Number 7

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–40.

142times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.18σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

51longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 142 times in 1,152 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 142 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 14 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 7 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 smallest63 · chance 70.6
2nd smallest58 · chance 56.5
3rd smallest21 · chance 13.7
4th smallest0 · chance 1.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 13 5 16 27 10

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-27	1	1st	7 12 18 20 35
2026-09-26	2	1st	7 14 19 25 34
2026-09-24	3	1st	7 12 17 34 39
2026-09-21	5	2nd	2 7 20 23

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: 7 is drawn with probability 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-12	7	3rd	2 5 7 14 21
2026-05-05	3	2nd	1 7 16 29 31
2026-05-02	6	3rd	5 6 7 13 36
2026-04-26	24	2nd	2 7 10 17 32
2026-04-02	17	2nd	4 7 13 14 18
2026-03-16	3	1st	7 20 22 26 36
2026-03-13	2	1st	7 9 10 23 33
2026-03-11	11	2nd	3 7 21 30 32
2026-02-28	2	1st	7 9 14 16 27
2026-02-26	6	1st	7 20 23 26 31
2026-02-20	10	1st	7 10 16 22 23
2026-02-10	1	3rd	1 5 7 13 24
2026-02-09	15	2nd	4 7 11 27 37
2026-01-25	3	2nd	5 7 9 14 28
2026-01-22	16	1st	7 11 30 39 40
2026-01-06	5	1st	7 13 30 32 37
2026-01-01	2	1st	7 10 16 31 36
2025-12-30	5	2nd	6 7 9 33 37
2025-12-25	8	2nd	4 7 10 30 39
2025-12-17	4	3rd	1 5 7 27 28
2025-12-13	15	2nd	1 7 18 31 32
2025-11-28	11	2nd	4 7 8 11 39
2025-11-17	7	1st	7 10 20 22 35
2025-11-10	12	1st	7 11 13 25 34
2025-10-29	3	1st	7 15 23 34 36
2025-10-26	1	2nd	3 7 20 30 36
2025-10-25	9	2nd	4 7 20 25 27
2025-10-16	1	2nd	5 7 15 26 27
2025-10-15	4	1st	7 10 15 34 40
2025-10-11	6	3rd	2 5 7 34 40
2025-10-05	1	1st	7 10 11 21 24
2025-10-04	6	2nd	4 7 8 9 33
2025-09-28	13	1st	7 19 22 36 37
2025-09-15	4	2nd	5 7 20 22 34
2025-09-11	4	1st	7 13 24 30 33
2025-09-07	1	2nd	2 7 16 24 27
2025-09-06	7	1st	7 8 27 31 33
2025-08-30	17	1st	7 10 25 31 39
2025-08-13	7	2nd	3 7 15 25 30
2025-08-06	3	2nd	3 7 19 23 34
2025-08-03	8	1st	7 10 13 18 28
2025-07-26	3	2nd	6 7 17 23 39
2025-07-23	4	1st	7 14 16 36 40
2025-07-19	9	2nd	6 7 23 27 39
2025-07-10	12	1st	7 8 21 23 28
2025-06-28	7	1st	7 24 27 31 33
2025-06-21	3	3rd	4 6 7 27 31
2025-06-18	8	2nd	2 7 13 16 29
2025-06-10	9	2nd	2 7 10 32 40
2025-06-01	9	2nd	5 7 32 35 40
2025-05-23	2	2nd	4 7 10 14 29
2025-05-21	9	1st	7 9 14 28 32
2025-05-12	18	2nd	1 7 24 34 35
2025-04-24	6	1st	7 13 15 36 38
2025-04-18	1	3rd	1 3 7 30 40
2025-04-17	21	3rd	3 4 7 19 27
2025-03-27	10	1st	7 13 20 21 30
2025-03-17	3	2nd	3 7 16 32 40
2025-03-14	44	1st	7 17 18 26 36
2025-01-29	8	1st	7 9 16 36 38
2025-01-21	4	2nd	4 7 9 13 33
2025-01-17	5	1st	7 14 21 27 29
2025-01-12	2	2nd	3 7 10 29 33
2025-01-10	9	1st	7 9 15 25 32
2025-01-01	3	2nd	4 7 10 21 24
2024-12-29	9	1st	7 13 17 27 37
2024-12-20	19	2nd	3 7 11 13 40
2024-12-01	51	1st	7 10 12 18 35
2024-10-11	8	2nd	3 7 14 18 30
2024-10-03	14	1st	7 16 30 32 34
2024-09-19	3	1st	7 15 27 36 40
2024-09-16	1	3rd	3 4 7 24 36
2024-09-15	13	1st	7 24 25 34 36
2024-09-02	3	1st	7 12 16 24 26
2024-08-30	1	2nd	3 7 17 28 35
2024-08-29	4	2nd	6 7 8 14 19
2024-08-25	1	1st	7 15 23 30 38
2024-08-24	4	1st	7 14 23 27 32
2024-08-20	12	2nd	2 7 20 32 34
2024-08-08	5	3rd	3 5 7 16 25
2024-08-03	2	1st	7 20 26 34 36
2024-08-01	1	1st	7 16 18 20 34
2024-07-31	23	2nd	5 7 10 13 17
2024-07-08	2	3rd	3 6 7 17 36
2024-07-06	13	1st	7 16 20 30 34
2024-06-23	2	2nd	6 7 21 24 35
2024-06-21	1	2nd	1 7 16 22 29
2024-06-20	20	1st	7 21 24 34 39
2024-05-31	11	3rd	1 5 7 24 40
2024-05-20	20	1st	7 9 16 36 40
2024-04-30	10	2nd	2 7 13 22 36
2024-04-20	5	3rd	2 5 7 23 39
2024-04-15	21	2nd	3 7 13 32 38
2024-03-25	6	2nd	2 7 21 26 37
2024-03-19	28	1st	7 10 12 13 40
2024-02-20	2	1st	7 14 16 18 26
2024-02-18	5	2nd	2 7 16 18 38
2024-02-13	1	1st	7 8 22 28 36
2024-02-12	1	3rd	2 5 7 14 22
2024-02-11	6	2nd	6 7 17 32 36
2024-02-05	9	2nd	1 7 9 29 39
2024-01-27	2	1st	7 23 24 25 28
2024-01-25	31	3rd	4 5 7 27 35
2023-12-25	2	2nd	1 7 12 19 33
2023-12-23	5	2nd	5 7 9 22 39
2023-12-18	8	1st	7 14 17 18 39
2023-12-10	1	1st	7 11 15 32 33
2023-12-09	11	2nd	2 7 15 25 30
2023-11-28	5	1st	7 8 19 36 39
2023-11-23	12	2nd	5 7 17 19 34
2023-11-11	5	1st	7 18 35 36 38
2023-11-06	36	3rd	2 3 7 27 31
2023-10-01	1	1st	7 19 27 33 36
2023-09-30	7	2nd	2 7 18 22 28
2023-09-23	2	2nd	6 7 17 22 27
2023-09-21	3	1st	7 9 31 33 37
2023-09-18	31	1st	7 8 11 16 33
2023-08-18	—	2nd	5 7 15 21 35