Number 4

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,090 draws, 5 from 1–45.

127times drawn · chance expected 121 +0.57σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 127 times in 1,090 draws against 121.1 expected, +0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 127 times in 1,090 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 7 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 smallest94 · chance 94.7
2nd smallest33 · chance 29.9
3rd smallest0 · chance 2.3
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 25 32 33 36 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-05	7	1st	4 11 14 24 42
2026-09-28	4	1st	4 10 15 20 23
2026-09-24	3	1st	4 8 13 33 37
2026-09-21	4	1st	4 7 15 32

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-28	4	1st	4 14 16 30 39
2026-02-24	1	1st	4 9 10 23 26
2026-02-23	8	1st	4 6 19 32 37
2026-02-15	15	2nd	3 4 24 26 32
2026-01-31	3	2nd	1 4 7 27 43
2026-01-28	3	1st	4 8 21 22 35
2026-01-25	18	2nd	1 4 12 21 24
2026-01-07	3	1st	4 15 26 30 41
2026-01-04	1	1st	4 7 24 25 45
2026-01-03	10	1st	4 23 27 33 40
2025-12-24	2	2nd	2 4 28 30 45
2025-12-22	24	1st	4 16 33 41 43
2025-11-28	3	1st	4 7 18 21 32
2025-11-25	6	1st	4 32 40 43 45
2025-11-19	14	1st	4 13 14 16 37
2025-11-05	21	2nd	1 4 25 26 43
2025-10-15	1	1st	4 9 11 15 16
2025-10-14	8	1st	4 23 26 32 43
2025-10-06	5	1st	4 6 13 22 45
2025-10-01	31	1st	4 11 18 21 42
2025-08-31	26	1st	4 15 25 38 41
2025-08-05	13	2nd	3 4 15 20 24
2025-07-23	1	1st	4 22 37 40 44
2025-07-22	7	1st	4 20 31 32 40
2025-07-15	1	1st	4 15 17 27 36
2025-07-14	4	2nd	2 4 7 17 26
2025-07-10	10	1st	4 15 17 30 42
2025-06-30	24	2nd	2 4 31 36 44
2025-06-06	1	1st	4 21 23 30 36
2025-06-05	9	1st	4 9 16 32 36
2025-05-27	1	1st	4 10 26 27 32
2025-05-26	14	1st	4 5 25 28 36
2025-05-12	11	1st	4 29 33 38 39
2025-05-01	34	2nd	3 4 6 32 39
2025-03-28	31	1st	4 8 16 30 33
2025-02-25	1	1st	4 9 25 35 41
2025-02-24	9	2nd	3 4 13 40 43
2025-02-15	20	1st	4 6 33 35 40
2025-01-26	2	2nd	1 4 11 20 36
2025-01-24	7	2nd	2 4 8 15 36
2025-01-17	3	1st	4 17 33 40 43
2025-01-14	5	1st	4 11 14 25 32
2025-01-09	18	2nd	3 4 21 27 28
2024-12-22	4	1st	4 11 18 21 22
2024-12-18	3	1st	4 5 6 28 36
2024-12-15	5	1st	4 7 33 34 44
2024-12-10	21	1st	4 5 18 26 28
2024-11-19	5	1st	4 10 15 17 21
2024-11-14	8	1st	4 5 20 31 40
2024-11-06	6	1st	4 9 10 18 45
2024-10-31	4	2nd	1 4 20 22 25
2024-10-27	6	2nd	2 4 11 21 39
2024-10-21	23	1st	4 12 33 39 45
2024-09-28	1	1st	4 6 10 14 33
2024-09-27	4	1st	4 14 25 35 43
2024-09-23	5	1st	4 8 22 23 40
2024-09-18	2	1st	4 7 11 16 44
2024-09-16	10	1st	4 5 6 11 37
2024-09-06	1	1st	4 6 23 27 29
2024-09-05	13	1st	4 16 25 41 45
2024-08-23	3	1st	4 19 31 39 44
2024-08-20	13	2nd	3 4 5 8 25
2024-08-07	1	1st	4 11 19 22 39
2024-08-06	1	1st	4 17 35 38 44
2024-08-05	48	2nd	1 4 30 33 42
2024-06-18	2	1st	4 9 18 25 44
2024-06-16	2	1st	4 9 16 24 28
2024-06-14	6	1st	4 14 24 31 35
2024-06-08	11	1st	4 16 27 39 40
2024-05-28	13	2nd	3 4 8 18 41
2024-05-15	15	1st	4 12 26 28 29
2024-04-30	4	1st	4 8 15 18 28
2024-04-26	3	1st	4 10 12 15 38
2024-04-23	3	2nd	1 4 11 32 43
2024-04-20	6	2nd	3 4 36 39 41
2024-04-14	6	1st	4 5 16 26 36
2024-04-08	6	1st	4 10 13 16 24
2024-04-02	2	1st	4 25 26 38 43
2024-03-31	8	1st	4 6 24 32 38
2024-03-23	3	1st	4 9 20 22 29
2024-03-20	1	1st	4 7 11 12 22
2024-03-19	7	1st	4 12 16 17 29
2024-03-12	16	1st	4 5 18 22 33
2024-02-25	8	1st	4 20 22 27 41
2024-02-17	2	1st	4 30 34 35 36
2024-02-15	1	1st	4 5 26 32 34
2024-02-14	9	2nd	3 4 6 7 41
2024-02-05	1	1st	4 22 30 34 45
2024-02-04	3	1st	4 11 26 29 38
2024-02-01	4	1st	4 7 19 25 31
2024-01-28	14	1st	4 5 21 23 44
2024-01-14	19	1st	4 27 32 40 45
2023-12-26	5	1st	4 9 19 35 39
2023-12-21	2	2nd	1 4 6 21 43
2023-12-19	3	1st	4 11 16 17 38
2023-12-16	7	1st	4 11 29 34 42
2023-12-09	7	1st	4 12 22 31 33
2023-12-02	3	1st	4 15 17 23 40
2023-11-29	11	1st	4 8 22 29 40
2023-11-18	9	2nd	3 4 21 37 44
2023-11-09	11	2nd	1 4 16 29 42
2023-10-29	5	2nd	2 4 10 25 29
2023-10-24	—	1st	4 17 28 31 40