Number 5

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

120times drawn · chance expected 121 −0.10σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

46longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, −0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 4 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 smallest73 · chance 80.8
2nd smallest43 · chance 34.9
3rd smallest4 · chance 4.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 44 38 9 3 10

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, 5 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 5 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	11	1st	5 24 26 28 38
2026-09-26	8	1st	5 9 28 32 39
2026-09-18	4	1st	5 20 21 27 44
2026-09-14	10	1st	5 17 36 38

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-04	42	1st	5 15 20 27 42
2026-02-21	12	2nd	1 5 18 21 29
2026-02-09	3	2nd	1 5 6 34 40
2026-02-06	8	2nd	3 5 9 24 44
2026-01-29	8	2nd	3 5 25 32 33
2026-01-21	46	2nd	2 5 10 18 40
2025-12-06	1	1st	5 8 19 24 42
2025-12-05	3	1st	5 9 16 17 28
2025-12-02	35	2nd	1 5 9 27 35
2025-10-28	2	1st	5 8 34 43 44
2025-10-26	4	2nd	2 5 7 8 16
2025-10-22	9	1st	5 9 10 19 26
2025-10-13	3	1st	5 10 23 29 30
2025-10-10	10	2nd	1 5 29 39 43
2025-09-30	27	2nd	2 5 6 22 25
2025-09-03	5	2nd	2 5 25 35 39
2025-08-29	19	1st	5 15 33 37 45
2025-08-10	10	1st	5 32 37 43 44
2025-07-31	4	1st	5 9 25 29 38
2025-07-27	3	1st	5 9 11 33 39
2025-07-24	11	1st	5 16 23 26 36
2025-07-13	18	1st	5 18 28 42 43
2025-06-25	2	1st	5 9 10 28 29
2025-06-23	8	1st	5 22 26 32 41
2025-06-15	4	1st	5 13 20 23 36
2025-06-11	7	1st	5 25 31 37 38
2025-06-04	5	3rd	1 3 5 28 34
2025-05-30	4	1st	5 14 21 26 27
2025-05-26	1	2nd	4 5 25 28 36
2025-05-25	18	1st	5 23 27 29 34
2025-05-07	10	2nd	1 5 19 26 27
2025-04-27	3	2nd	2 5 10 13 19
2025-04-24	7	1st	5 11 15 22 38
2025-04-17	18	1st	5 18 21 41 44
2025-03-30	10	2nd	1 5 20 30 44
2025-03-20	30	1st	5 16 28 32 38
2025-02-18	15	2nd	2 5 10 36 44
2025-02-03	5	1st	5 10 15 21 35
2025-01-29	13	1st	5 9 12 34 45
2025-01-16	6	2nd	2 5 16 24 39
2025-01-10	3	2nd	3 5 6 38 42
2025-01-07	20	1st	5 10 19 23 31
2024-12-18	6	2nd	4 5 6 28 36
2024-12-12	2	2nd	1 5 12 16 43
2024-12-10	5	2nd	4 5 18 26 28
2024-12-05	11	1st	5 10 32 33 38
2024-11-24	1	1st	5 8 15 32 44
2024-11-23	1	1st	5 8 9 12 32
2024-11-22	5	1st	5 12 16 30 36
2024-11-17	3	2nd	3 5 31 32 34
2024-11-14	4	2nd	4 5 20 31 40
2024-11-10	9	1st	5 13 15 26 27
2024-11-01	12	1st	5 20 23 37 45
2024-10-20	2	1st	5 15 33 42 43
2024-10-18	5	1st	5 6 10 33 41
2024-10-13	4	2nd	2 5 10 24 35
2024-10-09	19	2nd	3 5 9 11 43
2024-09-20	4	1st	5 7 13 21 36
2024-09-16	22	2nd	4 5 6 11 37
2024-08-25	5	1st	5 10 11 35 39
2024-08-20	7	3rd	3 4 5 8 25
2024-08-13	1	1st	5 11 27 37 38
2024-08-12	10	1st	5 8 25 36 41
2024-08-02	12	1st	5 7 10 17 33
2024-07-21	1	1st	5 13 23 32 35
2024-07-20	5	1st	5 8 12 16 44
2024-07-15	3	1st	5 33 34 41 44
2024-07-12	14	2nd	3 5 11 17 30
2024-06-28	7	1st	5 14 20 40 41
2024-06-21	1	1st	5 7 31 44 45
2024-06-20	5	1st	5 20 25 40 44
2024-06-15	14	2nd	2 5 14 39 45
2024-06-01	18	1st	5 8 16 32 36
2024-05-14	4	3rd	1 3 5 20 21
2024-05-10	2	1st	5 7 10 34 45
2024-05-08	23	2nd	1 5 19 25 45
2024-04-15	1	1st	5 14 20 24 43
2024-04-14	31	2nd	4 5 16 26 36
2024-03-14	2	2nd	3 5 30 32 44
2024-03-12	26	2nd	4 5 18 22 33
2024-02-15	18	2nd	4 5 26 32 34
2024-01-28	1	2nd	4 5 21 23 44
2024-01-27	9	1st	5 15 18 30 32
2024-01-18	5	1st	5 8 16 19 37
2024-01-13	2	1st	5 9 20 29 43
2024-01-11	1	2nd	3 5 6 16 24
2024-01-10	6	1st	5 13 14 24 38
2024-01-04	6	1st	5 15 23 40 44
2023-12-29	4	2nd	1 5 20 31 32
2023-12-25	1	1st	5 12 15 16 43
2023-12-24	2	1st	5 9 19 36 43
2023-12-22	9	1st	5 25 28 33 41
2023-12-13	21	1st	5 9 37 42 45
2023-11-22	27	1st	5 15 30 31 35
2023-10-26	8	2nd	1 5 11 34 38
2023-10-18	—	1st	5 11 25 28 43