Number 34

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

150times drawn · chance expected 141 +0.81σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

39longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 150 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, +0.81σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 34, draw by draw

Drawn 150 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 6 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 34 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest0 · chance 1.9
3rd smallest21 · chance 18.2
4th smallest62 · chance 62.7
5th smallest67 · chance 67.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 16 19 31 10 13

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, 34 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 34 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-06-12	6	5th	12 13 21 24 34
2017-06-06	5	5th	5 23 24 32 34
2017-06-01	25	4th	5 16 20 34 35
2017-05-07	1	5th	10 19 26

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

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