02	10	1st	2 11 12 17 25
2022-08-23	17	1st	2 3 11 35 41
2022-08-06	3	2nd	1 2 6 9 12
2022-08-03	16	1st	2 15 23 39 41
2022-07-18	17	1st	2 29 38 39 43
2022-07-01	2	1st	2 4 11 23 32
2022-06-29	6	1st	2 10 19 21 37
2022-06-23	3	1st	2 20 26 39 41
2022-06-20	2	1st	2 30 33 38 39
2022-06-18	8	1st	2 9 12 34 35
2022-06-10	14	1st	2 7 28 29 37
2022-05-27	10	1st	2 5 6 10 39
2022-05-17	2	1st	2 4 16 26 28
2022-05-15	6	1st	2 6 8 28 37
2022-05-09	3	1st	2 4 16 18 41
2022-05-06	3	1st	2 17 18 25 38
2022-05-03	3	1st	2 5 8 12 25
2022-04-30	1	1st	2 8 10 21 34
2022-04-29	7	1st	2 19 25 27 42
2022-04-22	8	1st	2 8 11 31 32
2022-04-14	5	1st	2 11 19 25 35
2022-04-09	7	1st	2 5 17 34 38
2022-04-02	20	1st	2 10 13 19 27
2022-03-13	3	1st	2 10 11 22 36
2022-03-10	37	1st	2 13 23 35 41
2022-02-01	2	1st	2 10 13 17 19
2022-01-30	1	1st	2 9 18 25 32
2022-01-29	28	1st	2 11 16 18 43
2022-01-01	8	1st	2 17 22 26 36
2021-12-24	16	1st	2 4 14 23 40
2021-12-08	6	1st	2 12 27 28 32
2021-12-02	1	1st	2 21 23 33 35
2021-12-01	2	1st	2 30 32 33 39
2021-11-29	11	2nd	1 2 15 36 42
2021-11-18	3	1st	2 6 26 31 42
2021-11-15	15	1st	2 7 16 29 33
2021-10-31	1	1st	2 7 9 15 40
2021-10-30	2	1st	2 9 14 24 34
2021-10-28	6	1st	2 12 23 24 42
2021-10-22	2	1st	2 7 9 31 38
2021-10-20	9	1st	2 7 12 16 28
2021-10-11	8	1st	2 18 19 34 37
2021-10-03	1	1st	2 8 26 33 43
2021-10-02	6	1st	2 6 12 23 30
2021-09-26	9	1st	2 14 19 29 32
2021-09-17	4	1st	2 10 14 27 35
2021-09-13	5	2nd	1 2 4 11 16
2021-09-08	6	2nd	1 2 13 38 40
2021-09-02	6	1st	2 3 4 27 39
2021-08-27	9	1st	2 13 23 24 29
2021-08-18	10	1st	2 9 15 18 42
2021-08-08	2	1st	2 17 22 37 39
2021-08-06	6	1st	2 9 30 36 43
2021-07-31	1	1st	2 4 24 37 38
2021-07-30	9	1st	2 11 22 27 41
2021-07-21	38	1st	2 17 21 22 38
2021-06-13	1	1st	2 13 36 42 43
2021-06-12	2	1st	2 14 21 22 23
2021-06-10	20	1st	2 5 30 32 35
2021-05-21	1	1st	2 20 25 27 28
2021-05-20	19	1st	2 8 9 18 22
2021-05-01	1	1st	2 9 27 30 36
2021-04-30	2	1st	2 10 11 24 25
2021-04-28	2	1st	2 8 24 33 41
2021-04-26	3	1st	2 3 6 35 41
2021-04-23	1	1st	2 10 20 21 24
2021-04-22	1	1st	2 20 31 36 43
2021-04-21	16	1st	2 6 14 17 35
2021-04-05	4	1st	2 3 15 30 40
2021-04-01	2	1st	2 7 21 26 30
2021-03-30	2	1st	2 4 22 35 39
2021-03-28	17	1st	2 6 11 13 31
2021-03-11	10	1st	2 10 13 29 30
2021-03-01	23	1st	2 6 18 23 33
2021-02-06	4	1st	2 10 11 13 22
2021-02-02	3	1st	2 6 27 37 38
2021-01-30	2	1st	2 10 11 25 34
2021-01-28	4	1st	2 9 14 18 43
2021-01-24	5	1st	2 21 33 37 40
2021-01-19	26	1st	2 10 13 19 34
2020-12-24	8	1st	2 5 19 33 40
2020-12-16	2	1st	2 27 28 32 41
2020-12-14	2	1st	2 9 14 21 29
2020-12-12	5	1st	2 18 19 24 25
2020-12-07	3	1st	2 5 15 23 34
2020-12-04	14	1st	2 10 28 31 37
2020-11-20	35	2nd	1 2 8 24 25
2020-10-16	4	1st	2 6 14 24 40
2020-10-12	5	1st	2 6 10 32 36
2020-10-07	10	2nd	1 2 7 28 40
2020-09-27	3	1st	2 4 9 11 33
2020-09-24	24	1st	2 20 27 35 40
2020-08-31	1	1st	2 7 35 36 37
2020-08-30	3	1st	2 10 16 27 42
2020-08-27	1	1st	2 9 17 19 27
2020-08-26	1	1st	2 9 19 21 31
2020-08-25	1	1st	2 19 24 28 40
2020-08-24	15	1st	2 5 14 18 21
2020-08-09	15	1st	2 10 17 21 22
2020-07-25	8	1st	2 10 13 19 28
2020-07-17	2	1st	2 11 24 28 30
2020-07-15	17	1st	2 8 18 35 39
2020-06-28	1	1st	2 3 34 36 41
2020-06-27	15	1st	2 3 18 20 35
2020-06-12	15	1st	2 15 21 24 30
2020-05-28	23	1st	2 6 11 24 38
2020-05-05	12	1st	2 3 15 25 36
2020-04-23	12	1st	2 15 23 25 41
2020-04-11	3	1st	2 15 18 29 42
2020-04-08	1	1st	2 31 35 40 41
2020-04-07	10	1st	2 4 12 18 34
2020-03-28	1	1st	2 12 20 26 27
2020-03-27	3	1st	2 16 22 31 40
2020-03-24	3	2nd	1 2 32 39 41
2020-03-21	2	1st	2 11 31 32 36
2020-03-19	32	1st	2 4 12 25 39
2020-02-16	1	1st	2 5 16 29 37
2020-02-15	8	1st	2 7 23 31 32
2020-02-07	15	1st	2 14 21 27 39
2020-01-23	7	1st	2 3 18 25 30
2020-01-16	11	1st	2 28 34 40 43
2020-01-05	3	2nd	1 2 3 14 15
2020-01-02	4	1st	2 14 21 39 41
2019-12-29	16	1st	2 7 13 34 39
2019-12-13	6	1st	2 3 6 22 27
2019-12-07	13	1st	2 6 10 11 31
2019-11-24	1	1st	2 4 13 37 39
2019-11-23	4	1st	2 12 14 15 39
2019-11-19	14	1st	2 16 23 28 33
2019-11-05	20	1st	2 4 14 18 37
2019-10-16	24	1st	2 4 5 17 40
2019-09-22	3	1st	2 11 12 20 29
2019-09-19	2	1st	2 16 19 31 41
2019-09-17	22	1st	2 15 24 28 43
2019-08-26	11	1st	2 10 17 42 43
2019-08-15	1	1st	2 5 13 15 35
2019-08-14	21	1st	2 7 21 40 41
2019-07-24	7	2nd	1 2 4 35 42
2019-07-17	4	1st	2 9 16 26 35
2019-07-13	14	1st	2 4 15 20 43
2019-06-29	6	1st	2 4 10 13 24
2019-06-23	28	1st	2 19 20 23 30
2019-05-26	3	1st	2 8 10 12 13
2019-05-23	9	1st	2 14 23 25 36
2019-05-14	5	1st	2 20 24 28 43
2019-05-09	6	1st	2 8 15 27 33
2019-05-03	7	1st	2 20 25 26 33
2019-04-26	2	1st	2 12 15 26 31
2019-04-24	3	1st	2 11 17 30 34
2019-04-21	3	1st	2 21 28 42 43
2019-04-18	11	2nd	1 2 3 32 34
2019-04-07	4	2nd	1 2 26 29 32
2019-04-03	4	1st	2 6 11 31 40
2019-03-30	1	1st	2 4 6 30 41
2019-03-29	15	1st	2 4 22 33 38
2019-03-14	5	1st	2 15 19 32 38
2019-03-09	16	1st	2 9 17 26 40
2019-02-21	1	1st	2 11 13 22 43
2019-02-20	8	1st	2 6 22 35 37
2019-02-12	35	1st	2 15 23 31 36
2019-01-08	6	2nd	1 2 29 38 40
2019-01-02	6	1st	2 4 14 34 39
2018-12-27	1	1st	2 11 15 18 36
2018-12-26	5	1st	2 3 9 27 43
2018-12-21	15	1st	2 12 30 39 40
2018-12-06	24	1st	2 5 34 36 41
2018-11-12	—	1st	2 18 19 23 39