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5

Star 5

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,755 draws, 1 from 1–27.

Main numbersStars
61times drawn · chance expected 65 −0.51σ
23draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number
28.5average wait between appearances · chance says 27.0
157longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long
5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 61 times in 1,755 draws against 65.0 expected, −0.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 23 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

5

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 61 times in 1,755 draws · average wait 28.5 draws · longest completed wait 157 · waiting 23 draws now

14 draws: 2010-03-20 to 2010-05-0858 draws: 2010-05-08 to 2010-11-2737 draws: 2010-11-27 to 2011-04-0643 draws: 2011-04-06 to 2011-09-0344 draws: 2011-09-03 to 2012-02-0418 draws: 2012-02-04 to 2012-04-074 draws: 2012-04-07 to 2012-04-2111 draws: 2012-04-21 to 2012-05-3022 draws: 2012-05-30 to 2012-08-15101 draws: 2012-08-15 to 2013-08-0362 draws: 2013-08-03 to 2014-03-0810 draws: 2014-03-08 to 2014-04-1218 draws: 2014-04-12 to 2014-06-1426 draws: 2014-06-14 to 2014-09-1326 draws: 2014-09-13 to 2014-12-1391 draws: 2014-12-13 to 2015-10-2816 draws: 2015-10-28 to 2015-12-2315 draws: 2015-12-23 to 2016-02-1335 draws: 2016-02-13 to 2016-06-151 draws: 2016-06-15 to 2016-06-1824 draws: 2016-06-18 to 2016-09-105 draws: 2016-09-10 to 2016-09-2840 draws: 2016-09-28 to 2017-02-159 draws: 2017-02-15 to 2017-03-187 draws: 2017-03-18 to 2017-04-12146 draws: 2017-04-12 to 2018-09-055 draws: 2018-09-05 to 2018-09-2242 draws: 2018-09-22 to 2019-02-1638 draws: 2019-02-16 to 2019-06-2920 draws: 2019-06-29 to 2019-09-0711 draws: 2019-09-07 to 2019-10-167 draws: 2019-10-16 to 2019-11-0929 draws: 2019-11-09 to 2020-02-1981 draws: 2020-02-19 to 2020-11-2813 draws: 2020-11-28 to 2021-01-1322 draws: 2021-01-13 to 2021-03-3135 draws: 2021-03-31 to 2021-07-312 draws: 2021-07-31 to 2021-08-076 draws: 2021-08-07 to 2021-08-282 draws: 2021-08-28 to 2021-09-0431 draws: 2021-09-04 to 2021-12-2224 draws: 2021-12-22 to 2022-03-1623 draws: 2022-03-16 to 2022-06-0410 draws: 2022-06-04 to 2022-07-097 draws: 2022-07-09 to 2022-08-036 draws: 2022-08-03 to 2022-08-24157 draws: 2022-08-24 to 2024-02-2420 draws: 2024-02-24 to 2024-05-042 draws: 2024-05-04 to 2024-05-1118 draws: 2024-05-11 to 2024-07-132 draws: 2024-07-13 to 2024-07-2012 draws: 2024-07-20 to 2024-08-3150 draws: 2024-08-31 to 2025-02-2214 draws: 2025-02-22 to 2025-04-128 draws: 2025-04-12 to 2025-05-1053 draws: 2025-05-10 to 2025-11-1248 draws: 2025-11-12 to 2026-04-2912 draws: 2026-04-29 to 2026-06-106 draws: 2026-06-10 to 2026-07-0110 draws: 2026-07-01 to 2026-08-05Still waiting — at least 23 draws since 2026-08-052010-03-202010-05-082010-11-272011-04-062011-09-032012-02-042012-04-072012-04-212012-05-302012-08-152013-08-032014-03-082014-04-122014-06-142014-09-132014-12-132015-10-282015-12-232016-02-132016-06-152016-06-182016-09-102016-09-282017-02-152017-03-182017-04-122018-09-052018-09-222019-02-162019-06-292019-09-072019-10-162019-11-092020-02-192020-11-282021-01-132021-03-312021-07-312021-08-072021-08-282021-09-042021-12-222022-03-162022-06-042022-07-092022-08-032022-08-242024-02-242024-05-042024-05-112024-07-132024-07-202024-08-312025-02-222025-04-122025-05-102025-11-122026-04-292026-06-102026-07-012026-08-052010-01-022026-10-24

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

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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 smallest61 · chance 61.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

Never drawn alongside 26 of the other 26 numbers; chance expects about 26 such strangers 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 27. 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

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-08-05101st5
2026-07-0161st5
2026-06-10121st5
2026-04-29481st5
2025-11-12531st5
2025-05-1081st5
2025-04-12141st5
2025-02-22501st5
2024-08-31121st5
2024-07-2021st5
2024-07-13181st5
2024-05-1121st5
2024-05-04201st5
2024-02-241571st5
2022-08-2461st5
2022-08-0371st5
2022-07-09101st5
2022-06-04231st5
2022-03-16241st5
2021-12-22311st5
2021-09-0421st5
2021-08-2861st5
2021-08-0721st5
2021-07-31351st5
The other 37 appearances
2021-03-31221st5
2021-01-13131st5
2020-11-28811st5
2020-02-19291st5
2019-11-0971st5
2019-10-16111st5
2019-09-07201st5
2019-06-29381st5
2019-02-16421st5
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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 1/27 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-09-2251st5
2018-09-051461st5
2017-04-1271st5
2017-03-1891st5
2017-02-15401st5
2016-09-2851st5
2016-09-10241st5
2016-06-1811st5
2016-06-15351st5
2016-02-13151st5
2015-12-23161st5
2015-10-28911st5
2014-12-13261st5
2014-09-13261st5
2014-06-14181st5
2014-04-12101st5
2014-03-08621st5
2013-08-031011st5
2012-08-15221st5
2012-05-30111st5
2012-04-2141st5
2012-04-07181st5
2012-02-04441st5
2011-09-03431st5
2011-04-06371st5
2010-11-27581st5
2010-05-08141st5
2010-03-20—1st5