Number 5

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

155times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.97σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

33longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 155 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, +0.97σ. 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 155 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 33 · 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 smallest104 · chance 98.7
2nd smallest45 · chance 49.3
3rd smallest6 · chance 6.7
4th smallest0 · chance 0.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 22 17 24 34 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-02	2	3rd	3 4 5 10 34
2026-09-30	11	1st	5 10 26 34 36
2026-09-19	6	1st	5 8 24 31 32
2026-09-13	1	1st	5 7 11 38

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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