Number 4

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

260times drawn · chance expected 246 +0.94σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

35longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 260 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, +0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 260 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 4 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 smallest172 · chance 176.4
2nd smallest78 · chance 75.6
3rd smallest10 · chance 7.8
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 22 1 7 35 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 4 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 35. 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	1	1st	4 5 10 14 20
2026-09-16	4	2nd	1 4 21 26 30
2026-09-02	5	2nd	3 4 5 6 12
2026-08-15	6	1st	4 16 18

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: 4 is drawn with probability 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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