Number 5

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

246times drawn · chance expected 253 −0.46σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

48longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 246 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, −0.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 41 times, counted separately.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 246 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 48 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest153 · chance 156.0
2nd smallest79 · chance 78.0
3rd smallest13 · chance 11.4
4th smallest1 · chance 0.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 42 2 8 11 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2015-10-07	2	1st	5 7 11 30 44 49
2015-09-30	12	1st	5 8 11 17 40 45
2015-08-19	4	1st	5 6 7 25 27 33
2015-08-05	3	1st

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2014-05-10	19	2nd	3 5 8 10 16 17
2014-03-05	30	3rd	1 4 5 8 25 46
2013-11-20	4	1st	5 11 15 23 35 39
2013-11-06	7	1st	5 6 14 18 29 33
2013-10-12	2	1st	5 12 21 26 33 45
2013-10-05	3	1st	5 15 17 19 20 47
2013-09-25	2	1st	5 7 20 24 30 41
2013-09-18	6	3rd	2 4 5 17 22 29
2013-08-28	1	2nd	1 5 17 19 37 47
2013-08-24	6	1st	5 20 26 40 42 48
2013-08-03	19	2nd	3 5 9 13 17 37
2013-05-29	1	2nd	3 5 25 33 34 35
2013-05-25	2	1st	5 6 26 30 33 40
2013-05-18	1	2nd	3 5 24 31 48 49
2013-05-15	12	2nd	4 5 6 20 30 35
2013-04-03	21	1st	5 11 21 32 42 48
2013-01-19	1	1st	5 9 13 16 35 39
2013-01-16	2	1st	5 12 13 35 38 47
2013-01-09	11	1st	5 21 24 25 39 48
2012-12-01	8	1st	5 27 31 32 38 49
2012-11-03	13	1st	5 7 9 17 20 45
2012-09-19	11	1st	5 14 19 23 33 48
2012-08-11	6	2nd	1 5 14 18 34 44
2012-07-21	4	1st	5 14 20 40 41 42
2012-07-07	8	1st	5 22 23 30 33 45
2012-06-09	7	1st	5 14 24 26 37 44
2012-05-16	1	1st	5 6 21 41 48 49
2012-05-12	8	2nd	1 5 18 21 23 33
2012-04-14	4	2nd	1 5 15 22 26 42
2012-03-31	20	2nd	2 5 18 40 47 49
2012-01-21	24	1st	5 17 32 39 42 49
2011-10-29	14	1st	5 9 14 28 46 49
2011-09-10	3	1st	5 7 9 10 22 47
2011-08-31	5	1st	5 26 43 46 47 49
2011-08-13	13	1st	5 30 31 33 35 45
2011-06-29	1	1st	5 6 13 21 31 47
2011-06-25	18	1st	5 9 15 30 32 39
2011-04-23	1	1st	5 6 18 36 44 49
2011-04-20	18	2nd	3 5 8 9 18 44
2011-02-16	5	1st	5 11 15 26 29 32
2011-01-29	22	1st	5 20 25 30 36 47
2010-11-13	5	1st	5 11 29 31 35 39
2010-10-27	5	2nd	3 5 11 16 41 48
2010-10-09	6	1st	5 11 19 29 33 35
2010-09-18	7	2nd	4 5 16 17 20 32
2010-08-25	3	1st	5 10 12 17 28 30
2010-08-14	10	1st	5 13 17 31 42 46
2010-07-10	5	2nd	3 5 30 31 38 47
2010-06-23	5	1st	5 9 13 17 22 27
2010-06-05	3	1st	5 22 23 24 26 29
2010-05-26	8	3rd	2 4 5 19 20 27
2010-04-28	10	1st	5 11 19 23 38 46
2010-03-24	1	2nd	3 5 23 28 42 49
2010-03-20	11	1st	5 11 13 18 25 46
2010-02-10	12	1st	5 7 15 37 42 44
2009-12-30	6	1st	5 14 27 29 34 35
2009-12-09	7	1st	5 13 31 36 40 41
2009-11-14	6	2nd	1 5 9 20 23 39
2009-10-24	3	1st	5 9 12 31 32 38
2009-10-14	5	1st	5 11 24 32 35 42
2009-09-26	21	2nd	3 5 17 32 40 43
2009-07-15	13	1st	5 8 10 29 39 41
2009-05-30	4	2nd	2 5 19 20 33 43
2009-05-16	9	2nd	1 5 9 27 42 45
2009-04-15	4	1st	5 9 18 23 31 39
2009-04-01	4	2nd	3 5 14 19 24 40
2009-03-18	8	2nd	2 5 22 25 39 41
2009-02-18	11	1st	5 23 24 29 39 44
2009-01-10	15	1st	5 8 11 15 38 45
2008-11-19	2	1st	5 7 18 27 31 33
2008-11-12	15	2nd	1 5 13 20 27 45
2008-09-20	2	1st	5 15 20 22 24 47
2008-09-13	3	1st	5 21 28 29 40 44
2008-09-03	6	2nd	3 5 7 9 24 35
2008-08-13	19	1st	5 9 10 11 23 26
2008-06-07	14	1st	5 9 14 37 38 44
2008-04-19	9	1st	5 19 24 38 42 46
2008-03-19	12	1st	5 21 22 25 27 35
2008-02-06	1	2nd	2 5 12 15 30 48
2008-02-02	23	1st	5 7 18 22 25 34
2007-11-14	1	2nd	4 5 21 35 37 42
2007-11-10	10	1st	5 11 13 18 25 35
2007-10-06	5	1st	5 6 18 22 24 38
2007-09-19	10	2nd	2 5 6 13 25 47
2007-08-15	40	2nd	2 5 15 34 35 43
2007-03-28	7	2nd	2 5 19 23 32 41
2007-03-03	2	2nd	1 5 11 19 28 36
2007-02-24	12	1st	5 18 26 34 42 49
2007-01-13	8	1st	5 8 12 20 28 48
2006-12-16	2	1st	5 8 11 27 30 46
2006-12-09	1	1st	5 8 10 18 20 46
2006-12-06	11	2nd	2 5 9 12 22 32
2006-10-28	15	2nd	4 5 6 12 20 29
2006-09-06	10	1st	5 7 14 29 37 38
2006-08-02	1	1st	5 8 9 18 41 47
2006-07-29	18	2nd	4 5 16 19 21 49
2006-05-27	14	1st	5 8 12 24 28 31
2006-04-08	13	1st	5 6 7 18 28 40
2006-02-22	2	1st	5 9 27 35 42 43
2006-02-15	4	1st	5 11 12 16 17 45
2006-02-01	6	1st	5 11 13 17 44 48
2006-01-11	6	1st	5 6 8 19 34 38
2005-12-21	15	1st	5 6 12 13 31 45
2005-10-29	5	2nd	2 5 13 30 39 49
2005-10-12	10	1st	5 7 13 15 19 45
2005-09-07	47	2nd	1 5 7 41 43 49
2005-03-26	18	1st	5 21 23 28 40 48
2005-01-22	2	1st	5 15 23 30 34 42
2005-01-15	1	1st	5 20 30 32 35 38
2005-01-12	2	2nd	4 5 31 33 38 42
2005-01-05	5	1st	5 8 15 20 42 48
2004-12-18	13	1st	5 16 22 25 27 30
2004-11-03	9	1st	5 25 33 35 36 39
2004-10-02	4	2nd	1 5 6 31 33 41
2004-09-18	2	1st	5 10 13 14 28 42
2004-09-11	2	1st	5 8 19 30 35 42
2004-09-04	17	2nd	3 5 10 25 43 47
2004-07-07	4	1st	5 10 11 16 17 33
2004-06-23	5	1st	5 18 21 24 38 48
2004-06-05	1	1st	5 8 9 26 29 44
2004-06-02	3	1st	5 22 26 40 42 43
2004-05-22	6	3rd	1 4 5 25 34 46
2004-05-01	2	1st	5 6 10 15 27 49
2004-04-24	11	4th	1 3 4 5 17 37
2004-03-17	7	1st	5 16 30 38 42 43
2004-02-21	1	2nd	1 5 8 18 42 48
2004-02-18	5	3rd	1 3 5 13 21 24
2004-01-31	5	1st	5 12 13 19 27 47
2004-01-14	15	2nd	2 5 19 21 40 46
2003-11-22	10	2nd	1 5 8 16 31 39
2003-10-18	17	1st	5 11 17 23 40 45
2003-08-20	5	1st	5 6 34 37 42 48
2003-08-02	16	1st	5 26 28 45 47 49
2003-06-07	15	2nd	2 5 6 17 18 30
2003-04-16	1	1st	5 7 23 29 38 47
2003-04-12	4	2nd	3 5 16 25 43 45
2003-03-29	6	1st	5 15 21 33 35 42
2003-03-08	3	1st	5 6 8 32 33 41
2003-02-26	10	1st	5 18 34 38 40 45
2003-01-22	17	1st	5 16 23 35 44 47
2002-11-23	4	1st	5 6 12 19 30 47
2002-11-09	2	2nd	4 5 8 19 31 37
2002-11-02	21	1st	5 28 32 39 42 48
2002-08-21	14	1st	5 14 19 32 34 42
2002-07-03	8	3rd	2 4 5 22 27 29
2002-06-05	4	2nd	3 5 7 26 43 47
2002-05-22	10	1st	5 9 18 39 43 46
2002-04-17	2	1st	5 13 19 30 32 43
2002-04-10	7	1st	5 11 24 26 34 41
2002-03-16	3	1st	5 6 26 41 42 44
2002-03-06	23	1st	5 17 20 31 33 34
2001-12-15	13	1st	5 7 13 24 35 40
2001-10-31	4	2nd	4 5 6 18 36 49
2001-10-17	14	1st	5 20 26 31 32 40
2001-08-29	48	2nd	4 5 9 13 29 47
2001-03-14	10	2nd	1 5 8 31 37 38
2001-02-07	10	2nd	2 5 33 37 40 45
2001-01-03	4	1st	5 6 16 17 19 22
2000-12-20	12	1st	5 8 39 41 46 49
2000-11-08	23	2nd	2 5 9 16 27 43
2000-08-19	21	1st	5 22 34 38 43 46
2000-06-07	10	2nd	2 5 20 24 28 39
2000-05-03	13	1st	5 6 24 36 38 48
2000-03-18	6	1st	5 8 15 16 22 39
2000-02-26	2	2nd	3 5 6 8 16 45
2000-02-19	6	2nd	1 5 11 32 43 46
2000-01-29	7	1st	5 7 17 21 27 48
2000-01-05	1	1st	5 22 25 30 31 33
2000-01-01	6	2nd	2 5 14 23 27 48
1999-12-11	24	1st	5 9 27 37 43 46
1999-09-18	4	1st	5 11 15 18 23 33
1999-09-04	1	2nd	3 5 7 10 14 20
1999-09-01	15	2nd	3 5 19 27 39 49
1999-07-10	15	1st	5 7 15 26 35 40
1999-05-19	10	3rd	1 2 5 27 38 49
1999-04-14	4	1st	5 9 12 25 30 32
1999-03-31	13	2nd	1 5 12 24 26 38
1999-02-13	27	1st	5 23 26 27 47 49
1998-11-11	3	1st	5 11 19 25 29 49
1998-10-31	5	1st	5 9 12 14 18 38
1998-10-14	16	3rd	1 2 5 15 41 45
1998-08-19	1	1st	5 27 34 44 46 48
1998-08-15	2	2nd	3 5 15 22 31 35
1998-08-08	36	2nd	2 5 17 21 45 47
1998-04-04	13	1st	5 19 24 33 38 48
1998-02-18	8	2nd	1 5 10 13 25 32
1998-01-21	8	1st	5 12 24 35 36 38
1997-12-24	5	1st	5 6 11 29 36 41
1997-12-06	3	1st	5 9 19 21 30 49
1997-11-26	5	1st	5 11 19 23 24 47
1997-11-08	16	1st	5 24 34 37 40 48
1997-09-13	9	3rd	1 2 5 31 32 40
1997-08-13	2	1st	5 10 17 29 41 43
1997-08-06	8	2nd	3 5 6 20 45 49
1997-07-09	11	2nd	3 5 13 22 24 43
1997-05-31	3	2nd	2 5 9 28 29 45
1997-05-21	14	1st	5 8 21 38 39 49
1997-04-02	6	1st	5 10 17 25 40 43
1997-03-12	1	3rd	3 4 5 16 22 25
1997-03-08	4	1st	5 12 20 29 39 42
1997-02-22	3	2nd	1 5 8 9 23 27
1997-02-12	9	1st	5 14 23 29 38 45
1996-12-21	3	1st	5 26 35 38 42 45
1996-11-30	2	2nd	4 5 12 25 26 49
1996-11-16	10	2nd	1 5 16 18 37 42
1996-09-07	1	1st	5 13 15 18 32 44
1996-08-31	7	2nd	3 5 14 27 44 47
1996-07-13	16	1st	5 10 11 12 41 42
1996-03-23	4	1st	5 7 14 18 30 43
1996-02-24	5	2nd	2 5 7 24 35 44
1996-01-20	6	1st	5 23 25 30 33 37
1995-12-09	8	1st	5 11 12 26 29 33
1995-10-14	3	2nd	4 5 9 25 30 47
1995-09-23	5	1st	5 10 19 24 34 46
1995-08-19	7	1st	5 8 23 24 28 48
1995-07-01	1	1st	5 7 8 25 44 48
1995-06-24	7	1st	5 15 21 42 43 45
1995-05-06	10	1st	5 14 17 35 43 48
1995-02-25	7	1st	5 8 10 18 31 33
1995-01-07	3	2nd	2 5 21 22 25 32
1994-12-17	4	2nd	3 5 9 13 14 38
1994-11-19	—	2nd	3 5 14 22 30 44