Number 7

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

128times drawn · chance expected 121 +0.67σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

40longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, +0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 20 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 7 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 smallest69 · chance 69.6
2nd smallest49 · chance 47.7
3rd smallest9 · chance 9.9
4th smallest1 · chance 0.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 12 37 15 16 11

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-21	1	2nd	4 7 15 32 33
2026-09-20	5	2nd	2 7 16 39 44
2026-09-15	3	1st	7 11 19 26 40
2026-09-12	3	1st	7 9 11 29

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: 7 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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