Number 5

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 4 from 1–77.

138times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.33σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

18.3average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

92longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 138 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 138 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 18.3 draws · longest completed wait 92 · waiting 18 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 smallest113 · chance 117.1
2nd smallest23 · chance 20.1
3rd smallest2 · chance 0.8
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 6 12 14 17 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 77. 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
2026-08-29	31	1st	5 12 53 67
2026-06-17	39	1st	5 9 36 43
2026-03-18	1	1st	5 17 38 57
2026-03-16	1	1st	5 44 46 66
2026-03-14	2	1st

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-02-22	10	1st	5 25 50 58
2023-01-30	14	2nd	4 5 68 77
2022-12-28	1	2nd	2 5 47 66
2022-12-26	69	1st	5 23 25 47
2022-07-18	39	1st	5 16 40 49
2022-04-18	2	1st	5 28 40 76
2022-04-13	23	2nd	3 5 15 20
2022-02-19	29	1st	5 52 62 72
2021-12-13	7	1st	5 15 31 72
2021-11-27	18	1st	5 17 21 42
2021-10-16	6	3rd	1 4 5 77
2021-10-02	16	1st	5 38 61 75
2021-08-25	1	1st	5 17 19 34
2021-08-23	42	1st	5 39 40 67
2021-05-17	4	1st	5 20 43 58
2021-05-08	51	1st	5 19 30 46
2021-01-09	9	1st	5 15 18 50
2020-12-19	30	1st	5 9 20 22
2020-10-10	30	1st	5 24 49 75
2020-08-01	8	1st	5 42 44 77
2020-07-13	12	2nd	2 5 36 37
2020-06-15	16	1st	5 28 60 71
2020-05-09	18	1st	5 26 33 51
2020-03-28	7	1st	5 21 39 73
2020-03-11	7	1st	5 23 37 47
2020-02-24	10	1st	5 8 43 48
2020-02-01	23	1st	5 8 51 74
2019-12-09	83	1st	5 15 22 76
2019-05-29	11	2nd	3 5 27 66
2019-05-04	22	1st	5 6 12 68
2019-03-13	16	1st	5 37 64 76
2019-02-04	23	1st	5 17 23 30
2018-12-12	5	1st	5 50 66 77
2018-12-01	18	1st	5 7 45 65
2018-10-20	22	1st	5 6 18 75
2018-08-29	23	1st	5 9 14 38
2018-07-07	7	1st	5 56 60 72
2018-06-20	32	1st	5 23 24 31
2018-04-07	14	1st	5 22 73 77
2018-03-05	3	1st	5 7 55 57
2018-02-26	37	1st	5 39 45 55
2017-12-02	1	1st	5 12 59 60
2017-11-29	16	2nd	1 5 19 74
2017-10-23	25	1st	5 16 34 45
2017-08-26	7	1st	5 6 15 48
2017-08-09	9	1st	5 19 53 62
2017-07-19	12	1st	5 23 60 70
2017-06-21	3	2nd	2 5 12 68
2017-06-14	1	1st	5 14 33 42
2017-06-12	10	1st	5 61 74 76
2017-05-20	8	1st	5 66 69 77
2017-05-01	32	2nd	3 5 41 54
2017-02-15	21	1st	5 36 44 65
2016-12-28	8	1st	5 27 34 65
2016-12-10	6	2nd	1 5 20 67
2016-11-26	4	1st	5 10 23 32
2016-11-16	9	1st	5 37 61 65
2016-10-26	16	1st	5 63 72 74
2016-09-19	6	1st	5 60 63 72
2016-09-05	13	1st	5 44 53 68
2016-08-06	7	1st	5 19 25 56
2016-07-20	10	1st	5 20 58 64
2016-06-27	7	1st	5 29 74 75
2016-06-11	25	2nd	4 5 14 16
2016-04-13	4	1st	5 36 47 54
2016-04-04	1	1st	5 13 45 62
2016-04-02	8	1st	5 13 47 74
2016-03-14	1	1st	5 25 30 71
2016-03-12	23	2nd	2 5 6 52
2016-01-18	3	2nd	4 5 19 72
2016-01-11	15	1st	5 25 36 58
2015-12-07	11	2nd	1 5 57 77
2015-11-11	8	1st	5 17 30 76
2015-10-24	32	1st	5 30 51 67
2015-08-10	6	1st	5 14 42 53
2015-07-27	14	2nd	4 5 12 14
2015-06-24	1	1st	5 21 29 53
2015-06-22	11	1st	5 17 34 51
2015-05-27	40	1st	5 19 39 63
2015-02-23	28	1st	5 9 10 49
2014-12-20	21	1st	5 6 39 75
2014-11-01	28	1st	5 32 36 37
2014-08-27	3	1st	5 22 26 62
2014-08-20	62	1st	5 21 42 69
2014-03-29	12	1st	5 16 54 77
2014-03-01	12	1st	5 40 41 51
2014-02-01	1	1st	5 24 32 66
2014-01-29	6	2nd	1 5 32 52
2014-01-15	4	1st	5 23 28 31
2014-01-06	5	3rd	1 2 5 73
2013-12-25	1	2nd	3 5 63 71
2013-12-23	6	2nd	3 5 12 71
2013-12-09	46	1st	5 18 24 39
2013-08-24	36	1st	5 10 32 75
2013-06-01	28	1st	5 14 38 61
2013-03-27	12	1st	5 17 48 60
2013-02-27	48	2nd	3 5 8 65
2012-11-07	45	1st	5 14 17 48
2012-07-25	32	2nd	3 5 9 29
2012-05-09	10	1st	5 28 61 67
2012-04-16	21	1st	5 10 26 62
2012-02-27	8	1st	5 11 21 30
2012-02-08	29	1st	5 18 44 66
2011-12-03	12	1st	5 26 37 50
2011-11-05	28	1st	5 30 38 46
2011-08-31	49	2nd	2 5 44 51
2011-05-09	1	1st	5 16 31 33
2011-05-07	2	1st	5 20 49 54
2011-05-02	29	2nd	2 5 9 22
2011-02-23	20	1st	5 33 50 59
2011-01-08	9	1st	5 23 27 70
2010-12-18	2	1st	5 10 25 63
2010-12-13	54	2nd	1 5 12 44
2010-08-09	—	1st	5 8 18 41