Number 5

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

156times drawn · chance expected 174 −1.48σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

37longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 156 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, −1.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 156 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 smallest86 · chance 88.0
2nd smallest57 · chance 56.7
3rd smallest12 · chance 10.6
4th smallest1 · chance 0.6
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 20.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 1 31 32 38 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-30	10	1st	5 12 24 31 32 36
2026-08-26	9	1st	5 6 9 21 25 33
2026-07-25	7	3rd	1 2 5 21 26 33
2026-07-01

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-23	8	2nd	1 5 10 15 17 26
2024-09-25	10	2nd	3 5 20 23 27 34
2024-08-21	1	2nd	4 5 6 20 36 38
2024-08-17	8	1st	5 8 12 17 20 23
2024-07-20	5	1st	5 7 25 26 29 32
2024-07-03	3	1st	5 8 23 25 29 31
2024-06-22	3	2nd	3 5 7 14 24 36
2024-06-12	2	2nd	2 5 16 23 33 38
2024-06-05	3	1st	5 14 15 20 21 24
2024-05-25	1	3rd	2 4 5 12 14 31
2024-05-22	3	3rd	2 3 5 14 25 32
2024-05-11	9	1st	5 18 20 24 30 38
2024-04-10	3	1st	5 9 13 15 21 28
2024-03-30	10	2nd	2 5 20 26 30 39
2024-02-24	33	1st	5 20 30 36 37 38
2023-11-01	5	1st	5 6 17 23 28 36
2023-10-14	7	1st	5 7 11 15 22 34
2023-09-20	9	2nd	2 5 31 34 36 38
2023-08-19	2	1st	5 6 8 9 30 36
2023-08-12	1	2nd	3 5 17 33 35 39
2023-08-09	7	1st	5 13 19 22 25 28
2023-07-15	4	2nd	1 5 19 31 32 36
2023-07-01	14	3rd	2 3 5 8 23 30
2023-05-13	3	1st	5 8 12 13 23 38
2023-05-03	2	2nd	3 5 17 18 32 37
2023-04-26	14	1st	5 28 29 30 39 40
2023-03-08	1	1st	5 7 13 20 34 40
2023-03-04	1	2nd	2 5 18 23 31 39
2023-03-01	9	1st	5 13 15 32 35 39
2023-01-28	5	1st	5 6 14 22 32 40
2023-01-11	4	1st	5 7 9 16 29 36
2022-12-28	1	2nd	4 5 20 24 25 32
2022-12-24	4	1st	5 11 13 15 19 25
2022-12-10	1	1st	5 16 18 27 30 31
2022-12-07	8	2nd	4 5 14 21 31 37
2022-11-09	3	2nd	1 5 22 25 30 31
2022-10-29	1	1st	5 19 23 26 34 39
2022-10-26	3	1st	5 19 21 25 32 37
2022-10-15	3	2nd	1 5 17 18 21 25
2022-10-05	9	3rd	3 4 5 21 29 33
2022-09-03	9	2nd	4 5 10 17 21 23
2022-08-03	5	2nd	1 5 7 10 24 32
2022-07-16	2	2nd	2 5 8 26 27 30
2022-07-09	5	1st	5 16 19 21 34 36
2022-06-22	5	2nd	1 5 9 24 28 37
2022-06-04	8	2nd	4 5 6 7 29 30
2022-05-07	1	2nd	4 5 14 15 22 29
2022-05-04	37	1st	5 11 12 16 38 39
2021-12-25	8	1st	5 6 16 22 25 29
2021-11-27	3	2nd	4 5 17 26 27 32
2021-11-17	2	2nd	1 5 13 14 19 30
2021-11-10	8	1st	5 18 19 27 33 40
2021-10-13	6	1st	5 9 14 16 28 34
2021-09-22	28	2nd	1 5 14 24 31 37
2021-06-16	9	1st	5 9 12 13 20 22
2021-05-15	6	1st	5 6 13 22 26 37
2021-04-24	3	1st	5 7 15 31 32 38
2021-04-14	8	2nd	1 5 24 34 36 37
2021-03-17	11	2nd	1 5 21 22 30 33
2021-02-06	5	2nd	4 5 17 32 36 40
2021-01-20	1	1st	5 6 13 16 34 39
2021-01-16	3	1st	5 8 12 25 35 39
2021-01-06	2	1st	5 27 29 30 31 37
2020-12-30	18	1st	5 16 31 33 38 39
2020-10-28	2	3rd	3 4 5 15 16 24
2020-10-21	7	2nd	1 5 19 26 35 38
2020-09-26	14	1st	5 10 16 18 27 35
2020-08-08	12	2nd	2 5 9 10 36 38
2020-06-27	1	3rd	3 4 5 11 31 33
2020-06-24	3	1st	5 6 8 16 20 31
2020-06-13	9	1st	5 9 11 14 33 34
2020-05-13	14	1st	5 7 17 19 32 39
2020-03-25	4	2nd	1 5 10 17 20 32
2020-03-11	12	1st	5 16 23 30 32 36
2020-01-29	2	1st	5 13 15 17 26 34
2020-01-22	10	1st	5 16 19 24 27 35
2019-12-18	3	2nd	2 5 14 26 29 31
2019-12-07	6	2nd	2 5 13 18 31 33
2019-11-16	11	1st	5 28 30 32 36 38
2019-10-09	10	3rd	1 4 5 17 21 39
2019-09-04	1	1st	5 9 18 20 25 36
2019-08-31	14	1st	5 8 9 15 38 39
2019-07-13	27	1st	5 10 19 21 37 40
2019-04-10	5	2nd	4 5 11 28 33 34
2019-03-23	12	2nd	3 5 12 22 24 38
2019-02-09	11	1st	5 11 13 18 20 25
2019-01-02	23	1st	5 12 17 20 28 33
2018-10-13	3	1st	5 7 10 16 32 37
2018-10-03	6	1st	5 8 9 10 26 31
2018-09-12	11	1st	5 17 21 30 35 40
2018-08-04	10	3rd	2 4 5 9 34 38
2018-06-30	5	1st	5 13 15 20 30 32
2018-06-13	8	1st	5 6 8 16 17 34
2018-05-16	8	1st	5 13 21 22 30 31
2018-04-18	7	1st	5 15 16 19 22 34
2018-03-24	7	3rd	1 2 5 23 25 32
2018-02-28	2	1st	5 7 22 37 38 39
2018-02-21	9	2nd	4 5 12 21 24 38
2018-01-20	1	1st	5 7 14 17 28 39
2018-01-17	4	1st	5 8 17 20 24 28
2018-01-03	24	1st	5 9 11 17 31 33
2017-10-11	12	1st	5 14 15 17 31 39
2017-08-30	2	1st	5 10 14 27 28 40
2017-08-23	1	1st	5 12 21 31 33 36
2017-08-19	6	2nd	1 5 13 17 23 35
2017-07-29	18	1st	5 7 8 27 36 38
2017-05-27	13	1st	5 6 16 26 27 28
2017-04-12	9	2nd	4 5 8 27 37 40
2017-03-11	6	2nd	3 5 12 21 27 34
2017-02-18	5	1st	5 8 13 23 27 36
2017-02-01	5	1st	5 10 23 25 28 40
2017-01-14	4	1st	5 6 19 22 35 39
2016-12-31	4	2nd	1 5 26 30 36 37
2016-12-17	10	1st	5 11 12 18 27 31
2016-11-12	4	2nd	1 5 7 25 26 40
2016-10-29	19	1st	5 9 13 19 22 24
2016-08-24	1	2nd	1 5 22 24 30 32
2016-08-20	4	2nd	1 5 6 24 29 36
2016-08-06	10	2nd	3 5 20 28 29 39
2016-07-02	30	1st	5 10 21 24 30 40
2016-03-19	7	1st	5 15 23 25 36 37
2016-02-24	2	2nd	4 5 21 22 29 36
2016-02-17	12	2nd	4 5 12 22 24 32
2016-01-06	1	1st	5 8 11 20 38 40
2016-01-02	2	3rd	3 4 5 9 22 31
2015-12-26	1	2nd	4 5 11 17 18 38
2015-12-23	1	1st	5 13 26 29 34 38
2015-12-19	15	1st	5 6 9 12 19 40
2015-10-28	6	1st	5 8 10 11 17 27
2015-10-07	3	1st	5 6 10 11 12 19
2015-09-26	2	1st	5 9 10 26 30 38
2015-09-19	—	2nd	1 5 12 15 17 34