Number 5

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

210times drawn · chance expected 188 +1.72σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

44longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, +1.72σ. 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 210 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 smallest129 · chance 130.1
2nd smallest69 · chance 69.4
3rd smallest12 · chance 10.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 3 8 30 15 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
2026-10-08	1	1st	5 11 12 27 29
2026-10-07	14	1st	5 26 27 36 37
2026-09-23	5	1st	5 7 15 29 30
2026-09-18	2	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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-30	5	3rd	1 2 5 15 27
2026-05-25	11	1st	5 18 21 22 31
2026-05-14	12	3rd	1 3 5 10 15
2026-05-02	4	1st	5 13 19 23 26
2026-04-28	13	1st	5 8 17 30 36
2026-04-15	3	1st	5 6 15 22 38
2026-04-12	29	1st	5 7 17 24 26
2026-03-14	1	1st	5 12 14 23 37
2026-03-13	12	2nd	3 5 16 19 30
2026-03-01	21	2nd	1 5 16 20 26
2026-02-08	1	1st	5 8 19 20 26
2026-02-07	2	2nd	1 5 16 22 37
2026-02-05	2	1st	5 8 16 27 30
2026-02-03	2	1st	5 22 23 24 37
2026-02-01	2	1st	5 17 18 21 31
2026-01-30	6	1st	5 8 13 20 28
2026-01-24	17	1st	5 12 19 26 32
2026-01-07	1	1st	5 7 33 37 38
2026-01-06	1	1st	5 6 25 29 33
2026-01-05	3	2nd	2 5 29 37 38
2026-01-02	6	2nd	2 5 22 29 31
2025-12-27	5	1st	5 15 19 30 34
2025-12-22	5	1st	5 24 25 30 33
2025-12-17	4	2nd	3 5 6 31 32
2025-12-13	4	2nd	3 5 20 30 31
2025-12-09	1	1st	5 14 27 30 32
2025-12-08	1	2nd	1 5 6 14 21
2025-12-07	4	1st	5 6 10 18 37
2025-12-03	5	2nd	1 5 7 15 21
2025-11-28	16	1st	5 28 31 36 38
2025-11-12	11	1st	5 6 24 31 32
2025-11-01	1	2nd	2 5 14 23 37
2025-10-31	7	1st	5 8 31 32 36
2025-10-24	1	1st	5 7 15 25 29
2025-10-23	3	2nd	1 5 26 28 29
2025-10-20	3	1st	5 8 27 33 34
2025-10-17	1	3rd	2 3 5 7 22
2025-10-16	1	1st	5 15 30 32 33
2025-10-15	1	1st	5 9 10 12 37
2025-10-14	2	2nd	4 5 23 24 32
2025-10-12	13	2nd	3 5 8 17 29
2025-09-29	5	1st	5 8 21 26 30
2025-09-24	5	1st	5 8 14 18 38
2025-09-19	5	1st	5 10 16 28 34
2025-09-14	2	1st	5 10 12 20 28
2025-09-12	2	1st	5 14 17 18 22
2025-09-10	5	1st	5 7 11 27 32
2025-09-05	2	1st	5 13 18 21 28
2025-09-03	1	1st	5 16 18 26 37
2025-09-02	6	2nd	4 5 12 22 29
2025-08-27	5	2nd	2 5 7 30 38
2025-08-22	1	1st	5 11 24 29 36
2025-08-21	15	2nd	1 5 8 12 32
2025-08-06	21	1st	5 8 10 20 30
2025-07-16	1	2nd	3 5 17 23 31
2025-07-15	4	1st	5 10 18 20 37
2025-07-11	3	1st	5 12 15 27 29
2025-07-08	3	3rd	1 3 5 26 30
2025-07-05	28	2nd	3 5 15 24 27
2025-06-07	26	1st	5 7 14 23 24
2025-05-12	3	2nd	2 5 11 31 37
2025-05-09	8	3rd	2 3 5 25 31
2025-05-01	15	1st	5 16 19 28 36
2025-04-16	2	1st	5 10 22 34 36
2025-04-14	4	2nd	3 5 12 15 37
2025-04-10	1	1st	5 9 17 25 29
2025-04-09	1	1st	5 9 11 15 29
2025-04-08	1	1st	5 11 12 28 29
2025-04-07	1	1st	5 11 17 27 33
2025-04-06	17	1st	5 15 24 27 34
2025-03-20	4	2nd	1 5 10 18 21
2025-03-16	11	1st	5 14 17 28 30
2025-03-05	8	1st	5 9 15 20 31
2025-02-25	3	1st	5 19 22 27 30
2025-02-22	3	2nd	2 5 11 14 33
2025-02-19	6	3rd	2 4 5 6 9
2025-02-13	13	2nd	4 5 12 13 30
2025-01-31	6	1st	5 21 22 27 29
2025-01-25	8	1st	5 10 12 20 22
2025-01-17	2	2nd	1 5 16 24 34
2025-01-15	44	1st	5 25 28 30 36
2024-12-02	2	2nd	2 5 14 15 36
2024-11-30	7	1st	5 6 9 21 36
2024-11-23	2	1st	5 9 25 26 36
2024-11-21	10	2nd	4 5 18 28 38
2024-11-11	6	1st	5 7 19 20 30
2024-11-05	4	1st	5 8 21 31 34
2024-11-01	17	2nd	3 5 12 13 34
2024-10-15	15	2nd	2 5 21 30 32
2024-09-30	3	1st	5 9 13 26 34
2024-09-27	6	1st	5 9 15 21 38
2024-09-21	3	1st	5 7 13 27 36
2024-09-18	13	2nd	1 5 13 18 35
2024-09-05	3	1st	5 10 18 19 25
2024-09-02	3	2nd	3 5 9 12 21
2024-08-30	10	1st	5 16 17 21 27
2024-08-20	10	1st	5 6 23 31 34
2024-08-10	2	1st	5 6 12 16 17
2024-08-08	11	1st	5 19 24 31 34
2024-07-28	10	2nd	3 5 20 23 32
2024-07-18	2	1st	5 8 11 18 34
2024-07-16	6	2nd	1 5 8 13 34
2024-07-10	19	2nd	2 5 15 21 25
2024-06-21	1	2nd	3 5 12 29 34
2024-06-20	24	1st	5 8 9 26 31
2024-05-27	4	1st	5 11 14 17 33
2024-05-23	4	2nd	4 5 23 24 37
2024-05-19	3	1st	5 10 12 20 22
2024-05-16	3	1st	5 9 21 29 37
2024-05-13	2	1st	5 6 19 25 35
2024-05-11	22	2nd	3 5 11 21 36
2024-04-19	11	1st	5 7 19 26 27
2024-04-08	15	1st	5 8 22 32 35
2024-03-24	3	1st	5 18 35 36 38
2024-03-21	6	2nd	2 5 16 31 38
2024-03-15	2	2nd	1 5 12 23 35
2024-03-13	6	3rd	1 3 5 13 35
2024-03-07	14	1st	5 16 23 34 38
2024-02-22	6	1st	5 12 16 31 32
2024-02-16	4	1st	5 7 26 28 37
2024-02-12	8	2nd	1 5 11 14 30
2024-02-04	15	1st	5 6 7 18 19
2024-01-20	1	2nd	3 5 7 12 15
2024-01-19	20	2nd	3 5 7 23 35
2023-12-30	1	1st	5 17 19 32 38
2023-12-29	2	2nd	4 5 8 23 30
2023-12-27	10	1st	5 9 14 25 34
2023-12-17	20	1st	5 8 19 29 34
2023-11-27	7	2nd	4 5 10 27 38
2023-11-20	10	1st	5 10 22 28 35
2023-11-10	3	1st	5 22 35 36 38
2023-11-07	1	2nd	3 5 8 24 25
2023-11-06	8	1st	5 20 27 29 35
2023-10-29	3	1st	5 10 21 22 32
2023-10-26	3	1st	5 16 20 23 37
2023-10-23	2	2nd	1 5 17 25 33
2023-10-21	3	1st	5 9 11 28 34
2023-10-18	2	2nd	3 5 15 25 33
2023-10-16	6	1st	5 14 17 35 36
2023-10-10	10	1st	5 6 7 20 22
2023-09-30	12	2nd	1 5 11 15 30
2023-09-18	5	1st	5 6 9 23 25
2023-09-13	9	1st	5 14 15 20 36
2023-09-04	3	2nd	3 5 16 28 36
2023-09-01	9	1st	5 19 30 32 33
2023-08-23	8	2nd	2 5 11 19 22
2023-08-15	5	1st	5 9 19 21 25
2023-08-10	7	2nd	2 5 6 30 33
2023-08-03	3	1st	5 14 23 28 32
2023-07-31	5	2nd	2 5 12 14 18
2023-07-26	2	1st	5 11 12 13 22
2023-07-24	4	1st	5 6 26 28 38
2023-07-20	7	2nd	3 5 8 18 28
2023-07-13	1	3rd	2 3 5 8 31
2023-07-12	5	1st	5 22 25 33 36
2023-07-07	6	2nd	4 5 25 33 36
2023-07-01	5	3rd	1 3 5 13 14
2023-06-26	6	2nd	2 5 9 18 27
2023-06-20	10	1st	5 15 22 25 31
2023-06-10	29	2nd	1 5 8 16 31
2023-05-12	22	1st	5 8 16 32 38
2023-04-20	5	2nd	2 5 23 25 37
2023-04-15	2	1st	5 6 9 20 21
2023-04-13	13	2nd	4 5 7 15 36
2023-03-31	9	1st	5 8 14 35 36
2023-03-22	8	1st	5 11 18 29 34
2023-03-14	6	1st	5 11 16 22 31
2023-03-08	13	1st	5 15 18 26 31
2023-02-23	7	1st	5 20 21 26 37
2023-02-16	6	1st	5 12 15 16 25
2023-02-10	4	1st	5 14 21 29 36
2023-02-06	2	2nd	3 5 16 31 35
2023-02-04	5	2nd	4 5 11 21 25
2023-01-30	2	2nd	4 5 27 31 34
2023-01-28	7	1st	5 8 16 26 36
2023-01-21	1	1st	5 7 21 26 31
2023-01-20	9	1st	5 14 16 20 37
2023-01-11	1	2nd	3 5 16 22 29
2023-01-10	8	2nd	2 5 19 26 27
2023-01-02	2	1st	5 7 9 16 23
2022-12-31	5	1st	5 6 8 12 36
2022-12-26	1	2nd	4 5 8 14 30
2022-12-25	21	1st	5 27 31 33 38
2022-12-04	13	1st	5 9 21 32 37
2022-11-21	2	2nd	3 5 12 32 37
2022-11-19	—	2nd	2 5 29 32 33