Number 5

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

308times drawn · chance expected 322 −0.81σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

48longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 308 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, −0.81σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 308 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 3 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 smallest196 · chance 195.3
2nd smallest98 · chance 97.7
3rd smallest13 · chance 14.3
4th smallest1 · chance 0.7
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 32.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 13 28 45 49 37

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
2026-10-05	18	2nd	3 5 22 29 39 49
2026-08-24	6	2nd	2 5 15 22 34 47
2026-08-10	2	1st	5 21 28 34 38 49
2026-08-05

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.

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