Number 5

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

365times drawn · chance expected 358 +0.38σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

42longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 365 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, +0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 365 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 5 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 smallest227 · chance 215.7
2nd smallest114 · chance 127.8
3rd smallest24 · chance 20.5
4th smallest0 · chance 0.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 23 25 30 34 17

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, 5 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 5 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	6	1st	5 10 24 26 32
2026-09-14	9	1st	5 6 22 24 34
2026-08-24	9	1st	5 6 7 30 34
2026-08-03	10	1st	5 7 9

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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