Number 5

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,884 draws, 5 from 1–41.

220times drawn · chance expected 230 −0.69σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

44longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 1,884 draws against 229.8 expected, −0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 220 times in 1,884 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 smallest143 · chance 141.8
2nd smallest66 · chance 68.8
3rd smallest11 · chance 9.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 19 4 11 9 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2026-10-05	16	1st	5 17 27 30 37
2026-08-29	3	1st	5 6 18 21 23
2026-08-22	10	2nd	2 5 8 14 38
2026-07-29	12	1st	5 6 13

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-16	5	1st	5 11 25 31 41
2025-08-04	1	1st	5 16 29 39 41
2025-08-02	2	3rd	1 4 5 9 20
2025-07-28	4	3rd	3 4 5 17 34
2025-07-19	1	1st	5 9 28 34 38
2025-07-16	8	1st	5 17 22 26 37
2025-06-28	9	1st	5 6 19 20 34
2025-06-07	12	1st	5 13 24 34 39
2025-05-10	38	2nd	3 5 11 18 31
2025-02-10	9	1st	5 10 25 26 36
2025-01-20	17	1st	5 9 14 25 37
2024-12-11	3	1st	5 9 18 20 28
2024-12-04	9	2nd	3 5 21 28 37
2024-11-13	8	2nd	4 5 23 35 39
2024-10-26	4	1st	5 11 16 19 37
2024-10-16	16	2nd	2 5 7 14 21
2024-09-09	3	1st	5 9 19 23 36
2024-09-02	17	1st	5 20 25 37 41
2024-07-24	3	1st	5 7 10 18 26
2024-07-17	28	2nd	4 5 11 12 35
2024-05-13	3	2nd	4 5 19 21 34
2024-05-06	12	1st	5 20 24 29 35
2024-04-08	7	2nd	3 5 6 11 37
2024-03-23	1	2nd	4 5 8 15 23
2024-03-20	3	1st	5 19 30 33 37
2024-03-13	2	2nd	3 5 11 18 29
2024-03-09	12	1st	5 6 8 19 24
2024-02-10	5	2nd	1 5 6 14 32
2024-01-29	15	2nd	4 5 15 23 35
2023-12-25	1	1st	5 6 12 31 40
2023-12-23	14	2nd	2 5 6 12 26
2023-11-20	6	1st	5 13 17 21 39
2023-11-06	2	2nd	4 5 6 12 24
2023-11-01	6	1st	5 20 32 37 38
2023-10-18	2	2nd	2 5 13 20 32
2023-10-14	12	1st	5 22 25 30 35
2023-09-16	11	1st	5 15 17 30 31
2023-08-09	18	1st	5 13 17 23 33
2023-06-07	7	2nd	3 5 9 20 31
2023-05-13	2	2nd	3 5 15 31 38
2023-05-06	7	2nd	2 5 22 26 32
2023-04-12	27	2nd	1 5 19 31 36
2023-01-07	3	1st	5 10 17 35 40
2022-12-28	11	2nd	1 5 16 18 35
2022-11-19	15	2nd	4 5 9 32 39
2022-09-28	3	1st	5 21 22 23 36
2022-09-17	9	1st	5 13 26 27 31
2022-08-17	27	1st	5 13 32 36 41
2022-05-14	14	1st	5 11 12 26 35
2022-03-26	15	1st	5 7 19 22 33
2022-02-02	2	2nd	2 5 13 19 31
2022-01-26	16	1st	5 15 27 36 39
2021-12-01	4	1st	5 24 25 30 33
2021-11-17	12	1st	5 6 16 19 31
2021-10-06	29	1st	5 10 16 22 31
2021-06-26	24	1st	5 18 30 31 34
2021-04-03	6	1st	5 11 25 29 30
2021-03-13	7	1st	5 13 26 35 38
2021-02-17	8	2nd	4 5 8 17 38
2021-01-20	6	1st	5 14 18 33 40
2020-12-30	4	1st	5 7 8 19 23
2020-12-16	4	1st	5 9 20 33 40
2020-12-02	6	1st	5 7 10 28 33
2020-11-11	34	2nd	2 5 8 26 36
2020-07-15	1	1st	5 7 19 30 39
2020-07-11	4	1st	5 16 28 29 31
2020-06-27	2	1st	5 7 8 14 19
2020-06-20	24	1st	5 9 18 22 36
2020-03-28	22	1st	5 6 8 30 31
2020-01-11	22	1st	5 17 22 26 33
2019-10-26	23	1st	5 13 23 37 38
2019-08-07	4	1st	5 6 20 22 37
2019-07-24	7	1st	5 18 32 33 36
2019-06-29	4	1st	5 7 20 21 27
2019-06-15	19	1st	5 8 11 15 32
2019-04-10	1	2nd	3 5 9 21 28
2019-04-06	2	2nd	3 5 8 21 28
2019-03-30	3	2nd	2 5 18 19 26
2019-03-20	2	1st	5 6 14 17 20
2019-03-13	22	1st	5 14 25 27 28
2018-12-26	18	1st	5 9 14 17 29
2018-10-24	16	1st	5 16 23 27 28
2018-08-29	6	1st	5 13 18 35 41
2018-08-08	12	1st	5 17 20 27 28
2018-06-27	2	1st	5 19 21 30 37
2018-06-20	3	2nd	4 5 15 23 36
2018-06-09	1	2nd	4 5 10 22 39
2018-06-06	4	2nd	4 5 12 13 39
2018-05-23	14	1st	5 8 23 24 39
2018-04-04	5	1st	5 11 16 21 39
2018-03-17	3	1st	5 7 14 15 21
2018-03-07	1	2nd	2 5 7 21 24
2018-03-03	2	1st	5 10 17 29 33
2018-02-24	26	1st	5 19 25 29 32
2017-11-25	3	1st	5 6 15 29 38
2017-11-15	12	1st	5 17 25 32 40
2017-10-04	13	1st	5 11 19 32 37
2017-08-19	7	1st	5 9 20 28 33
2017-07-26	6	2nd	1 5 10 34 40
2017-07-05	7	1st	5 6 11 26 33
2017-06-10	4	1st	5 8 19 33 41
2017-05-27	2	2nd	2 5 15 37 41
2017-05-20	6	1st	5 8 14 17 23
2017-04-29	11	2nd	1 5 7 10 23
2017-03-22	1	1st	5 7 11 13 17
2017-03-18	20	1st	5 11 24 27 31
2017-01-07	10	1st	5 12 21 33 40
2016-12-03	2	2nd	1 5 12 14 27
2016-11-26	4	2nd	2 5 10 24 29
2016-11-12	44	2nd	4 5 7 10 39
2016-06-11	4	2nd	4 5 34 36 41
2016-05-28	4	2nd	1 5 8 17 21
2016-05-14	37	1st	5 10 36 37 40
2016-01-06	12	2nd	4 5 13 26 34
2015-11-25	11	3rd	2 4 5 12 33
2015-10-17	1	1st	5 24 26 38 40
2015-10-14	1	1st	5 14 34 36 37
2015-10-10	7	1st	5 19 28 40 41
2015-09-16	5	3rd	1 3 5 15 37
2015-08-29	8	1st	5 19 20 29 31
2015-08-01	8	3rd	3 4 5 12 17
2015-07-04	13	1st	5 19 22 31 33
2015-05-20	16	2nd	3 5 8 20 26
2015-03-25	2	1st	5 10 23 34 35
2015-03-18	7	1st	5 16 20 29 30
2015-02-21	1	1st	5 15 23 33 40
2015-02-18	5	2nd	2 5 7 25 27
2015-01-31	4	2nd	3 5 13 18 41
2015-01-17	1	1st	5 10 28 32 35
2015-01-14	4	1st	5 15 24 29 33
2014-12-31	6	1st	5 9 24 27 37
2014-12-10	1	2nd	1 5 9 24 40
2014-12-06	6	1st	5 16 26 29 33
2014-11-15	8	1st	5 6 23 29 36
2014-10-18	1	1st	5 10 21 36 41
2014-10-15	7	3rd	1 4 5 7 24
2014-09-20	3	3rd	2 3 5 20 26
2014-09-10	6	2nd	4 5 23 29 30
2014-08-20	4	1st	5 7 12 22 26
2014-08-06	16	1st	5 18 28 38 40
2014-06-11	13	1st	5 13 14 22 37
2014-04-26	2	1st	5 10 15 19 41
2014-04-19	5	2nd	3 5 8 19 29
2014-04-02	14	1st	5 11 21 33 34
2014-02-12	5	3rd	1 4 5 18 41
2014-01-25	15	2nd	3 5 28 31 34
2013-12-04	8	1st	5 10 12 16 35
2013-11-06	5	2nd	2 5 10 11 12
2013-10-19	7	2nd	4 5 10 12 18
2013-09-25	5	1st	5 30 31 33 36
2013-09-07	9	2nd	2 5 31 35 41
2013-08-07	6	1st	5 9 11 25 36
2013-07-17	2	1st	5 8 13 22 35
2013-07-10	23	1st	5 19 29 30 39
2013-04-20	2	1st	5 18 23 27 31
2013-04-13	5	1st	5 6 15 22 35
2013-03-27	1	2nd	4 5 9 36 39
2013-03-23	16	3rd	2 3 5 16 38
2013-01-26	6	1st	5 12 13 19 40
2013-01-05	3	2nd	4 5 6 34 35
2012-12-26	6	1st	5 9 20 22 32
2012-12-05	8	1st	5 16 23 26 40
2012-11-07	6	1st	5 10 25 37 38
2012-10-17	12	1st	5 9 30 33 40
2012-09-05	2	1st	5 9 11 16 19
2012-08-29	2	2nd	2 5 6 27 37
2012-08-22	17	2nd	2 5 10 11 34
2012-06-20	2	1st	5 9 21 24 34
2012-06-13	1	1st	5 8 29 30 36
2012-06-09	6	1st	5 11 20 28 41
2012-05-19	7	1st	5 10 21 24 37
2012-04-25	8	1st	5 13 22 25 26
2012-03-28	2	1st	5 9 29 37 38
2012-03-21	9	1st	5 6 19 30 41
2012-02-18	5	1st	5 9 25 28 35
2012-02-01	9	2nd	4 5 16 25 41
2011-12-31	10	2nd	3 5 6 19 30
2011-11-26	34	1st	5 19 37 39 40
2011-07-30	3	1st	5 6 28 29 40
2011-07-20	3	1st	5 11 18 25 33
2011-07-09	5	1st	5 11 27 30 35
2011-06-22	11	1st	5 11 12 33 36
2011-05-14	3	2nd	4 5 6 8 26
2011-05-04	7	1st	5 10 11 18 34
2011-04-09	5	2nd	1 5 6 14 32
2011-03-23	3	1st	5 6 8 17 29
2011-03-12	4	3rd	3 4 5 17 22
2011-02-26	9	2nd	4 5 20 33 40
2011-01-26	31	1st	5 7 9 22 39
2010-10-09	4	2nd	4 5 16 23 33
2010-09-25	19	1st	5 8 15 20 34
2010-07-21	10	1st	5 8 16 33 34
2010-06-16	14	2nd	1 5 13 22 38
2010-04-28	2	1st	5 9 20 28 39
2010-04-21	2	1st	5 11 17 22 24
2010-04-14	—	1st	5 23 34 35 41