Number 4

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

355times drawn · chance expected 324 +1.83σ

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

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

49longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 355 times in 2,787 draws against 324.1 expected, +1.83σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 355 times in 2,787 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 49 · 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 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 smallest258 · chance 260.9
2nd smallest93 · chance 87.0
3rd smallest4 · chance 7.1
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 33.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 35 30 22 12 16

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, 4 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-08	3	2nd	2 4 5 20 30
2026-10-05	8	2nd	1 4 5 32 41
2026-09-27	18	1st	4 14 15 19 29
2026-09-09	10	1st	4 5 16 28

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 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-17	19	1st	4 9 11 30 41
2026-02-26	7	1st	4 9 22 32 35
2026-02-19	2	1st	4 10 19 22 23
2026-02-17	2	1st	4 6 7 21 38
2026-02-15	4	2nd	2 4 24 33 34
2026-02-11	3	2nd	2 4 7 20 26
2026-02-08	30	1st	4 19 32 34 38
2026-01-09	8	1st	4 7 10 28 42
2026-01-01	1	1st	4 7 16 24 41
2025-12-31	2	1st	4 5 6 7 41
2025-12-29	19	1st	4 17 21 23 39
2025-12-10	2	1st	4 20 34 37 42
2025-12-08	11	2nd	2 4 16 24 30
2025-11-27	2	1st	4 6 12 33 35
2025-11-25	2	1st	4 19 28 32 42
2025-11-23	11	1st	4 10 19 27 40
2025-11-12	14	1st	4 5 12 18 31
2025-10-29	16	1st	4 17 22 37 38
2025-10-13	8	1st	4 5 10 18 42
2025-10-05	10	1st	4 5 6 10 24
2025-09-25	5	1st	4 11 17 21 23
2025-09-20	2	1st	4 17 18 24 37
2025-09-18	4	1st	4 5 6 13 41
2025-09-14	15	1st	4 9 20 30 38
2025-08-30	16	2nd	3 4 11 41 42
2025-08-14	6	2nd	2 4 6 35 37
2025-08-08	6	1st	4 14 15 16 28
2025-08-02	11	1st	4 5 6 21 43
2025-07-22	10	1st	4 22 30 35 40
2025-07-12	3	1st	4 6 29 36 41
2025-07-09	1	1st	4 11 14 30 41
2025-07-08	3	1st	4 18 21 35 39
2025-07-05	3	2nd	2 4 33 42 43
2025-07-02	2	2nd	3 4 12 16 31
2025-06-30	18	2nd	1 4 12 18 29
2025-06-12	4	1st	4 13 17 25 33
2025-06-08	9	1st	4 5 11 36 42
2025-05-30	3	1st	4 5 23 26 42
2025-05-27	2	2nd	3 4 18 21 22
2025-05-25	6	1st	4 6 9 21 29
2025-05-19	6	1st	4 11 18 28 43
2025-05-13	8	1st	4 5 21 33 37
2025-05-05	16	2nd	3 4 14 36 37
2024-12-27	19	1st	4 8 11 37 39
2024-12-08	6	2nd	2 4 9 12 32
2024-12-02	4	1st	4 6 8 19 30
2024-11-28	12	1st	4 23 26 27 34
2024-11-16	2	1st	4 24 32 36 40
2024-11-14	13	2nd	1 4 29 34 37
2024-11-01	9	2nd	3 4 26 28 29
2024-10-23	3	2nd	1 4 12 18 21
2024-10-20	1	1st	4 12 16 30 31
2024-10-19	8	1st	4 6 9 34 39
2024-10-11	15	2nd	2 4 16 18 31
2024-09-26	3	1st	4 22 25 28 29
2024-09-23	6	1st	4 21 22 40 43
2024-09-17	3	1st	4 6 8 21 36
2024-09-14	7	1st	4 14 15 36 41
2024-09-07	2	2nd	1 4 14 26 35
2024-09-05	25	1st	4 11 14 30 37
2024-08-11	8	2nd	1 4 5 9 35
2024-08-03	10	1st	4 9 18 32 42
2024-07-24	5	1st	4 5 11 13 18
2024-07-19	2	2nd	2 4 28 32 34
2024-07-17	7	1st	4 26 30 35 40
2024-07-10	1	1st	4 6 13 15 33
2024-07-09	8	1st	4 17 21 36 39
2024-07-01	9	1st	4 30 34 35 36
2024-06-22	36	1st	4 15 30 39 41
2024-05-17	3	1st	4 9 13 19 28
2024-05-14	1	1st	4 5 19 23 29
2024-05-13	7	1st	4 8 16 18 32
2024-05-06	1	2nd	1 4 9 22 26
2024-05-05	19	1st	4 16 18 21 38
2024-04-16	5	1st	4 13 18 26 28
2024-04-11	1	2nd	1 4 7 39 43
2024-04-10	9	1st	4 17 22 38 39
2024-04-01	3	1st	4 8 25 33 38
2024-03-29	14	1st	4 18 27 38 39
2024-03-15	4	1st	4 18 32 36 38
2024-03-11	2	1st	4 22 36 41 42
2024-03-09	6	1st	4 5 19 29 32
2024-03-03	1	1st	4 7 12 16 29
2024-03-02	4	2nd	1 4 14 15 22
2024-02-27	3	1st	4 7 9 28 39
2024-02-24	3	2nd	2 4 6 14 21
2024-02-21	1	2nd	2 4 18 30 43
2024-02-20	4	1st	4 10 26 28 42
2024-02-16	14	1st	4 18 21 23 42
2024-02-02	37	1st	4 6 7 27 39
2023-12-27	13	1st	4 10 16 19 34
2023-12-14	17	2nd	3 4 24 31 39
2023-11-27	7	1st	4 16 17 31 40
2023-11-20	4	2nd	1 4 14 15 41
2023-11-16	5	1st	4 17 21 33 35
2023-11-11	10	1st	4 9 11 16 38
2023-11-01	16	2nd	1 4 5 14 39
2023-10-16	3	1st	4 8 12 36 38
2023-10-13	6	1st	4 5 19 25 30
2023-10-07	20	2nd	1 4 20 21 23
2023-09-17	15	2nd	2 4 20 30 33
2023-09-02	1	1st	4 9 22 35 42
2023-09-01	28	1st	4 19 29 34 39
2023-08-04	3	2nd	3 4 9 34 35
2023-08-01	1	1st	4 18 20 35 43
2023-07-31	4	2nd	3 4 19 20 29
2023-07-27	1	1st	4 17 21 30 32
2023-07-26	4	1st	4 17 18 20 23
2023-07-22	2	1st	4 6 19 24 30
2023-07-20	2	1st	4 6 14 22 24
2023-07-18	18	1st	4 7 17 34 41
2023-06-30	20	1st	4 6 16 19 24
2023-06-10	1	1st	4 16 33 38 40
2023-06-09	3	1st	4 18 19 21 39
2023-06-06	2	1st	4 11 17 18 34
2023-06-04	3	1st	4 11 19 32 36
2023-06-01	7	3rd	1 3 4 30 33
2023-05-25	32	1st	4 9 23 32 38
2023-04-23	2	1st	4 8 25 32 43
2023-04-21	6	2nd	2 4 19 21 40
2023-04-15	25	1st	4 7 18 32 36
2023-03-21	8	1st	4 12 16 34 37
2023-03-13	2	1st	4 12 21 32 35
2023-03-11	14	1st	4 12 13 18 22
2023-02-25	10	1st	4 14 26 31 35
2023-02-15	11	2nd	2 4 17 19 38
2023-02-04	28	1st	4 15 26 35 41
2023-01-07	16	2nd	3 4 5 27 30
2022-12-22	2	1st	4 16 24 27 43
2022-12-20	2	1st	4 11 15 33 39
2022-12-18	14	1st	4 22 31 36 42
2022-12-04	19	1st	4 11 17 32 38
2022-11-15	5	1st	4 12 14 22 27
2022-11-10	3	2nd	3 4 21 37 38
2022-11-07	16	1st	4 10 13 34 38
2022-10-22	6	1st	4 9 16 17 28
2022-10-16	3	1st	4 10 11 13 18
2022-10-13	12	2nd	2 4 22 28 33
2022-10-01	12	1st	4 6 11 33 38
2022-09-19	13	1st	4 5 32 33 40
2022-09-06	1	2nd	2 4 5 26 40
2022-09-05	1	1st	4 7 8 30 41
2022-09-04	3	1st	4 30 32 33 43
2022-09-01	2	1st	4 6 19 24 32
2022-08-30	16	1st	4 7 24 38 39
2022-08-14	5	2nd	3 4 15 29 41
2022-08-09	2	1st	4 10 21 31 43
2022-08-07	8	1st	4 15 26 33 37
2022-07-30	4	1st	4 12 18 27 37
2022-07-26	2	1st	4 10 12 18 24
2022-07-24	4	1st	4 22 27 32 35
2022-07-20	11	1st	4 11 13 15 17
2022-07-09	5	1st	4 14 16 34 35
2022-07-04	3	1st	4 5 8 27 29
2022-07-01	33	2nd	2 4 11 23 32
2022-05-29	5	1st	4 10 15 28 35
2022-05-24	1	1st	4 10 12 22 33
2022-05-23	5	1st	4 20 28 32 36
2022-05-18	1	1st	4 7 16 30 34
2022-05-17	8	2nd	2 4 16 26 28
2022-05-09	2	2nd	2 4 16 18 41
2022-05-07	10	1st	4 25 31 36 41
2022-04-27	8	1st	4 5 10 24 34
2022-04-19	15	1st	4 11 13 22 37
2022-04-04	1	1st	4 14 32 37 39
2022-04-03	4	1st	4 9 35 38 41
2022-03-30	1	1st	4 15 19 24 30
2022-03-29	1	1st	4 8 10 17 20
2022-03-28	36	2nd	3 4 18 22 41
2022-02-20	5	2nd	3 4 7 18 36
2022-02-15	8	1st	4 9 19 21 33
2022-02-07	18	1st	4 6 20 22 40
2022-01-20	7	1st	4 9 14 16 37
2022-01-13	7	2nd	1 4 5 29 34
2022-01-06	7	1st	4 7 16 25 30
2021-12-30	6	1st	4 15 22 26 32
2021-12-24	8	2nd	2 4 14 23 40
2021-12-16	3	2nd	3 4 13 17 19
2021-12-13	7	1st	4 9 11 22 25
2021-12-06	9	2nd	1 4 15 31 40
2021-11-27	3	1st	4 15 18 30 38
2021-11-24	1	1st	4 12 15 30 38
2021-11-23	10	1st	4 26 27 29 30
2021-11-13	8	1st	4 20 26 28 41
2021-11-05	7	2nd	1 4 5 7 8
2021-10-29	28	1st	4 20 21 29 33
2021-10-01	1	1st	4 25 31 37 43
2021-09-30	1	1st	4 30 31 37 43
2021-09-29	6	1st	4 11 12 36 40
2021-09-23	10	2nd	3 4 15 36 41
2021-09-13	11	3rd	1 2 4 11 16
2021-09-02	8	3rd	2 3 4 27 39
2021-08-25	9	1st	4 12 24 31 38
2021-08-16	2	1st	4 21 35 37 42
2021-08-14	5	2nd	1 4 5 17 40
2021-08-09	5	1st	4 8 10 28 38
2021-08-04	4	1st	4 16 20 23 31
2021-07-31	7	2nd	2 4 24 37 38
2021-07-24	4	1st	4 5 22 24 38
2021-07-20	7	2nd	3 4 10 34 43
2021-07-13	23	1st	4 20 22 25 33
2021-06-20	1	2nd	3 4 5 8 36
2021-06-19	3	1st	4 12 24 27 42
2021-06-16	5	1st	4 8 29 31 33
2021-06-11	4	1st	4 11 12 26 35
2021-06-07	21	2nd	1 4 26 36 38
2021-05-17	4	1st	4 14 15 17 43
2021-05-13	4	1st	4 16 25 27 38
2021-05-09	1	2nd	1 4 9 15 30
2021-05-08	2	1st	4 17 28 38 42
2021-05-06	2	1st	4 22 24 33 39
2021-05-04	1	1st	4 16 30 37 38
2021-05-03	33	1st	4 5 27 33 41
2021-03-31	1	2nd	3 4 24 25 41
2021-03-30	49	2nd	2 4 22 35 39
2021-02-09	17	1st	4 11 20 22 35
2021-01-23	1	2nd	3 4 5 21 37
2021-01-22	23	1st	4 7 25 30 33
2020-12-30	1	2nd	1 4 16 20 37
2020-12-29	1	1st	4 8 38 39 43
2020-12-28	19	2nd	1 4 10 34 35
2020-12-09	7	1st	4 20 35 36 43
2020-12-02	1	2nd	3 4 12 20 28
2020-12-01	9	1st	4 6 12 31 35
2020-11-22	5	1st	4 12 13 18 23
2020-11-17	5	1st	4 6 27 32 36
2020-11-12	7	1st	4 13 19 23 31
2020-11-05	8	1st	4 7 9 33 34
2020-10-28	8	1st	4 8 21 29 30
2020-10-20	16	2nd	3 4 8 20 24
2020-10-04	5	2nd	1 4 14 15 21
2020-09-29	2	1st	4 20 26 28 39
2020-09-27	1	2nd	2 4 9 11 33
2020-09-26	4	1st	4 15 19 20 22
2020-09-22	1	2nd	1 4 8 18 35
2020-09-21	8	2nd	1 4 6 29 35
2020-09-13	5	1st	4 25 29 35 37
2020-09-08	1	1st	4 16 22 33 34
2020-09-07	3	1st	4 5 7 14 16
2020-09-04	2	1st	4 24 39 40 42
2020-09-02	13	1st	4 17 26 33 37
2020-08-20	1	1st	4 7 17 19 31
2020-08-19	3	1st	4 7 25 28 29
2020-08-16	14	1st	4 10 26 29 36
2020-08-02	5	1st	4 6 12 19 29
2020-07-28	7	1st	4 12 28 29 36
2020-07-21	12	1st	4 9 13 21 34
2020-07-09	2	1st	4 7 25 33 35
2020-07-07	2	2nd	1 4 12 38 41
2020-07-05	14	1st	4 9 16 18 20
2020-06-21	4	1st	4 21 26 32 35
2020-06-17	35	1st	4 16 22 28 30
2020-05-13	2	1st	4 13 14 24 26
2020-05-11	7	1st	4 18 21 26 42
2020-05-04	8	1st	4 17 20 27 38
2020-04-26	19	1st	4 11 22 33 42
2020-04-07	19	2nd	2 4 12 18 34
2020-03-19	1	2nd	2 4 12 25 39
2020-03-18	4	1st	4 6 11 20 21
2020-03-14	10	1st	4 19 20 31 36
2020-03-04	1	1st	4 21 29 31 43
2020-03-03	1	2nd	1 4 7 9 18
2020-03-02	3	1st	4 13 26 36 39
2020-02-28	5	1st	4 5 12 34 42
2020-02-23	5	1st	4 6 36 37 39
2020-02-18	4	1st	4 6 15 30 39
2020-02-14	1	2nd	1 4 10 12 19
2020-02-13	8	1st	4 6 21 25 31
2020-02-05	3	1st	4 10 11 12 37
2020-02-02	4	1st	4 9 15 34 36
2020-01-29	16	2nd	1 4 16 29 35
2020-01-13	49	1st	4 6 12 23 33
2019-11-25	1	1st	4 6 13 37 43
2019-11-24	8	2nd	2 4 13 37 39
2019-11-16	10	1st	4 13 29 39 41
2019-11-06	1	1st	4 7 9 10 17
2019-11-05	1	2nd	2 4 14 18 37
2019-11-04	5	1st	4 6 9 11 27
2019-10-30	14	1st	4 13 18 23 37
2019-10-16	3	2nd	2 4 5 17 40
2019-10-13	5	1st	4 5 15 30 37
2019-10-08	4	1st	4 6 16 35 41
2019-10-04	3	2nd	1 4 12 14 33
2019-10-01	4	1st	4 25 36 41 43
2019-09-27	6	1st	4 9 11 12 13
2019-09-21	9	2nd	3 4 15 23 32
2019-09-12	3	1st	4 14 16 20 42
2019-09-09	5	1st	4 22 25 36 40
2019-09-04	14	1st	4 20 31 35 40
2019-08-21	1	2nd	3 4 23 35 43
2019-08-20	2	1st	4 5 8 12 37
2019-08-18	5	2nd	1 4 6 27 36
2019-08-13	9	1st	4 19 32 34 42
2019-08-04	1	1st	4 14 16 35 42
2019-08-03	5	1st	4 12 14 18 25
2019-07-29	5	1st	4 5 6 31 41
2019-07-24	9	3rd	1 2 4 35 42
2019-07-15	2	1st	4 12 15 28 31
2019-07-13	1	2nd	2 4 15 20 43
2019-07-12	6	1st	4 20 24 29 34
2019-07-06	6	1st	4 5 20 25 29
2019-06-30	1	1st	4 16 33 39 42
2019-06-29	12	2nd	2 4 10 13 24
2019-06-17	13	1st	4 18 22 34 37
2019-06-04	5	1st	4 6 19 27 41
2019-05-30	17	1st	4 13 21 22 40
2019-05-13	11	1st	4 8 26 35 43
2019-05-02	3	1st	4 18 20 36 39
2019-04-29	14	1st	4 8 20 24 33
2019-04-15	1	2nd	1 4 21 35 43
2019-04-14	10	1st	4 11 13 20 31
2019-04-04	2	2nd	1 4 10 21 36
2019-04-02	3	1st	4 12 18 36 37
2019-03-30	1	2nd	2 4 6 30 41
2019-03-29	4	2nd	2 4 22 33 38
2019-03-25	2	1st	4 16 17 22 38
2019-03-23	6	2nd	1 4 20 34 36
2019-03-17	1	1st	4 15 22 24 36
2019-03-16	1	1st	4 26 29 42 43
2019-03-15	3	1st	4 13 20 28 39
2019-03-12	8	1st	4 26 27 36 43
2019-03-04	3	1st	4 12 30 34 40
2019-03-01	30	1st	4 19 24 29 42
2019-01-30	9	1st	4 5 30 41 42
2019-01-21	8	1st	4 6 35 41 42
2019-01-13	11	1st	4 7 16 20 23
2019-01-02	15	2nd	2 4 14 34 39
2018-12-18	11	1st	4 12 28 33 42
2018-12-07	10	1st	4 13 19 30 39
2018-11-27	13	1st	4 10 30 35 39
2018-11-14	—	1st	4 16 20 29 38