Number 5

In Lotto Texas under the 6/54 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,020 draws, 6 from 1–54.

226times drawn · chance expected 224 +0.11σ

41draws waiting · a wait this long: 0.9% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

47longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 226 times in 2,020 draws against 224.4 expected, +0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 41 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 226 times in 2,020 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 41 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 smallest146 · chance 150.2
2nd smallest71 · chance 66.7
3rd smallest9 · chance 8.7
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 14 32 13 24 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 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 54. 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
2026-07-08	7	1st	5 8 10 13 20 42
2026-06-22	9	1st	5 8 9 32 50 53
2026-06-01	9	1st	5 15 16 23 25 30
2026-05-11	16	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 6/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-21	12	2nd	2 5 11 13 22 24
2024-08-24	18	1st	5 6 8 38 41 51
2024-07-13	5	1st	5 8 21 30 33 43
2024-07-01	7	2nd	1 5 14 17 18 54
2024-06-15	2	1st	5 10 39 44 47 54
2024-06-10	17	1st	5 11 35 36 40 45
2024-05-01	3	2nd	1 5 13 14 29 32
2024-04-24	4	1st	5 21 26 42 51 54
2024-04-15	11	1st	5 18 20 24 50 51
2024-03-20	6	1st	5 19 22 29 41 43
2024-03-06	9	1st	5 11 25 31 40 43
2024-02-14	1	1st	5 9 11 23 33 50
2024-02-12	15	1st	5 10 12 40 45 53
2024-01-08	17	1st	5 24 25 33 49 54
2023-11-29	5	1st	5 8 32 37 38 51
2023-11-18	14	1st	5 16 21 30 45 46
2023-10-16	7	1st	5 13 18 35 37 43
2023-09-30	45	2nd	4 5 11 20 41 43
2023-06-17	8	2nd	2 5 13 16 23 38
2023-05-29	5	1st	5 7 8 12 17 48
2023-05-17	7	1st	5 13 22 29 37 48
2023-05-01	3	1st	5 23 28 35 39 50
2023-04-24	1	2nd	4 5 10 29 36 40
2023-04-22	1	2nd	3 5 18 29 30 52
2023-04-19	47	2nd	3 5 6 12 15 49
2022-12-31	2	1st	5 9 12 18 36 46
2022-12-26	1	1st	5 20 26 46 48 49
2022-12-24	7	1st	5 6 9 21 26 42
2022-12-07	10	2nd	3 5 6 24 38 46
2022-11-14	3	1st	5 15 21 34 36 43
2022-11-07	22	2nd	1 5 8 28 31 46
2022-09-17	3	1st	5 9 18 22 35 48
2022-09-10	7	2nd	3 5 6 14 25 40
2022-08-24	46	2nd	2 5 24 29 38 53
2022-05-09	3	1st	5 7 9 22 24 43
2022-05-02	5	1st	5 8 31 33 43 53
2022-04-20	4	1st	5 13 15 34 38 48
2022-04-11	12	1st	5 6 20 21 22 40
2022-03-14	11	1st	5 17 19 24 26 33
2022-02-16	4	1st	5 9 21 22 27 38
2022-02-07	1	1st	5 9 11 23 31 54
2022-02-05	19	1st	5 16 30 47 49 51
2021-12-22	6	1st	5 12 17 23 44 54
2021-12-08	11	1st	5 9 20 26 38 40
2021-11-13	21	1st	5 25 28 37 44 52
2021-09-25	25	1st	5 9 12 21 29 39
2021-07-17	1	3rd	1 2 5 36 38 43
2021-07-14	3	1st	5 7 11 37 43 54
2021-07-03	3	2nd	4 5 11 14 18 49
2021-06-23	3	1st	5 18 23 31 35 41
2021-06-12	2	1st	5 14 27 36 49 50
2021-06-05	3	1st	5 11 20 24 27 46
2021-05-26	4	3rd	1 2 5 11 17 39
2021-05-12	7	1st	5 11 19 38 50 54
2021-04-17	3	2nd	3 5 28 30 41 51
2021-04-07	8	2nd	2 5 14 19 29 43
2021-03-10	3	1st	5 10 20 47 51 52
2021-02-27	24	1st	5 17 23 35 41 54
2020-12-05	12	2nd	4 5 6 9 22 50
2020-10-24	10	1st	5 10 27 36 38 44
2020-09-19	3	2nd	3 5 28 31 36 46
2020-09-09	26	1st	5 11 21 35 40 48
2020-06-10	6	1st	5 15 28 38 45 51
2020-05-20	11	3rd	2 4 5 29 48 50
2020-04-11	2	2nd	4 5 16 24 27 40
2020-04-04	3	2nd	4 5 15 20 43 54
2020-03-25	21	1st	5 33 36 40 51 54
2020-01-11	12	1st	5 13 20 25 27 31
2019-11-30	1	1st	5 18 23 24 29 46
2019-11-27	1	1st	5 8 9 12 19 24
2019-11-23	6	1st	5 13 18 21 27 53
2019-11-02	3	1st	5 11 14 15 23 24
2019-10-23	8	2nd	4 5 11 35 44 50
2019-09-25	7	1st	5 9 26 38 41 44
2019-08-31	14	1st	5 7 30 41 44 54
2019-07-13	3	2nd	2 5 9 36 50 51
2019-07-03	3	1st	5 9 14 25 40 51
2019-06-22	13	2nd	4 5 17 29 35 46
2019-05-08	2	2nd	2 5 34 36 39 42
2019-05-01	18	1st	5 7 17 25 42 50
2019-02-27	3	1st	5 10 11 14 35 42
2019-02-16	4	1st	5 27 35 38 48 51
2019-02-02	4	2nd	4 5 13 24 47 50
2019-01-19	3	1st	5 11 15 30 39 47
2019-01-09	4	1st	5 8 16 17 37 52
2018-12-26	11	1st	5 26 33 40 42 47
2018-11-17	6	2nd	2 5 8 10 31 36
2018-10-27	11	1st	5 11 29 31 32 54
2018-09-19	16	1st	5 24 28 34 37 45
2018-07-25	7	1st	5 10 30 34 49 51
2018-06-30	2	1st	5 8 29 32 40 48
2018-06-23	3	2nd	3 5 8 19 24 54
2018-06-13	2	1st	5 6 11 26 32 53
2018-06-06	4	2nd	4 5 13 23 36 52
2018-05-23	8	1st	5 15 16 27 29 36
2018-04-25	3	2nd	2 5 12 26 31 43
2018-04-14	10	3rd	1 2 5 29 35 36
2018-03-10	2	1st	5 15 27 32 36 46
2018-03-03	1	1st	5 14 23 32 42 52
2018-02-28	1	2nd	1 5 18 39 45 52
2018-02-24	13	1st	5 9 32 35 51 54
2018-01-10	7	2nd	4 5 15 17 28 54
2017-12-16	2	1st	5 10 16 22 26 46
2017-12-09	6	2nd	4 5 10 21 34 40
2017-11-18	1	3rd	1 4 5 8 12 26
2017-11-15	3	2nd	2 5 8 18 32 37
2017-11-04	24	2nd	4 5 13 21 33 53
2017-08-12	30	1st	5 8 16 24 25 46
2017-04-29	5	2nd	2 5 25 35 41 53
2017-04-12	6	1st	5 26 30 31 46 54
2017-03-22	3	2nd	3 5 15 27 36 52
2017-03-11	2	1st	5 6 24 28 29 37
2017-03-04	4	3rd	2 4 5 17 48 50
2017-02-18	1	1st	5 11 14 21 38 44
2017-02-15	5	3rd	1 4 5 43 53 54
2017-01-28	6	1st	5 7 30 48 51 52
2017-01-07	1	2nd	2 5 14 18 26 27
2017-01-04	1	1st	5 7 36 39 40 44
2016-12-31	2	2nd	2 5 11 33 39 51
2016-12-24	5	1st	5 8 13 15 39 42
2016-12-07	6	2nd	4 5 29 34 40 53
2016-11-16	6	2nd	4 5 7 37 43 51
2016-10-26	1	1st	5 21 24 32 37 39
2016-10-22	8	2nd	2 5 14 25 26 30
2016-09-24	8	1st	5 26 37 39 44 50
2016-08-27	1	1st	5 30 37 42 45 49
2016-08-24	2	1st	5 19 27 31 48 51
2016-08-17	16	1st	5 14 21 23 41 53
2016-06-22	2	2nd	4 5 14 32 37 49
2016-06-15	1	1st	5 16 23 24 35 52
2016-06-11	21	1st	5 10 25 36 39 41
2016-03-30	7	1st	5 14 16 17 39 46
2016-03-05	21	1st	5 9 10 23 32 37
2015-12-23	6	2nd	1 5 14 35 37 42
2015-12-02	19	2nd	4 5 6 27 36 45
2015-09-26	3	1st	5 11 13 35 39 40
2015-09-16	18	1st	5 12 13 14 21 53
2015-07-15	3	1st	5 6 12 19 28 37
2015-07-04	4	1st	5 12 16 18 37 42
2015-06-20	3	2nd	4 5 12 19 22 23
2015-06-10	3	2nd	1 5 13 23 38 46
2015-05-30	18	2nd	1 5 7 16 31 32
2015-03-28	40	1st	5 23 27 40 43 50
2014-11-08	15	2nd	2 5 32 45 47 54
2014-09-17	2	1st	5 14 26 30 32 38
2014-09-10	8	1st	5 7 8 14 21 29
2014-08-13	6	2nd	4 5 13 17 24 44
2014-07-23	8	2nd	4 5 10 16 25 51
2014-06-25	5	2nd	2 5 6 27 32 33
2014-06-07	2	1st	5 27 39 43 50 52
2014-05-31	28	2nd	3 5 9 32 36 37
2014-02-22	21	1st	5 7 8 13 24 31
2013-12-11	2	1st	5 8 16 32 34 37
2013-12-04	8	1st	5 12 21 22 24 30
2013-11-06	9	2nd	4 5 7 46 49 53
2013-10-05	1	1st	5 10 31 32 34 44
2013-10-02	9	1st	5 13 21 26 44 45
2013-08-31	2	1st	5 8 14 18 27 52
2013-08-24	15	1st	5 16 18 24 26 42
2013-07-03	5	1st	5 6 14 26 43 53
2013-06-15	12	3rd	1 2 5 22 43 50
2013-05-04	8	1st	5 6 15 35 38 39
2013-04-06	20	1st	5 7 16 36 43 49
2013-01-26	2	2nd	2 5 13 22 24 42
2013-01-19	5	1st	5 12 22 32 38 47
2013-01-02	13	1st	5 8 9 13 24 47
2012-11-17	11	2nd	1 5 16 19 27 42
2012-10-10	9	1st	5 13 14 24 27 52
2012-09-08	10	1st	5 12 20 27 30 43
2012-08-04	7	1st	5 16 24 32 48 49
2012-07-11	7	1st	5 8 26 32 40 49
2012-06-16	6	2nd	1 5 10 17 33 35
2012-05-26	27	1st	5 12 25 34 37 38
2012-02-22	6	2nd	3 5 6 12 38 50
2012-02-01	3	2nd	4 5 7 25 33 49
2012-01-21	3	1st	5 10 12 16 36 48
2012-01-11	9	2nd	3 5 12 14 21 50
2011-12-10	13	2nd	4 5 14 16 18 19
2011-10-26	11	1st	5 16 32 35 38 47
2011-09-17	2	2nd	3 5 12 19 30 46
2011-09-10	1	1st	5 9 15 18 34 42
2011-09-07	2	1st	5 6 14 25 36 44
2011-08-31	19	1st	5 12 27 45 49 51
2011-06-25	4	2nd	3 5 13 15 20 37
2011-06-11	5	1st	5 13 22 26 34 40
2011-05-25	6	1st	5 9 20 26 36 45
2011-05-04	19	2nd	1 5 9 26 29 49
2011-02-26	2	1st	5 9 13 14 22 29
2011-02-19	6	2nd	4 5 8 21 27 31
2011-01-29	5	2nd	4 5 10 31 33 44
2011-01-12	11	1st	5 15 26 40 50 52
2010-12-04	2	1st	5 6 9 14 27 51
2010-11-27	9	1st	5 8 16 27 41 46
2010-10-27	7	1st	5 19 20 31 36 38
2010-10-02	22	1st	5 14 25 35 44 50
2010-07-17	1	2nd	3 5 18 21 28 36
2010-07-14	13	2nd	1 5 18 28 46 48
2010-05-29	7	1st	5 10 23 35 41 48
2010-05-05	5	1st	5 18 28 33 49 54
2010-04-17	3	1st	5 19 23 24 34 45
2010-04-07	26	1st	5 8 13 21 32 40
2010-01-06	—	1st	5 12 22 26 40 50