Number 5

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,816 draws, 6 from 1–49.

224times drawn · chance expected 222 +0.12σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

49longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 224 times in 1,816 draws against 222.4 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 224 times in 1,816 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 13 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 smallest141 · chance 142.1
2nd smallest69 · chance 71.0
3rd smallest13 · chance 10.4
4th smallest1 · chance 0.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 6 31 4 24 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-10	24	1st	5 6 8 16 32 39
2026-07-16	6	3rd	2 3 5 23 32 44
2026-07-02	2	1st	5 33 38 41 42 46
2026-06-27	3	1st	5

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-17	4	2nd	3 5 10 17 31 44
2025-07-07	11	1st	5 11 16 25 45 46
2025-05-29	9	1st	5 11 22 24 25 27
2025-04-28	4	1st	5 14 19 27 32 36
2025-04-14	8	1st	5 6 22 33 35 36
2025-03-17	43	3rd	3 4 5 6 10 13
2024-10-17	1	1st	5 6 7 8 12 25
2024-10-14	12	1st	5 9 16 28 44 45
2024-09-02	16	2nd	1 5 6 24 27 37
2024-07-08	1	1st	5 7 10 20 44 46
2024-07-04	5	1st	5 8 9 20 28 34
2024-06-17	11	1st	5 35 37 38 43 45
2024-05-09	19	1st	5 6 29 30 33 36
2024-03-04	6	2nd	4 5 9 14 15 46
2024-02-12	9	2nd	4 5 7 9 36 41
2024-01-11	3	2nd	2 5 13 26 28 45
2024-01-01	2	1st	5 7 24 25 35 38
2023-12-26	3	1st	5 10 13 17 29 34
2023-12-14	7	1st	5 16 22 38 40 44
2023-11-20	2	1st	5 8 22 32 34 40
2023-11-13	19	2nd	1 5 6 18 35 36
2023-09-07	8	1st	5 8 20 21 23 33
2023-08-10	13	3rd	1 3 5 15 21 22
2023-06-26	10	1st	5 12 32 39 41 42
2023-05-22	3	3rd	1 2 5 17 24 41
2023-05-11	17	2nd	4 5 19 20 33 46
2023-03-13	3	1st	5 7 10 11 25 28
2023-03-02	8	1st	5 9 10 33 37 43
2023-02-02	7	1st	5 16 20 31 36 41
2023-01-09	9	1st	5 15 18 37 38 45
2022-12-08	6	1st	5 10 14 18 25 46
2022-11-17	7	1st	5 8 25 33 39 46
2022-10-24	6	2nd	4 5 14 16 37 45
2022-10-03	14	1st	5 12 14 24 38 45
2022-08-15	3	1st	5 10 14 22 24 31
2022-08-04	6	2nd	1 5 12 16 30 45
2022-07-14	4	1st	5 6 15 16 19 22
2022-06-30	3	1st	5 15 18 26 29 37
2022-06-20	9	1st	5 8 23 32 33 43
2022-05-19	1	2nd	3 5 10 22 24 26
2022-05-16	24	2nd	4 5 10 12 22 24
2022-02-21	3	2nd	2 5 27 34 45 48
2022-02-10	2	1st	5 18 23 26 27 33
2022-02-03	1	2nd	4 5 6 9 31 33
2022-01-31	4	1st	5 12 36 39 40 44
2022-01-17	8	1st	5 12 14 23 26 39
2021-12-20	13	2nd	1 5 21 40 43 46
2021-11-04	13	2nd	2 5 19 27 30 48
2021-09-20	8	1st	5 12 13 39 47 48
2021-08-23	18	1st	5 13 28 29 38 42
2021-06-21	3	3rd	1 4 5 23 42 48
2021-06-10	1	1st	5 13 23 24 26 45
2021-06-07	20	1st	5 8 9 24 27 36
2021-03-29	8	1st	5 42 43 45 46 49
2021-03-01	2	1st	5 6 20 22 30 35
2021-02-22	5	1st	5 10 31 35 37 40
2021-02-04	4	1st	5 10 23 24 44 45
2021-01-21	13	1st	5 6 22 36 42 43
2020-12-07	3	1st	5 10 18 32 33 39
2020-11-26	10	1st	5 16 29 31 38 46
2020-10-22	2	1st	5 22 31 32 35 41
2020-10-15	4	2nd	4 5 16 26 27 30
2020-10-01	1	1st	5 6 24 29 42 48
2020-09-28	2	2nd	4 5 16 19 24 38
2020-09-21	1	2nd	1 5 10 34 36 47
2020-09-17	49	1st	5 18 24 38 40 48
2020-03-30	7	1st	5 6 17 31 36 43
2020-03-05	8	2nd	3 5 18 24 34 44
2020-02-06	5	3rd	2 3 5 7 15 27
2020-01-20	24	2nd	4 5 9 15 44 49
2019-10-28	17	1st	5 6 24 25 34 45
2019-08-29	1	1st	5 29 31 37 38 45
2019-08-26	10	1st	5 12 13 14 39 45
2019-07-22	8	2nd	1 5 9 17 18 45
2019-06-24	2	2nd	4 5 11 25 38 48
2019-06-17	15	1st	5 22 27 29 39 42
2019-04-25	15	1st	5 10 21 24 45 47
2019-03-04	27	1st	5 17 18 19 22 26
2018-11-29	5	2nd	4 5 11 24 28 43
2018-11-12	7	1st	5 30 32 36 44 46
2018-10-18	6	1st	5 6 9 30 32 45
2018-09-27	4	2nd	3 5 6 12 27 35
2018-09-13	1	1st	5 17 21 22 24 49
2018-09-10	6	2nd	2 5 17 19 30 33
2018-08-20	12	2nd	1 5 11 12 27 34
2018-07-09	2	1st	5 12 17 35 36 38
2018-07-02	5	2nd	4 5 6 22 23 34
2018-06-14	6	2nd	2 5 17 38 42 49
2018-05-24	9	1st	5 23 35 40 46 47
2018-04-23	6	2nd	2 5 17 26 35 42
2018-04-02	30	1st	5 13 28 33 38 45
2017-12-18	2	2nd	3 5 20 34 35 49
2017-12-11	2	2nd	2 5 11 19 23 27
2017-12-04	5	2nd	1 5 15 16 25 47
2017-11-16	3	3rd	1 4 5 22 28 35
2017-11-06	2	2nd	2 5 9 19 25 41
2017-10-30	6	3rd	1 3 5 7 25 44
2017-10-09	1	1st	5 12 31 38 41 47
2017-10-05	13	1st	5 8 15 26 28 37
2017-08-21	4	2nd	3 5 12 30 35 47
2017-08-07	10	2nd	1 5 12 19 39 48
2017-07-03	8	2nd	3 5 21 22 28 43
2017-06-05	19	1st	5 8 16 20 31 33
2017-03-30	6	1st	5 14 25 32 37 48
2017-03-09	6	2nd	1 5 14 21 48 49
2017-02-16	1	1st	5 14 16 21 35 45
2017-02-13	5	1st	5 9 10 18 21 26
2017-01-26	2	2nd	3 5 6 9 13 20
2017-01-19	19	1st	5 23 26 31 38 39
2016-11-14	11	1st	5 9 11 19 28 29
2016-10-06	5	1st	5 10 24 25 31 48
2016-09-19	1	1st	5 6 19 27 33 45
2016-09-15	2	2nd	1 5 8 11 22 38
2016-09-08	9	2nd	4 5 6 42 43 48
2016-08-08	1	4th	1 2 4 5 32 37
2016-08-04	5	1st	5 25 32 36 37 45
2016-07-18	38	1st	5 27 28 32 44 46
2016-03-07	22	1st	5 31 36 43 48 49
2015-12-21	17	2nd	4 5 20 27 30 31
2015-10-22	15	1st	5 11 14 30 45 49
2015-08-31	3	2nd	4 5 16 23 27 43
2015-08-20	6	2nd	2 5 17 20 25 45
2015-07-30	3	1st	5 15 16 32 39 40
2015-07-20	12	2nd	3 5 6 17 28 44
2015-06-08	3	1st	5 17 22 28 30 44
2015-05-28	2	1st	5 6 11 34 35 37
2015-05-21	1	1st	5 12 17 23 24 45
2015-05-18	7	1st	5 13 19 34 40 43
2015-04-23	23	1st	5 7 9 11 22 48
2015-02-02	5	2nd	2 5 6 38 46 47
2015-01-15	8	3rd	1 4 5 24 39 44
2014-12-18	2	1st	5 6 9 23 33 44
2014-12-11	12	2nd	3 5 17 26 41 46
2014-10-30	2	1st	5 21 23 39 40 46
2014-10-23	1	1st	5 10 30 31 40 49
2014-10-20	12	1st	5 15 27 31 36 39
2014-09-08	22	1st	5 19 20 30 45 49
2014-06-23	10	1st	5 6 12 25 38 45
2014-05-19	4	2nd	4 5 17 31 33 49
2014-05-05	27	1st	5 19 24 26 31 45
2014-01-30	4	2nd	4 5 11 28 29 31
2014-01-16	16	1st	5 16 23 38 40 42
2013-11-21	18	1st	5 8 12 23 24 40
2013-09-19	3	1st	5 15 17 22 40 45
2013-09-09	6	1st	5 11 23 31 37 39
2013-08-19	13	1st	5 7 9 11 17 41
2013-07-04	1	1st	5 29 31 43 46 47
2013-07-01	14	3rd	2 4 5 6 19 49
2013-05-13	7	1st	5 14 15 34 39 43
2013-04-18	25	1st	5 14 21 24 27 34
2013-01-21	2	1st	5 7 8 15 21 33
2013-01-14	5	1st	5 7 10 13 46 47
2012-12-27	6	1st	5 6 17 28 29 49
2012-12-06	3	1st	5 9 15 29 36 41
2012-11-26	8	1st	5 22 37 38 39 43
2012-10-29	10	3rd	2 4 5 29 43 49
2012-09-24	7	1st	5 13 17 40 45 49
2012-08-30	1	1st	5 22 37 40 41 47
2012-08-27	3	1st	5 15 17 27 28 45
2012-08-16	5	1st	5 7 15 19 25 48
2012-07-30	9	1st	5 10 13 26 32 49
2012-06-28	6	1st	5 14 18 25 27 46
2012-06-07	5	1st	5 9 15 27 31 32
2012-05-21	2	1st	5 23 27 33 34 37
2012-05-14	17	1st	5 12 24 28 32 49
2012-03-15	16	1st	5 6 13 32 42 48
2012-01-19	7	1st	5 12 17 30 41 42
2011-12-26	25	1st	5 16 18 29 31 39
2011-09-29	3	1st	5 31 35 36 37 38
2011-09-19	1	2nd	3 5 23 31 37 48
2011-09-15	4	2nd	2 5 29 36 41 46
2011-09-01	4	3rd	1 4 5 32 34 49
2011-08-18	9	2nd	4 5 10 13 16 33
2011-07-18	11	1st	5 18 23 27 29 37
2011-06-09	5	1st	5 14 21 25 36 45
2011-05-23	4	1st	5 15 30 32 35 44
2011-05-09	5	1st	5 9 11 21 30 31
2011-04-21	8	2nd	3 5 17 34 44 47
2011-03-24	9	2nd	3 5 18 24 28 35
2011-02-21	5	2nd	4 5 10 13 32 48
2011-02-03	12	1st	5 21 23 37 38 48
2010-12-23	3	2nd	2 5 15 23 25 37
2010-12-13	3	1st	5 7 22 23 28 38
2010-12-02	5	1st	5 16 17 20 28 37
2010-11-15	3	1st	5 11 25 27 33 38
2010-11-04	11	1st	5 7 12 20 33 43
2010-09-27	5	1st	5 6 24 37 42 44
2010-09-09	4	2nd	3 5 6 8 19 39
2010-08-26	13	2nd	3 5 31 38 42 44
2010-07-12	2	2nd	1 5 17 19 23 30
2010-07-05	1	1st	5 8 9 12 43 48
2010-07-01	1	3rd	1 2 5 20 33 46
2010-06-28	11	1st	5 13 25 33 40 45
2010-05-20	6	2nd	1 5 15 26 30 31
2010-04-29	11	2nd	3 5 7 27 36 48
2010-03-22	8	1st	5 15 33 41 43 47
2010-02-22	6	1st	5 11 25 34 37 42
2010-02-01	1	2nd	2 5 8 20 31 32
2010-01-28	5	1st	5 9 12 18 23 41
2010-01-11	—	1st	5 9 14 25 44 49