Number 5

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

297times drawn · chance expected 304 −0.46σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

39longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 297 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, −0.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 297 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 6 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 smallest176 · chance 184.0
2nd smallest103 · chance 98.1
3rd smallest18 · chance 14.2
4th smallest0 · chance 0.6
5th 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.

1 28 8 7 16 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-14	9	1st	5 7 21 27 34
2025-04-05	1	1st	5 10 16 25 28
2025-04-04	3	2nd	1 5 6 7 28
2025-04-01	4	1st	5 14

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-08	6	1st	5 11 24 26 33
2024-12-02	6	2nd	2 5 13 14 32
2024-11-26	2	1st	5 20 36 37 38
2024-11-24	5	2nd	1 5 7 21 26
2024-11-19	1	1st	5 11 12 22 30
2024-11-18	9	1st	5 7 11 19 33
2024-11-09	1	1st	5 7 18 24 35
2024-11-08	1	1st	5 9 25 27 35
2024-11-07	15	1st	5 6 8 35 37
2024-10-23	7	1st	5 15 27 29 38
2024-10-16	9	2nd	2 5 6 16 28
2024-10-07	10	3rd	2 3 5 32 37
2024-09-27	6	2nd	3 5 15 21 22
2024-09-21	22	2nd	2 5 11 14 38
2024-08-30	5	2nd	1 5 9 16 38
2024-08-25	38	1st	5 8 16 18 26
2024-07-18	3	1st	5 6 10 13 17
2024-07-15	5	1st	5 8 16 25 26
2024-07-10	3	1st	5 19 21 26 38
2024-07-07	4	1st	5 8 21 31 32
2024-07-03	8	1st	5 18 22 30 36
2024-06-25	4	1st	5 16 29 33 38
2024-06-21	1	2nd	1 5 7 9 29
2024-06-20	4	1st	5 15 16 30 34
2024-06-16	3	1st	5 6 23 28 36
2024-06-13	4	1st	5 9 15 22 33
2024-06-09	1	1st	5 14 18 19 37
2024-06-08	7	1st	5 7 16 28 31
2024-06-01	1	1st	5 7 21 26 31
2024-05-31	3	1st	5 14 18 26 28
2024-05-28	4	3rd	2 3 5 6 11
2024-05-24	22	2nd	3 5 13 14 18
2024-05-02	2	1st	5 16 21 24 33
2024-04-30	12	1st	5 21 23 34 37
2024-04-18	21	1st	5 8 9 15 25
2024-03-28	2	2nd	1 5 8 10 19
2024-03-26	23	2nd	2 5 21 25 34
2024-03-03	1	2nd	3 5 12 14 25
2024-03-02	4	3rd	2 4 5 10 25
2024-02-27	11	2nd	2 5 15 31 32
2024-02-16	7	1st	5 8 13 24 30
2024-02-09	10	1st	5 19 26 28 35
2024-01-30	5	1st	5 7 10 16 28
2024-01-25	1	2nd	1 5 17 26 35
2024-01-24	4	1st	5 6 23 24 36
2024-01-20	1	2nd	4 5 7 10 23
2024-01-19	1	1st	5 27 30 33 37
2024-01-18	8	3rd	1 3 5 32 36
2024-01-10	1	2nd	3 5 11 17 28
2024-01-09	4	1st	5 6 13 15 20
2024-01-05	11	1st	5 6 21 31 32
2023-12-25	8	1st	5 15 16 24 38
2023-12-17	2	1st	5 9 33 36 38
2023-12-15	12	1st	5 19 29 36 37
2023-12-03	7	1st	5 6 16 26 27
2023-11-26	1	2nd	2 5 9 17 27
2023-11-25	2	1st	5 14 21 25 32
2023-11-23	1	1st	5 8 25 31 33
2023-11-22	1	2nd	2 5 15 20 26
2023-11-21	1	1st	5 11 19 31 36
2023-11-20	4	1st	5 11 12 29 38
2023-11-16	4	1st	5 7 22 25 38
2023-11-12	8	1st	5 8 12 29 34
2023-11-04	12	2nd	3 5 6 26 28
2023-10-23	7	3rd	3 4 5 22 31
2023-10-16	2	1st	5 8 19 27 28
2023-10-14	16	2nd	1 5 9 16 35
2023-09-28	21	1st	5 9 16 32 33
2023-09-07	7	3rd	2 4 5 24 32
2023-08-31	5	2nd	4 5 11 18 33
2023-08-26	14	1st	5 8 16 33 37
2023-08-12	31	1st	5 6 13 22 30
2023-07-12	9	1st	5 10 14 32 35
2023-07-03	3	1st	5 15 28 34 37
2023-06-30	13	2nd	4 5 18 21 25
2023-06-17	14	1st	5 7 22 24 35
2023-06-03	5	1st	5 7 15 19 28
2023-05-29	5	1st	5 15 16 28 30
2023-05-24	9	2nd	2 5 16 25 32
2023-05-15	6	2nd	3 5 10 14 26
2023-05-09	39	1st	5 9 10 16 33
2023-03-31	2	1st	5 6 9 30 38
2023-03-29	7	1st	5 14 24 25 31
2023-03-22	17	2nd	4 5 7 16 26
2023-03-05	5	1st	5 17 23 28 35
2023-02-28	6	1st	5 6 27 32 38
2023-02-22	7	1st	5 25 29 33 36
2023-02-15	16	1st	5 8 25 28 35
2023-01-30	4	2nd	2 5 17 18 33
2023-01-26	2	1st	5 20 23 26 33
2023-01-24	9	3rd	2 4 5 10 35
2023-01-15	4	2nd	3 5 24 37 38
2023-01-11	3	2nd	2 5 7 15 35
2023-01-08	2	1st	5 7 22 24 34
2023-01-06	5	2nd	1 5 6 7 22
2023-01-01	6	1st	5 17 24 26 27
2022-12-26	24	1st	5 8 10 11 15
2022-12-02	9	2nd	1 5 12 17 38
2022-11-23	4	1st	5 21 26 27 31
2022-11-19	2	2nd	1 5 27 29 30
2022-11-17	8	2nd	1 5 15 24 33
2022-11-09	11	1st	5 7 22 27 32
2022-10-29	6	1st	5 17 20 32 34
2022-10-23	17	1st	5 17 19 20 35
2022-10-06	4	1st	5 6 9 33 38
2022-10-02	11	1st	5 8 11 33 36
2022-09-21	10	2nd	1 5 17 20 38
2022-09-11	6	1st	5 10 17 27 32
2022-09-05	13	1st	5 10 19 24 32
2022-08-23	1	1st	5 8 15 26 34
2022-08-22	21	2nd	3 5 8 9 21
2022-08-01	3	1st	5 14 19 30 38
2022-07-29	4	1st	5 6 8 13 22
2022-07-25	4	1st	5 11 25 37 38
2022-07-21	3	3rd	1 2 5 10 13
2022-07-18	1	1st	5 13 14 21 34
2022-07-17	4	2nd	4 5 20 26 34
2022-07-13	19	1st	5 10 12 19 24
2022-06-24	19	1st	5 7 16 28 36
2022-06-05	2	1st	5 14 26 29 36
2022-06-03	14	2nd	4 5 13 19 28
2022-05-20	5	2nd	3 5 9 10 30
2022-05-15	6	3rd	1 2 5 17 27
2022-05-09	30	2nd	2 5 10 18 33
2022-04-09	3	2nd	4 5 21 27 29
2022-04-06	8	1st	5 6 15 16 30
2022-03-29	14	1st	5 8 12 13 28
2022-03-15	1	2nd	2 5 13 25 31
2022-03-14	2	1st	5 9 21 22 25
2022-03-12	7	1st	5 20 21 22 36
2022-03-05	1	2nd	1 5 20 27 38
2022-03-04	25	2nd	1 5 10 21 32
2022-02-07	3	2nd	4 5 19 27 36
2022-02-04	5	1st	5 23 27 32 34
2022-01-30	3	1st	5 12 13 24 35
2022-01-27	2	2nd	4 5 14 26 32
2022-01-25	1	1st	5 7 10 32 35
2022-01-24	29	1st	5 20 26 28 31
2021-12-26	6	1st	5 24 25 32 38
2021-12-20	10	2nd	4 5 13 18 37
2021-12-10	5	1st	5 19 23 25 27
2021-12-05	16	1st	5 16 27 28 34
2021-11-19	1	1st	5 9 29 30 38
2021-11-18	4	2nd	4 5 19 20 29
2021-11-14	1	1st	5 12 28 29 30
2021-11-13	23	1st	5 16 24 31 38
2021-10-21	12	2nd	4 5 19 29 38
2021-10-09	10	1st	5 7 16 21 35
2021-09-29	4	2nd	1 5 6 29 32
2021-09-25	3	1st	5 17 18 30 37
2021-09-22	7	1st	5 28 35 37 38
2021-09-15	1	2nd	2 5 6 25 27
2021-09-14	3	2nd	1 5 22 24 30
2021-09-11	5	1st	5 15 21 23 31
2021-09-06	4	2nd	2 5 23 29 31
2021-09-02	1	1st	5 8 21 22 27
2021-09-01	4	3rd	1 2 5 10 18
2021-08-28	9	1st	5 13 17 18 28
2021-08-19	1	2nd	2 5 33 34 37
2021-08-18	1	1st	5 12 13 24 31
2021-08-17	3	1st	5 26 33 35 37
2021-08-14	14	1st	5 8 18 21 27
2021-07-31	4	1st	5 6 7 11 33
2021-07-27	9	1st	5 8 12 21 38
2021-07-18	9	3rd	1 4 5 6 31
2021-07-09	5	1st	5 14 19 31 35
2021-07-04	4	2nd	3 5 7 8 14
2021-06-30	18	1st	5 7 8 27 28
2021-06-12	1	1st	5 8 12 17 20
2021-06-11	8	1st	5 6 19 23 32
2021-06-03	25	1st	5 7 9 21 27
2021-05-09	1	1st	5 6 17 22 37
2021-05-08	3	1st	5 6 24 25 35
2021-05-05	10	2nd	1 5 9 22 38
2021-04-25	13	2nd	2 5 22 28 32
2021-04-12	6	2nd	1 5 22 29 31
2021-04-06	20	2nd	1 5 10 17 32
2021-03-17	20	2nd	3 5 10 17 28
2021-02-25	2	2nd	2 5 8 15 24
2021-02-23	2	1st	5 7 16 19 31
2021-02-21	30	2nd	4 5 13 15 29
2021-01-22	15	1st	5 11 17 25 34
2021-01-07	2	1st	5 8 13 14 24
2021-01-05	5	3rd	3 4 5 30 37
2020-12-31	10	1st	5 13 19 37 38
2020-12-21	2	1st	5 14 21 24 37
2020-12-19	1	2nd	3 5 14 15 25
2020-12-18	29	1st	5 8 26 27 34
2020-11-19	14	2nd	3 5 20 32 38
2020-11-05	5	2nd	4 5 24 30 33
2020-10-31	2	2nd	1 5 24 28 35
2020-10-29	14	2nd	1 5 18 20 38
2020-10-15	11	1st	5 9 11 30 31
2020-10-04	1	1st	5 13 22 23 32
2020-10-03	7	1st	5 11 16 20 35
2020-09-26	23	1st	5 17 26 27 35
2020-09-03	4	2nd	3 5 7 14 37
2020-08-30	2	2nd	2 5 8 13 25
2020-08-28	5	2nd	4 5 20 26 28
2020-08-23	10	1st	5 10 24 26 37
2020-08-13	5	1st	5 10 21 22 31
2020-08-08	10	1st	5 8 12 19 23
2020-07-29	1	1st	5 9 28 31 33
2020-07-28	6	1st	5 6 7 15 28
2020-07-22	3	1st	5 10 17 20 30
2020-07-19	1	2nd	3 5 6 11 12
2020-07-18	7	2nd	2 5 13 29 32
2020-07-07	9	1st	5 13 23 28 35
2020-06-16	5	1st	5 10 19 26 29
2020-06-04	19	1st	5 11 21 25 28
2020-04-21	9	1st	5 10 19 30 35
2020-03-31	1	2nd	4 5 20 27 32
2020-03-28	14	1st	5 8 11 12 25
2020-02-25	5	1st	5 8 21 24 31
2020-02-13	8	2nd	3 5 12 15 22
2020-01-25	4	2nd	2 5 30 31 33
2020-01-16	9	1st	5 8 15 21 24
2019-12-26	1	2nd	1 5 12 13 24
2019-12-24	11	2nd	2 5 12 29 30
2019-11-28	17	2nd	2 5 12 14 29
2019-10-19	8	2nd	1 5 14 15 18
2019-10-01	21	1st	5 9 29 32 34
2019-08-13	5	1st	5 6 19 25 34
2019-08-01	19	1st	5 7 12 19 28
2019-06-18	1	1st	5 6 8 10 12
2019-06-15	8	1st	5 11 12 34 35
2019-05-28	11	2nd	3 5 8 21 29
2019-05-02	14	1st	5 7 23 29 34
2019-03-30	7	2nd	1 5 12 15 26
2019-03-14	9	1st	5 7 8 27 34
2019-02-21	10	3rd	1 4 5 13 29
2019-01-29	3	1st	5 7 11 23 31
2019-01-22	1	1st	5 6 7 11 29
2019-01-19	1	1st	5 24 27 28 34
2019-01-17	5	1st	5 15 16 20 22
2019-01-05	1	1st	5 7 16 20 29
2019-01-03	14	1st	5 11 14 24 32
2018-12-01	3	2nd	3 5 11 28 29
2018-11-24	6	1st	5 8 12 19 31
2018-11-10	1	2nd	4 5 13 22 34
2018-11-08	29	2nd	1 5 13 17 28
2018-09-01	24	2nd	1 5 14 34 35
2018-07-07	6	2nd	1 5 10 17 20
2018-06-23	7	2nd	1 5 13 14 34
2018-06-07	8	1st	5 12 14 21 27
2018-05-19	1	2nd	4 5 19 22 23
2018-05-17	5	2nd	1 5 7 8 24
2018-05-05	3	3rd	1 3 5 17 26
2018-04-28	4	3rd	1 2 5 9 12
2018-04-19	9	3rd	1 3 5 29 31
2018-03-29	11	1st	5 9 23 29 31
2018-03-03	11	1st	5 15 21 23 26
2018-02-06	10	1st	5 17 19 22 25
2018-01-13	10	1st	5 11 15 17 18
2017-12-21	13	1st	5 9 15 18 30
2017-11-21	2	1st	5 6 12 19 22
2017-11-16	4	2nd	4 5 16 18 34
2017-11-07	29	2nd	2 5 17 33 34
2017-08-31	1	1st	5 11 15 30 34
2017-08-29	14	1st	5 7 15 18 20
2017-07-27	5	2nd	3 5 18 32 33
2017-07-15	13	2nd	2 5 24 31 35
2017-06-15	6	1st	5 16 22 27 32
2017-06-01	5	2nd	1 5 7 10 12
2017-05-20	3	2nd	4 5 11 22 33
2017-05-13	15	3rd	1 4 5 12 20
2017-04-08	1	2nd	2 5 11 21 26
2017-04-06	4	2nd	4 5 23 29 34
2017-03-28	8	2nd	1 5 15 27 32
2017-03-09	5	3rd	2 4 5 17 33
2017-02-25	18	1st	5 8 12 13 28
2017-01-14	10	2nd	1 5 21 28 31
2016-12-22	—	1st	5 10 11 15 33