Number 14

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

137times drawn · chance expected 141 −0.36σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

51longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

14 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 137 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, −0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 14, draw by draw

Drawn 137 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 14 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 14 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 smallest29 · chance 26.3
2nd smallest59 · chance 57.0
3rd smallest42 · chance 41.0
4th smallest6 · chance 11.6
5th smallest1 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 15 28 16 27 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 14 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 41. 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 14 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-06-04	5	2nd	9 14 28 29 37
2017-05-30	1	2nd	4 14 26 29 32
2017-05-29	20	2nd	4 14 16 17 28
2017-05-09	7	2nd	11 14 21

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: 14 is drawn with probability 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-12-09	8	2nd	4 14 29 34 41
2016-12-01	4	2nd	12 14 27 33 35
2016-11-27	10	1st	14 20 23 26 41
2016-11-17	8	1st	14 25 34 36 40
2016-11-09	2	2nd	7 14 16 24 28
2016-11-07	6	3rd	8 9 14 23 33
2016-11-01	8	1st	14 17 26 27 28
2016-10-24	7	1st	14 31 34 35 41
2016-10-17	2	3rd	6 12 14 22 32
2016-10-15	9	2nd	2 14 29 31 40
2016-10-06	14	2nd	7 14 16 17 38
2016-09-22	8	3rd	3 11 14 15 17
2016-09-14	19	2nd	9 14 26 32 35
2016-08-26	5	2nd	13 14 15 17 37
2016-08-21	3	1st	14 15 16 17 34
2016-08-18	30	2nd	10 14 19 26 27
2016-07-19	5	1st	14 21 22 27 31
2016-07-14	51	3rd	1 12 14 20 28
2016-05-24	4	2nd	4 14 15 18 26
2016-05-20	30	5th	1 7 11 12 14
2016-04-20	20	2nd	9 14 18 19 25
2016-03-31	9	2nd	9 14 19 21 41
2016-03-22	1	2nd	2 14 21 30 32
2016-03-21	15	3rd	3 12 14 27 41
2016-03-06	6	2nd	8 14 20 32 38
2016-02-29	4	2nd	11 14 26 39 40
2016-02-25	21	2nd	11 14 18 19 29
2016-02-04	5	2nd	8 14 15 26 27
2016-01-30	6	3rd	6 9 14 26 32
2016-01-24	3	3rd	10 13 14 17 24
2016-01-21	2	3rd	6 10 14 15 33
2016-01-19	4	2nd	6 14 16 35 40
2016-01-15	2	3rd	2 13 14 27 29
2016-01-13	4	1st	14 19 21 29 30
2016-01-09	1	3rd	1 5 14 17 38
2016-01-08	5	2nd	7 14 17 39 40
2016-01-03	1	1st	14 21 23 28 38
2016-01-02	1	4th	1 8 11 14 41
2016-01-01	4	3rd	5 8 14 16 31
2015-12-28	9	3rd	11 13 14 28 30
2015-12-19	2	2nd	4 14 18 25 26
2015-12-17	11	2nd	4 14 21 29 39
2015-12-06	26	2nd	4 14 17 22 29
2015-11-10	1	1st	14 20 25 32 37
2015-11-09	3	1st	14 23 25 31 32
2015-11-06	16	3rd	1 2 14 23 24
2015-10-21	4	1st	14 16 24 33 37
2015-10-17	8	2nd	4 14 21 31 39
2015-10-09	17	4th	2 4 10 14 33
2015-09-22	17	3rd	4 10 14 21 30
2015-09-05	5	3rd	2 3 14 15 19
2015-08-31	10	1st	14 22 31 33 37
2015-08-21	21	2nd	13 14 15 20 39
2015-07-31	5	1st	14 23 28 32 33
2015-07-26	6	2nd	4 14 23 33 38
2015-07-20	3	3rd	8 9 14 18 21
2015-07-17	3	2nd	7 14 18 35 39
2015-07-14	4	2nd	12 14 16 21 36
2015-07-10	7	2nd	10 14 30 35 39
2015-07-03	8	1st	14 17 36 40 41
2015-06-25	17	2nd	7 14 15 24 27
2015-06-08	2	2nd	9 14 15 17 33
2015-06-06	8	4th	2 3 13 14 38
2015-05-29	9	3rd	2 7 14 25 36
2015-05-20	8	3rd	9 12 14 16 28
2015-05-12	7	1st	14 17 27 32 41
2015-05-05	18	2nd	10 14 17 27 35
2015-04-16	14	1st	14 16 17 18 40
2015-04-02	7	1st	14 15 18 19 38
2015-03-26	12	2nd	6 14 25 31 40
2015-03-14	4	2nd	5 14 28 34 35
2015-03-10	15	2nd	11 14 22 33 38
2015-02-23	1	2nd	6 14 22 28 31
2015-02-22	2	3rd	7 13 14 28 39
2015-02-20	2	2nd	6 14 25 28 29
2015-02-18	11	3rd	7 11 14 28 36
2015-02-07	10	3rd	2 7 14 32 41
2015-01-28	16	3rd	3 11 14 35 38
2015-01-12	5	1st	14 15 23 24 30
2015-01-07	9	1st	14 25 27 38 41
2014-12-29	38	2nd	3 14 17 26 31
2014-11-21	18	2nd	5 14 16 18 31
2014-11-03	8	3rd	2 4 14 18 37
2014-10-26	4	2nd	5 14 17 23 28
2014-10-22	4	3rd	2 13 14 25 27
2014-10-18	6	2nd	4 14 18 26 27
2014-10-12	8	4th	1 3 6 14 41
2014-10-04	12	3rd	6 7 14 16 30
2014-09-22	16	4th	2 6 10 14 27
2014-09-06	10	3rd	8 11 14 34 40
2014-08-27	3	3rd	9 10 14 33 40
2014-08-24	5	3rd	12 13 14 27 37
2014-08-19	1	1st	14 16 25 28 38
2014-08-18	37	2nd	5 14 20 21 35
2014-07-12	2	2nd	2 14 23 31 35
2014-07-10	1	3rd	2 3 14 21 29
2014-07-09	2	2nd	11 14 15 31 40
2014-07-07	1	1st	14 19 34 37 38
2014-07-06	6	2nd	1 14 15 35 38
2014-06-30	10	3rd	3 13 14 26 33
2014-06-20	9	1st	14 15 16 27 32
2014-06-11	7	1st	14 16 18 24 33
2014-06-04	2	2nd	6 14 17 19 29
2014-06-02	5	3rd	10 13 14 17 39
2014-05-28	4	3rd	9 10 14 28 29
2014-05-24	1	3rd	6 7 14 29 36
2014-05-23	14	2nd	2 14 19 20 24
2014-05-09	5	2nd	10 14 27 29 38
2014-05-04	6	1st	14 16 26 28 41
2014-04-28	6	1st	14 32 33 40 41
2014-04-22	4	3rd	10 11 14 34 35
2014-04-18	2	2nd	11 14 33 37 41
2014-04-16	—	2nd	9 14 27 32 40