Number 5

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,767 draws, 5 from 1–36.

392times drawn · chance expected 384 +0.42σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

38longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 392 times in 2,767 draws against 384.3 expected, +0.42σ. 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 392 times in 2,767 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 38 · 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 smallest238 · chance 235.6
2nd smallest134 · chance 134.6
3rd smallest19 · chance 20.9
4th smallest1 · chance 0.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 44.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 25 31 9 22 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-10-08	3	1st	5 17 21 30 34
2026-10-05	1	2nd	1 5 7 25 27
2026-10-04	9	1st	5 13 16 20 23
2026-09-25	4	1st	5 7 11 17

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-30	4	1st	5 9 10 16 24
2026-05-26	14	1st	5 20 23 25 32
2026-05-12	17	2nd	3 5 19 28 35
2026-04-25	6	2nd	1 5 13 30 31
2026-04-19	28	2nd	1 5 6 26 28
2026-03-22	1	1st	5 28 31 32 33
2026-03-21	3	1st	5 7 8 12 21
2026-03-18	9	1st	5 8 14 20 27
2026-03-09	15	1st	5 9 12 21 30
2026-02-22	2	3rd	1 4 5 6 21
2026-02-20	8	1st	5 7 12 27 30
2026-02-12	1	2nd	4 5 16 22 23
2026-02-11	7	1st	5 18 19 33 35
2026-02-04	6	1st	5 8 9 10 18
2026-01-29	6	1st	5 8 15 26 28
2026-01-23	4	1st	5 7 13 21 33
2026-01-19	13	1st	5 11 23 24 31
2026-01-06	2	1st	5 9 14 23 27
2026-01-04	11	1st	5 18 19 27 34
2025-12-23	14	1st	5 20 30 34 36
2025-12-09	2	1st	5 6 10 22 32
2025-12-07	15	1st	5 13 21 26 34
2025-11-22	6	1st	5 17 27 34 36
2025-11-16	11	1st	5 9 16 18 21
2025-11-05	5	3rd	3 4 5 16 17
2025-10-31	1	1st	5 10 22 24 36
2025-10-30	1	1st	5 11 15 21 34
2025-10-29	1	2nd	3 5 24 29 31
2025-10-28	22	1st	5 11 18 20 30
2025-10-06	14	1st	5 10 22 27 36
2025-09-22	5	2nd	2 5 6 11 25
2025-09-17	2	1st	5 25 27 29 33
2025-09-15	29	1st	5 11 15 16 25
2025-08-17	1	1st	5 19 26 29 30
2025-08-16	12	1st	5 9 18 23 26
2025-08-04	1	1st	5 6 7 17 22
2025-08-03	1	1st	5 6 10 19 22
2025-08-02	2	2nd	4 5 12 19 27
2025-07-31	14	1st	5 9 14 21 24
2025-07-17	1	2nd	4 5 7 28 36
2025-07-16	3	1st	5 10 20 22 30
2025-07-13	7	2nd	1 5 13 23 24
2025-07-06	3	1st	5 7 11 32 33
2025-07-03	10	2nd	3 5 15 18 33
2025-06-23	9	2nd	4 5 12 19 27
2025-06-14	19	2nd	4 5 13 19 30
2025-05-26	13	1st	5 7 14 15 16
2025-05-13	20	2nd	1 5 19 31 35
2025-04-23	9	3rd	1 3 5 25 30
2025-04-14	5	1st	5 7 19 25 31
2025-04-09	9	2nd	3 5 15 24 32
2025-03-31	3	1st	5 10 16 31 35
2025-03-28	1	1st	5 6 11 16 30
2025-03-27	3	1st	5 8 11 22 23
2025-03-24	1	1st	5 7 13 17 28
2025-03-23	14	1st	5 9 11 25 27
2025-03-09	8	1st	5 12 19 32 36
2025-03-01	15	1st	5 22 23 25 29
2025-02-14	18	2nd	1 5 10 27 31
2025-01-27	6	3rd	2 4 5 17 34
2025-01-21	1	1st	5 20 22 23 32
2025-01-20	15	1st	5 6 8 23 28
2025-01-05	7	2nd	3 5 9 12 28
2024-12-29	3	2nd	2 5 20 32 35
2024-12-26	9	1st	5 14 23 32 36
2024-12-16	6	1st	5 18 25 27 36
2024-12-10	4	1st	5 11 20 28 35
2024-12-06	5	1st	5 8 17 18 35
2024-12-01	4	1st	5 15 18 24 28
2024-11-27	19	1st	5 6 18 29 31
2024-11-08	4	1st	5 11 16 17 19
2024-11-04	9	1st	5 11 12 28 36
2024-10-26	5	1st	5 10 23 31 33
2024-10-21	5	1st	5 7 17 22 26
2024-10-16	5	1st	5 7 14 16 25
2024-10-11	6	1st	5 7 21 25 26
2024-10-05	13	1st	5 12 30 31 35
2024-09-22	23	2nd	2 5 6 10 14
2024-08-30	4	2nd	2 5 16 27 34
2024-08-26	5	1st	5 10 17 31 32
2024-08-21	9	1st	5 22 27 28 34
2024-08-12	6	1st	5 11 16 20 22
2024-08-06	7	1st	5 14 17 19 25
2024-07-30	38	1st	5 11 20 23 26
2024-06-22	2	2nd	1 5 8 24 32
2024-06-20	7	2nd	1 5 10 20 28
2024-06-13	3	1st	5 24 34 35 36
2024-06-10	14	1st	5 11 16 21 25
2024-05-27	17	4th	1 2 3 5 22
2024-05-10	3	3rd	1 4 5 18 33
2024-05-07	4	2nd	1 5 11 22 28
2024-05-03	8	2nd	2 5 18 24 26
2024-04-25	1	1st	5 8 10 21 30
2024-04-24	13	2nd	3 5 26 28 33
2024-04-11	10	2nd	2 5 9 26 34
2024-04-01	1	1st	5 11 18 23 31
2024-03-31	5	2nd	4 5 6 9 11
2024-03-26	8	3rd	2 4 5 11 18
2024-03-18	1	2nd	4 5 9 27 35
2024-03-17	24	2nd	4 5 19 26 28
2024-02-22	3	1st	5 13 15 16 29
2024-02-19	1	3rd	1 2 5 26 27
2024-02-18	15	1st	5 6 16 17 33
2024-02-03	14	1st	5 8 22 33 36
2024-01-20	5	1st	5 6 14 30 33
2024-01-15	2	1st	5 25 27 33 34
2024-01-13	33	1st	5 7 9 11 30
2023-12-10	5	2nd	2 5 11 29 35
2023-12-05	13	1st	5 8 19 27 31
2023-11-22	4	1st	5 9 14 27 31
2023-11-18	3	1st	5 21 31 33 34
2023-11-15	1	1st	5 11 17 22 36
2023-11-14	2	1st	5 6 11 13 28
2023-11-12	5	1st	5 6 19 20 31
2023-11-07	32	2nd	1 5 7 18 36
2023-10-06	2	1st	5 12 14 26 27
2023-10-04	2	1st	5 8 16 17 36
2023-10-02	4	2nd	1 5 7 17 22
2023-09-28	7	1st	5 9 10 23 30
2023-09-21	5	2nd	4 5 6 12 24
2023-09-16	11	1st	5 9 12 30 35
2023-09-05	6	1st	5 16 17 23 35
2023-08-30	9	2nd	3 5 13 34 35
2023-08-21	5	1st	5 6 8 12 18
2023-08-16	5	2nd	4 5 25 31 36
2023-08-11	4	1st	5 16 27 30 33
2023-08-07	2	2nd	1 5 22 29 34
2023-08-05	2	1st	5 8 23 28 33
2023-08-03	4	2nd	2 5 14 20 30
2023-07-30	1	2nd	1 5 13 16 26
2023-07-29	16	1st	5 8 10 24 25
2023-07-13	3	3rd	1 4 5 6 18
2023-07-10	11	2nd	4 5 12 19 22
2023-06-29	26	2nd	1 5 9 18 28
2023-06-03	2	2nd	3 5 14 21 35
2023-06-01	1	1st	5 13 14 25 35
2023-05-31	6	2nd	1 5 15 20 31
2023-05-25	4	2nd	3 5 10 12 23
2023-05-21	6	2nd	4 5 11 15 33
2023-05-15	8	2nd	2 5 17 29 32
2023-05-07	7	1st	5 13 16 19 28
2023-04-30	8	1st	5 6 21 29 30
2023-04-22	8	2nd	3 5 12 14 19
2023-04-14	1	2nd	2 5 11 20 23
2023-04-13	8	2nd	1 5 19 20 32
2023-04-05	1	1st	5 11 19 22 27
2023-04-04	5	2nd	1 5 10 25 27
2023-03-30	14	3rd	2 4 5 8 10
2023-03-16	7	1st	5 18 20 21 26
2023-03-09	15	1st	5 9 14 25 32
2023-02-22	10	1st	5 7 10 15 22
2023-02-12	4	2nd	3 5 8 14 21
2023-02-08	2	2nd	1 5 18 21 31
2023-02-06	1	1st	5 7 21 25 29
2023-02-05	9	1st	5 21 22 26 30
2023-01-27	5	3rd	2 4 5 14 20
2023-01-22	4	1st	5 12 23 30 33
2023-01-18	7	2nd	2 5 8 27 33
2023-01-11	14	2nd	1 5 17 25 35
2022-12-28	2	1st	5 7 8 30 31
2022-12-26	1	1st	5 10 12 17 23
2022-12-24	13	1st	5 22 27 31 34
2022-12-11	5	2nd	3 5 6 12 32
2022-12-06	7	1st	5 14 15 29 33
2022-11-29	7	1st	5 6 11 14 27
2022-11-22	6	1st	5 6 14 17 22
2022-11-16	7	2nd	4 5 19 24 26
2022-11-09	1	1st	5 15 25 27 33
2022-11-08	14	1st	5 17 18 28 31
2022-10-25	14	2nd	3 5 13 16 27
2022-10-11	12	2nd	3 5 16 19 28
2022-09-29	1	2nd	2 5 8 12 17
2022-09-28	5	1st	5 13 21 23 32
2022-09-23	3	1st	5 9 12 27 28
2022-09-20	3	3rd	3 4 5 12 14
2022-09-17	3	1st	5 15 25 32 35
2022-09-14	1	1st	5 16 17 28 31
2022-09-13	17	1st	5 9 18 32 33
2022-08-27	3	1st	5 20 21 23 30
2022-08-24	6	2nd	2 5 12 22 23
2022-08-18	1	1st	5 11 17 26 31
2022-08-17	5	2nd	2 5 8 28 34
2022-08-12	4	1st	5 27 29 30 32
2022-08-08	10	2nd	4 5 22 31 34
2022-07-29	12	2nd	2 5 10 20 28
2022-07-17	7	1st	5 21 27 31 35
2022-07-10	2	2nd	4 5 7 22 36
2022-07-08	7	2nd	1 5 28 31 32
2022-07-01	16	1st	5 9 10 15 16
2022-06-15	2	2nd	3 5 18 22 34
2022-06-13	9	1st	5 6 25 31 35
2022-06-04	15	2nd	1 5 8 9 10
2022-05-20	8	1st	5 6 7 14 26
2022-05-12	1	1st	5 9 20 25 27
2022-05-11	15	2nd	1 5 10 12 21
2022-04-26	1	1st	5 27 28 31 35
2022-04-25	1	1st	5 10 13 16 30
2022-04-24	2	1st	5 20 29 30 32
2022-04-22	8	2nd	2 5 21 28 34
2022-04-14	2	1st	5 10 12 20 34
2022-04-12	2	2nd	1 5 27 29 35
2022-04-10	1	2nd	1 5 7 17 18
2022-04-09	2	1st	5 7 29 31 36
2022-04-07	3	1st	5 13 18 20 28
2022-04-04	20	2nd	1 5 6 12 23
2022-03-15	8	1st	5 14 25 33 35
2022-03-07	8	1st	5 11 20 21 35
2022-02-27	6	2nd	2 5 15 22 27
2022-02-21	10	2nd	2 5 12 28 36
2022-02-11	1	2nd	4 5 26 27 32
2022-02-10	11	1st	5 6 9 14 24
2022-01-30	3	1st	5 7 25 29 36
2022-01-27	2	1st	5 11 18 22 32
2022-01-25	16	1st	5 19 22 31 32
2022-01-09	3	1st	5 23 30 32 33
2022-01-06	14	1st	5 9 20 26 36
2021-12-22	13	1st	5 6 8 30 32
2021-12-09	1	3rd	2 3 5 14 19
2021-12-08	9	1st	5 9 11 20 25
2021-11-29	1	2nd	3 5 13 28 33
2021-11-28	5	2nd	1 5 9 10 20
2021-11-23	7	1st	5 6 7 10 32
2021-11-16	15	1st	5 17 28 29 31
2021-11-01	4	1st	5 9 11 25 33
2021-10-28	9	1st	5 23 27 32 36
2021-10-19	17	1st	5 10 17 24 36
2021-10-02	5	1st	5 7 9 12 21
2021-09-27	4	1st	5 8 18 25 36
2021-09-23	7	3rd	3 4 5 16 22
2021-09-16	6	2nd	2 5 21 23 35
2021-09-10	11	1st	5 18 29 31 34
2021-08-30	4	1st	5 15 23 29 31
2021-08-26	1	1st	5 19 21 28 29
2021-08-25	3	1st	5 9 18 19 27
2021-08-22	11	1st	5 16 20 22 27
2021-08-11	4	2nd	1 5 15 28 31
2021-08-07	2	1st	5 7 12 31 33
2021-08-05	1	2nd	4 5 10 21 36
2021-08-04	3	1st	5 6 7 27 30
2021-08-01	21	2nd	2 5 17 26 36
2021-07-11	6	1st	5 9 13 22 24
2021-07-05	4	1st	5 26 32 33 36
2021-07-01	5	2nd	3 5 27 30 36
2021-06-26	8	1st	5 8 18 32 36
2021-06-18	1	2nd	1 5 13 28 33
2021-06-17	12	3rd	2 4 5 22 30
2021-06-05	4	1st	5 9 10 19 22
2021-06-01	10	1st	5 8 15 31 34
2021-05-22	14	2nd	2 5 10 26 30
2021-05-08	7	2nd	2 5 13 31 34
2021-05-01	4	1st	5 13 22 30 31
2021-04-27	1	1st	5 14 16 18 23
2021-04-26	15	2nd	2 5 13 19 31
2021-04-11	1	1st	5 6 7 27 33
2021-04-10	22	1st	5 20 29 30 34
2021-03-19	2	2nd	4 5 20 27 36
2021-03-17	4	1st	5 9 17 32 36
2021-03-13	4	1st	5 18 26 33 36
2021-03-09	6	1st	5 9 22 27 33
2021-03-03	22	1st	5 8 22 27 34
2021-02-09	6	1st	5 7 19 23 27
2021-02-03	7	1st	5 10 31 33 34
2021-01-27	30	3rd	1 2 5 9 21
2020-12-28	2	1st	5 6 14 20 35
2020-12-26	8	1st	5 17 24 25 32
2020-12-17	2	3rd	1 2 5 24 28
2020-12-15	11	1st	5 6 12 19 36
2020-12-04	1	1st	5 12 20 24 27
2020-12-03	5	1st	5 10 13 17 21
2020-11-28	2	1st	5 9 14 25 28
2020-11-26	2	1st	5 12 16 17 29
2020-11-24	4	2nd	4 5 12 13 35
2020-11-20	23	2nd	4 5 16 32 34
2020-10-28	7	1st	5 10 11 22 34
2020-10-21	8	2nd	1 5 10 14 23
2020-10-13	21	1st	5 7 23 29 34
2020-09-22	18	2nd	3 5 12 20 28
2020-09-04	2	1st	5 9 14 16 17
2020-09-02	3	1st	5 14 20 22 25
2020-08-30	2	2nd	3 5 13 15 25
2020-08-28	19	1st	5 8 12 17 30
2020-08-09	7	2nd	1 5 6 10 21
2020-08-02	3	2nd	4 5 11 13 27
2020-07-30	8	2nd	1 5 12 14 34
2020-07-22	13	2nd	1 5 16 22 26
2020-07-09	8	2nd	1 5 10 25 33
2020-07-01	6	1st	5 24 33 35 36
2020-06-25	5	1st	5 9 25 29 33
2020-06-20	8	2nd	2 5 7 8 25
2020-06-12	2	2nd	3 5 25 26 35
2020-06-10	4	2nd	2 5 9 12 22
2020-06-06	1	2nd	3 5 6 8 23
2020-06-05	6	2nd	1 5 9 27 34
2020-05-30	4	1st	5 12 14 20 23
2020-05-26	14	1st	5 12 14 17 25
2020-05-12	16	1st	5 15 18 20 31
2020-04-26	5	1st	5 9 29 30 36
2020-04-21	9	1st	5 7 19 22 25
2020-04-12	1	2nd	1 5 10 25 29
2020-04-11	1	1st	5 11 14 21 29
2020-04-10	9	1st	5 14 16 27 29
2020-04-01	10	1st	5 8 11 20 32
2020-03-22	1	2nd	2 5 20 23 30
2020-03-21	3	1st	5 11 15 31 36
2020-03-18	2	2nd	3 5 6 11 36
2020-03-16	10	3rd	1 3 5 14 22
2020-03-06	8	2nd	4 5 10 22 29
2020-02-27	2	2nd	3 5 19 25 26
2020-02-25	2	1st	5 8 10 13 19
2020-02-23	1	2nd	4 5 11 12 27
2020-02-22	2	1st	5 18 20 27 34
2020-02-20	3	2nd	3 5 12 27 33
2020-02-17	4	1st	5 19 21 22 32
2020-02-13	5	1st	5 6 10 16 22
2020-02-08	5	2nd	1 5 15 35 36
2020-02-03	2	1st	5 6 12 28 36
2020-02-01	3	2nd	4 5 7 12 23
2020-01-29	4	2nd	3 5 21 32 35
2020-01-25	4	2nd	3 5 7 10 15
2020-01-21	1	1st	5 21 25 30 32
2020-01-20	15	1st	5 8 16 33 34
2020-01-05	5	1st	5 18 21 23 34
2019-12-31	7	3rd	2 4 5 26 29
2019-12-23	4	1st	5 11 19 21 36
2019-12-19	1	2nd	1 5 9 15 23
2019-12-18	1	1st	5 11 21 32 35
2019-12-17	3	1st	5 12 16 20 25
2019-12-14	3	1st	5 6 7 22 34
2019-12-11	1	1st	5 9 11 15 23
2019-12-10	25	1st	5 7 19 31 33
2019-11-15	8	1st	5 7 16 26 31
2019-11-07	2	2nd	3 5 19 30 32
2019-11-05	7	1st	5 9 13 25 35
2019-10-29	2	2nd	2 5 6 7 9
2019-10-27	14	1st	5 6 7 9 28
2019-10-13	3	1st	5 7 8 25 27
2019-10-10	27	1st	5 6 22 28 36
2019-09-13	9	1st	5 25 29 30 33
2019-09-04	6	1st	5 20 23 24 36
2019-08-29	2	2nd	2 5 9 13 34
2019-08-27	10	2nd	2 5 12 27 29
2019-08-17	6	2nd	2 5 8 16 26
2019-08-11	11	1st	5 14 20 26 34
2019-07-31	6	1st	5 11 13 19 35
2019-07-25	1	2nd	2 5 13 16 21
2019-07-24	20	1st	5 14 18 28 29
2019-07-04	5	3rd	1 3 5 18 35
2019-06-29	21	2nd	1 5 9 15 27
2019-06-08	9	1st	5 18 28 31 36
2019-05-30	3	1st	5 6 11 23 30
2019-05-27	11	2nd	2 5 17 19 21
2019-05-16	6	1st	5 14 18 33 34
2019-05-10	5	1st	5 9 19 26 31
2019-05-05	2	1st	5 26 29 32 34
2019-05-03	1	1st	5 8 24 27 35
2019-05-02	2	1st	5 8 14 16 24
2019-04-30	1	2nd	3 5 20 25 28
2019-04-29	10	1st	5 15 16 25 36
2019-04-19	4	2nd	3 5 15 19 24
2019-04-15	2	2nd	4 5 19 28 33
2019-04-13	3	1st	5 18 30 33 34
2019-04-10	8	1st	5 10 15 24 29
2019-04-02	4	1st	5 21 22 26 32
2019-03-29	2	2nd	1 5 6 27 31
2019-03-27	10	2nd	4 5 10 12 25
2019-03-17	1	1st	5 9 15 21 36
2019-03-16	2	2nd	2 5 16 18 19
2019-03-14	—	2nd	1 5 9 26 32