Number 5

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

132times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.18σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

63longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 132 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 132 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 12 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 smallest80 · chance 88.9
2nd smallest46 · chance 38.4
3rd smallest6 · chance 4.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 4 28 31 6 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
2026-08-31	6	1st	5 15 19 29 35
2026-08-10	11	2nd	4 5 6 16 37
2026-07-02	2	2nd	1 5 31 35 40
2026-06-25	7	1st	5 6 24

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.

2024-01-04	3	1st	5 10 13 23 28
2023-12-25	32	2nd	3 5 13 32 38
2023-09-04	1	2nd	1 5 26 28 34
2023-08-31	4	1st	5 7 33 37 45
2023-08-17	39	1st	5 27 28 34 38
2023-04-03	20	1st	5 9 33 37 39
2023-01-23	6	1st	5 14 20 31 42
2023-01-02	5	1st	5 8 16 24 44
2022-12-15	5	1st	5 11 31 33 38
2022-11-28	6	1st	5 10 15 21 45
2022-11-07	14	1st	5 8 23 38 41
2022-09-19	6	1st	5 14 15 18 31
2022-08-29	2	1st	5 14 16 21 34
2022-08-22	1	2nd	3 5 26 34 39
2022-08-18	11	3rd	1 4 5 15 43
2022-07-11	1	2nd	2 5 6 20 22
2022-07-07	6	2nd	1 5 14 19 35
2022-06-16	1	1st	5 21 24 35 42
2022-06-13	4	2nd	1 5 12 19 21
2022-05-30	4	1st	5 9 14 17 38
2022-05-16	63	2nd	4 5 23 29 44
2021-10-07	3	2nd	3 5 37 38 44
2021-09-27	24	2nd	1 5 20 29 30
2021-07-05	33	2nd	1 5 17 25 34
2021-03-11	7	2nd	4 5 10 26 45
2021-02-15	4	1st	5 11 12 21 33
2021-02-01	7	1st	5 10 19 21 43
2021-01-07	8	2nd	3 5 8 20 43
2020-12-10	11	2nd	4 5 29 34 44
2020-11-02	15	1st	5 7 21 23 35
2020-09-10	1	1st	5 24 39 42 44
2020-09-07	2	2nd	1 5 10 17 42
2020-08-31	9	2nd	2 5 20 21 30
2020-07-30	1	2nd	2 5 11 19 21
2020-07-27	2	2nd	4 5 24 26 30
2020-07-20	1	1st	5 20 32 36 43
2020-07-16	4	1st	5 12 19 21 45
2020-07-02	1	1st	5 10 24 31 45
2020-06-29	8	2nd	2 5 9 19 27
2020-06-01	4	1st	5 21 36 37 38
2020-05-18	3	3rd	1 2 5 23 37
2020-05-07	7	1st	5 9 22 31 43
2020-04-13	8	1st	5 21 23 27 40
2020-03-16	1	1st	5 16 28 31 37
2020-03-12	20	1st	5 13 14 21 37
2020-01-02	2	1st	5 15 39 42 45
2019-12-26	8	2nd	4 5 18 23 44
2019-11-28	7	1st	5 13 33 42 43
2019-11-04	6	2nd	4 5 14 23 44
2019-10-14	1	2nd	3 5 7 20 29
2019-10-10	5	3rd	2 3 5 16 26
2019-09-23	11	1st	5 12 26 29 36
2019-08-15	22	1st	5 33 35 36 44
2019-05-30	1	1st	5 9 25 27 44
2019-05-27	10	2nd	2 5 6 7 31
2019-04-22	8	2nd	2 5 11 13 23
2019-03-25	4	1st	5 6 17 26 35
2019-03-11	17	1st	5 7 11 15 42
2019-01-10	2	1st	5 13 28 41 42
2019-01-03	4	2nd	4 5 6 9 28
2018-12-20	1	2nd	4 5 6 11 28
2018-12-17	8	2nd	3 5 8 28 36
2018-11-19	2	1st	5 15 21 24 26
2018-11-12	10	1st	5 6 11 16 25
2018-10-08	48	2nd	4 5 12 18 31
2018-04-23	4	1st	5 8 20 27 31
2018-04-09	10	2nd	4 5 24 29 35
2018-03-05	7	1st	5 10 25 28 39
2018-02-08	11	2nd	4 5 12 28 41
2018-01-01	3	1st	5 29 36 39 40
2017-12-21	27	2nd	3 5 20 35 42
2017-09-18	16	2nd	2 5 20 44 45
2017-07-24	1	1st	5 11 22 24 25
2017-07-20	12	2nd	3 5 7 43 45
2017-06-08	27	1st	5 6 10 21 37
2017-03-06	8	1st	5 6 22 35 37
2017-02-06	7	1st	5 17 28 34 42
2017-01-12	3	2nd	2 5 25 26 45
2017-01-02	5	1st	5 24 29 37 42
2016-12-15	1	1st	5 7 20 33 38
2016-12-12	7	1st	5 8 10 21 34
2016-11-17	4	2nd	4 5 8 18 41
2016-11-03	1	1st	5 6 16 34 45
2016-10-31	3	1st	5 10 21 28 34
2016-10-20	7	1st	5 17 30 34 42
2016-09-26	4	2nd	2 5 10 25 32
2016-09-12	4	1st	5 15 22 29 31
2016-08-29	3	1st	5 26 28 33 35
2016-08-18	23	1st	5 11 20 41 45
2016-05-30	6	1st	5 13 33 34 43
2016-05-09	2	3rd	1 4 5 18 21
2016-05-02	5	1st	5 10 13 22 32
2016-04-14	10	2nd	4 5 24 27 32
2016-03-10	8	1st	5 8 22 37 41
2016-02-11	7	2nd	1 5 6 18 39
2016-01-18	2	1st	5 9 11 31 41
2016-01-11	9	1st	5 17 18 22 44
2015-12-10	6	1st	5 24 32 40 43
2015-11-19	2	1st	5 6 21 41 43
2015-11-12	4	1st	5 16 20 21 24
2015-10-29	2	1st	5 6 23 39 44
2015-10-22	5	1st	5 16 28 37 44
2015-10-05	3	2nd	1 5 12 15 29
2015-09-24	3	1st	5 26 27 29 41
2015-09-14	19	1st	5 10 16 23 31
2015-07-09	27	2nd	2 5 21 35 36
2015-04-02	3	1st	5 13 22 28 40
2015-03-23	—	1st	5 8 14 18 21