Number 5

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

126times drawn · chance expected 141 −1.35σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

49longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 126 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, −1.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 126 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 1 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 smallest78 · chance 81.2
2nd smallest37 · chance 39.4
3rd smallest11 · chance 5.2
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th 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.

10 3 4 28 29 26

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, 5 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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
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
2017-06-17	1	3rd	3 4 5 28 41
2017-06-16	1	1st	5 10 27 39 40
2017-06-15	4	2nd	3 5 7 15 39
2017-06-11	5	1st	5 7 13

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-12-22	15	1st	5 17 21 25 30
2016-12-07	19	3rd	1 3 5 28 40
2016-11-18	14	1st	5 9 13 26 34
2016-11-04	5	2nd	2 5 6 21 31
2016-10-30	12	1st	5 11 25 26 33
2016-10-18	11	2nd	4 5 10 32 40
2016-10-07	17	1st	5 8 11 25 27
2016-09-20	2	1st	5 21 29 33 41
2016-09-18	2	2nd	4 5 22 24 33
2016-09-16	1	1st	5 20 22 26 38
2016-09-15	13	1st	5 15 16 19 35
2016-09-02	16	2nd	3 5 21 29 41
2016-08-17	33	3rd	2 4 5 15 23
2016-07-15	2	1st	5 17 28 31 39
2016-07-13	1	1st	5 11 21 34 35
2016-07-12	2	1st	5 13 24 31 40
2016-07-10	3	1st	5 11 13 17 34
2016-07-07	1	1st	5 7 10 26 30
2016-07-06	1	1st	5 12 20 29 30
2016-07-05	23	1st	5 21 29 36 40
2016-06-12	35	1st	5 8 18 30 33
2016-05-08	5	3rd	1 3 5 8 19
2016-05-03	1	2nd	3 5 7 19 28
2016-05-02	11	2nd	2 5 10 28 31
2016-04-21	10	1st	5 27 28 29 40
2016-04-11	1	2nd	1 5 20 23 30
2016-04-10	14	2nd	3 5 12 32 40
2016-03-27	14	3rd	2 3 5 19 34
2016-03-13	2	1st	5 22 26 29 31
2016-03-11	8	1st	5 10 12 25 34
2016-03-03	5	2nd	2 5 7 9 10
2016-02-27	19	1st	5 12 20 25 40
2016-02-08	2	1st	5 24 31 37 40
2016-02-06	1	3rd	1 4 5 27 41
2016-02-05	11	1st	5 10 15 18 33
2016-01-25	13	1st	5 12 15 20 24
2016-01-12	3	1st	5 6 22 29 36
2016-01-09	8	2nd	1 5 14 17 38
2016-01-01	1	1st	5 8 14 16 31
2015-12-31	10	2nd	4 5 8 26 34
2015-12-21	1	1st	5 7 12 13 28
2015-12-20	2	1st	5 9 20 22 39
2015-12-18	3	2nd	4 5 8 10 26
2015-12-15	3	2nd	2 5 10 24 25
2015-12-12	31	1st	5 17 28 39 40
2015-11-11	19	2nd	4 5 8 16 17
2015-10-23	1	1st	5 6 9 18 27
2015-10-22	10	3rd	2 3 5 33 40
2015-10-12	1	1st	5 7 23 37 40
2015-10-11	1	1st	5 9 26 35 37
2015-10-10	17	3rd	2 4 5 8 29
2015-09-23	10	1st	5 6 16 19 21
2015-09-13	9	2nd	3 5 7 15 37
2015-09-04	3	2nd	2 5 17 19 29
2015-09-01	2	3rd	1 3 5 27 41
2015-08-30	2	1st	5 7 32 37 39
2015-08-28	3	1st	5 10 15 23 38
2015-08-25	16	1st	5 13 15 22 25
2015-08-09	2	3rd	2 3 5 11 17
2015-08-07	2	1st	5 15 16 20 26
2015-08-05	11	1st	5 10 15 22 28
2015-07-25	44	1st	5 10 13 16 35
2015-06-11	1	2nd	4 5 10 25 40
2015-06-10	23	1st	5 13 24 31 36
2015-05-18	7	1st	5 12 17 20 28
2015-05-11	20	2nd	4 5 10 21 34
2015-04-20	11	1st	5 11 21 22 26
2015-04-09	1	2nd	4 5 15 22 29
2015-04-08	9	2nd	1 5 9 16 29
2015-03-30	16	1st	5 10 22 24 34
2015-03-14	6	1st	5 14 28 34 35
2015-03-08	2	1st	5 24 26 28 38
2015-03-06	13	2nd	1 5 13 15 27
2015-02-21	21	1st	5 23 26 30 38
2015-01-31	1	1st	5 6 25 38 41
2015-01-30	1	2nd	4 5 16 17 33
2015-01-29	2	2nd	2 5 27 30 33
2015-01-27	2	1st	5 16 18 26 34
2015-01-25	9	2nd	1 5 8 31 36
2015-01-16	3	1st	5 16 18 22 29
2015-01-13	7	1st	5 16 18 19 29
2015-01-06	7	1st	5 23 25 28 33
2014-12-30	22	1st	5 16 20 29 39
2014-12-08	13	1st	5 24 25 26 38
2014-11-25	4	1st	5 10 13 31 32
2014-11-21	5	1st	5 14 16 18 31
2014-11-16	18	2nd	4 5 7 33 35
2014-10-29	1	2nd	4 5 28 31 41
2014-10-28	1	1st	5 25 27 29 38
2014-10-27	1	2nd	4 5 13 18 36
2014-10-26	9	1st	5 14 17 23 28
2014-10-17	1	1st	5 20 32 36 37
2014-10-16	10	1st	5 6 32 38 40
2014-10-06	37	1st	5 10 15 27 32
2014-08-30	12	1st	5 7 16 20 33
2014-08-18	2	1st	5 14 20 21 35
2014-08-16	49	1st	5 15 25 32 41
2014-06-28	1	1st	5 12 17 29 34
2014-06-27	47	2nd	1 5 32 34 38
2014-05-11	9	1st	5 9 18 35 36
2014-05-02	6	2nd	3 5 23 27 38
2014-04-26	—	1st	5 21 24 38 41