Number 5

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

103times drawn · chance expected 101 +0.21σ

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

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

29longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 722 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 29 · 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 smallest70 · chance 60.0
2nd smallest28 · chance 36.0
3rd smallest5 · chance 6.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 18 31 48 6 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-03-27	17	1st	5 34 37 38 48 49 50
2026-01-27	7	1st	5 9 24 30 36 39 43
2026-01-02	1	1st	5 9 11 22 30 41

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-16	14	1st	5 7 12 18 33 40 50
2024-06-28	4	2nd	1 5 11 12 13 23 33
2024-06-14	3	1st	5 11 29 31 38 39 49
2024-06-04	5	1st	5 6 12 15 18 34 37
2024-05-17	4	1st	5 13 27 28 32 45 50
2024-05-03	1	2nd	3 5 16 20 31 34 38
2024-04-30	6	1st	5 8 18 21 23 31 48
2024-04-09	17	2nd	4 5 22 30 44 46 50
2024-02-09	8	1st	5 8 16 32 36 41 42
2024-01-12	20	1st	5 6 7 18 22 34 36
2023-11-03	7	1st	5 7 9 10 19 24 40
2023-10-10	24	1st	5 6 12 28 33 41 47
2023-07-18	2	3rd	2 4 5 15 29 40 49
2023-07-11	6	1st	5 16 23 24 31 40 48
2023-06-20	11	1st	5 10 24 30 32 43 48
2023-05-12	7	2nd	4 5 20 26 28 29 48
2023-04-18	2	1st	5 7 16 20 26 30 36
2023-04-11	4	2nd	4 5 11 12 31 43 44
2023-03-28	1	1st	5 9 12 19 21 22 49
2023-03-24	2	1st	5 9 14 23 32 33 46
2023-03-17	14	1st	5 15 17 22 25 37 46
2023-01-27	3	2nd	4 5 9 13 29 30 35
2023-01-17	6	3rd	1 2 5 6 16 30 45
2022-12-27	11	1st	5 6 13 16 31 32 35
2022-11-18	2	2nd	3 5 11 17 26 42 49
2022-11-11	21	1st	5 23 34 35 46 47 50
2022-08-30	3	1st	5 8 12 23 39 41 48
2022-08-19	5	1st	5 20 26 33 35 46 48
2022-08-02	12	2nd	4 5 15 18 22 28 32
2022-06-21	9	3rd	2 4 5 22 32 40 50
2022-05-20	11	1st	5 6 20 29 42 44 47
2022-04-12	7	2nd	3 5 7 19 32 34 50
2022-03-18	2	1st	5 7 12 18 26 29 46
2022-03-11	3	1st	5 7 12 22 28 43 47
2022-03-01	7	1st	5 6 28 36 40 46 50
2022-02-04	8	1st	5 15 19 22 37 46 47
2022-01-07	15	2nd	4 5 31 39 42 45 50
2021-11-16	5	1st	5 6 7 17 26 29 42
2021-10-29	6	2nd	1 5 17 18 38 41 48
2021-10-08	3	1st	5 16 19 21 23 31 36
2021-09-28	1	2nd	2 5 8 18 23 31 35
2021-09-24	5	1st	5 13 28 35 41 49 50
2021-09-07	6	1st	5 8 31 36 41 42 43
2021-08-17	4	1st	5 16 18 33 37 38 39
2021-08-03	2	2nd	4 5 9 15 24 36 48
2021-07-27	19	1st	5 12 13 32 36 40 48
2021-05-21	1	1st	5 6 25 31 32 44 48
2021-05-18	16	1st	5 9 18 27 32 38 40
2021-03-23	3	1st	5 6 12 28 29 36 46
2021-03-12	6	1st	5 12 15 23 28 38 39
2021-02-19	2	2nd	1 5 10 18 20 40 42
2021-02-12	8	2nd	2 5 10 11 14 23 33
2021-01-15	11	1st	5 23 31 35 36 37 43
2020-12-08	1	1st	5 13 14 21 36 37 43
2020-12-04	9	1st	5 7 14 23 24 46 47
2020-11-03	8	1st	5 7 14 21 26 34 49
2020-10-06	6	2nd	4 5 9 19 28 34 44
2020-09-15	5	2nd	1 5 6 24 27 28 32
2020-08-28	2	1st	5 8 9 28 32 48 50
2020-08-21	10	3rd	1 2 5 11 20 30 39
2020-07-17	14	1st	5 11 15 18 20 24 46
2020-05-29	1	1st	5 12 15 23 26 38 41
2020-05-26	14	1st	5 27 34 37 39 41 47
2020-04-07	1	1st	5 20 21 22 32 37 41
2020-04-03	1	1st	5 9 10 25 27 29 38
2020-03-31	4	1st	5 7 22 29 32 37 39
2020-03-17	2	2nd	4 5 8 15 27 41 48
2020-03-10	15	1st	5 6 27 37 38 46 48
2020-01-17	1	1st	5 6 36 39 40 46 48
2020-01-14	15	1st	5 16 19 23 30 37 48
2019-11-22	1	1st	5 9 23 29 30 31 37
2019-11-19	3	1st	5 13 23 25 27 32 44
2019-11-08	1	2nd	3 5 10 18 26 33 46
2019-11-05	17	1st	5 7 15 18 35 37 45
2019-09-06	2	2nd	4 5 24 25 43 44 50
2019-08-30	1	1st	5 9 33 36 39 41 44
2019-08-27	1	1st	5 7 19 28 32 35 44
2019-08-23	3	1st	5 6 8 15 22 46 47
2019-08-13	—	2nd	1 5 38 39 42 47 49