Number 7

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

154times drawn · chance expected 141 +1.17σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

30longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 154 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, +1.17σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 154 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 3 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 7 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 smallest82 · chance 78.1
2nd smallest57 · chance 60.5
3rd smallest14 · chance 14.2
4th smallest1 · chance 1.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 28 16 6 12 21

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-06-15	4	3rd	3 5 7 15 39
2017-06-11	2	2nd	5 7 13 26 38
2017-06-09	4	1st	7 8 16 21 22
2017-06-05	5	2nd	2 7 15

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

2017-01-19	7	1st	7 8 11 19 41
2017-01-12	9	1st	7 8 15 25 37
2017-01-03	7	1st	7 14 17 31 40
2016-12-27	13	1st	7 16 18 26 28
2016-12-14	1	1st	7 24 25 28 35
2016-12-13	30	2nd	4 7 21 23 28
2016-11-13	4	1st	7 15 23 29 41
2016-11-09	14	1st	7 14 16 24 28
2016-10-26	4	1st	7 16 20 25 37
2016-10-22	1	1st	7 12 16 21 34
2016-10-21	2	2nd	1 7 16 35 39
2016-10-19	13	1st	7 20 27 31 39
2016-10-06	9	1st	7 14 16 17 38
2016-09-27	1	1st	7 13 18 26 39
2016-09-26	2	1st	7 15 27 35 37
2016-09-24	12	1st	7 18 25 27 29
2016-09-12	3	2nd	6 7 9 15 35
2016-09-09	3	2nd	2 7 12 35 40
2016-09-06	9	1st	7 8 9 21 32
2016-08-28	19	2nd	3 7 9 10 20
2016-08-09	4	1st	7 16 27 32 37
2016-08-05	12	2nd	6 7 9 15 34
2016-07-24	2	1st	7 19 20 23 31
2016-07-22	6	2nd	3 7 16 22 41
2016-07-16	8	2nd	3 7 30 31 37
2016-07-08	1	1st	7 10 11 21 31
2016-07-07	5	2nd	5 7 10 26 30
2016-07-02	2	2nd	2 7 10 11 22
2016-06-30	2	2nd	2 7 13 21 40
2016-06-28	15	2nd	6 7 26 38 40
2016-06-13	9	2nd	6 7 27 36 37
2016-06-04	15	1st	7 17 19 29 41
2016-05-20	11	2nd	1 7 11 12 14
2016-05-09	6	2nd	1 7 8 13 21
2016-05-03	2	3rd	3 5 7 19 28
2016-05-01	4	1st	7 9 36 37 39
2016-04-27	22	2nd	6 7 24 26 41
2016-04-05	24	2nd	4 7 20 34 39
2016-03-12	9	2nd	1 7 10 28 40
2016-03-03	12	3rd	2 5 7 9 10
2016-02-20	8	1st	7 28 31 32 33
2016-02-12	11	1st	7 9 10 31 39
2016-02-01	6	2nd	2 7 21 27 28
2016-01-26	10	2nd	3 7 24 35 41
2016-01-16	8	1st	7 18 22 24 26
2016-01-08	18	1st	7 14 17 39 40
2015-12-21	10	2nd	5 7 12 13 28
2015-12-11	10	1st	7 12 32 33 41
2015-12-01	7	1st	7 10 11 19 26
2015-11-24	3	2nd	3 7 13 31 36
2015-11-21	8	1st	7 12 16 18 26
2015-11-13	11	1st	7 19 20 24 41
2015-11-02	17	3rd	2 6 7 15 20
2015-10-16	4	2nd	6 7 15 19 22
2015-10-12	4	2nd	5 7 23 37 40
2015-10-08	2	1st	7 26 32 33 41
2015-10-06	2	1st	7 9 10 25 32
2015-10-04	1	1st	7 9 13 27 29
2015-10-03	5	2nd	2 7 13 29 40
2015-09-28	1	1st	7 18 22 28 32
2015-09-27	3	2nd	4 7 13 18 35
2015-09-24	11	1st	7 13 18 29 38
2015-09-13	7	3rd	3 5 7 15 37
2015-09-06	7	2nd	2 7 19 22 29
2015-08-30	3	2nd	5 7 32 37 39
2015-08-27	12	1st	7 25 28 33 36
2015-08-15	7	1st	7 12 13 26 28
2015-08-08	2	1st	7 12 13 17 27
2015-08-06	3	2nd	3 7 21 26 29
2015-08-03	1	1st	7 22 24 34 40
2015-08-02	4	1st	7 18 20 28 33
2015-07-29	1	3rd	4 6 7 15 31
2015-07-28	11	2nd	3 7 9 12 19
2015-07-17	16	1st	7 14 18 35 39
2015-07-01	1	2nd	3 7 9 24 36
2015-06-30	1	1st	7 10 27 33 34
2015-06-29	1	2nd	2 7 9 17 21
2015-06-28	1	1st	7 10 24 33 35
2015-06-27	2	1st	7 16 30 35 40
2015-06-25	1	1st	7 14 15 24 27
2015-06-24	4	1st	7 23 30 36 38
2015-06-20	3	2nd	6 7 35 37 39
2015-06-17	15	1st	7 9 16 17 34
2015-06-02	4	1st	7 21 22 25 33
2015-05-29	14	2nd	2 7 14 25 36
2015-05-15	2	1st	7 10 21 37 40
2015-05-13	13	1st	7 8 21 39 40
2015-04-29	25	1st	7 18 19 27 32
2015-04-04	22	1st	7 15 29 35 40
2015-03-13	10	1st	7 9 10 26 29
2015-03-03	1	1st	7 9 12 31 33
2015-03-02	5	2nd	2 7 11 21 34
2015-02-25	3	1st	7 11 17 19 40
2015-02-22	4	1st	7 13 14 28 39
2015-02-18	4	1st	7 11 14 28 36
2015-02-14	7	1st	7 24 30 36 38
2015-02-07	3	2nd	2 7 14 32 41
2015-02-04	14	2nd	2 7 19 27 35
2015-01-21	1	1st	7 12 22 24 37
2015-01-20	1	1st	7 22 30 38 41
2015-01-19	17	3rd	3 4 7 17 34
2015-01-02	23	3rd	2 4 7 11 25
2014-12-10	9	2nd	2 7 10 20 29
2014-12-01	7	1st	7 20 26 34 39
2014-11-24	8	2nd	6 7 11 12 16
2014-11-16	6	3rd	4 5 7 33 35
2014-11-10	1	2nd	2 7 9 11 41
2014-11-09	3	3rd	1 2 7 22 37
2014-11-06	22	1st	7 17 24 31 40
2014-10-15	5	1st	7 8 17 20 27
2014-10-10	2	1st	7 10 12 22 37
2014-10-08	4	1st	7 16 18 30 33
2014-10-04	2	2nd	6 7 14 16 30
2014-10-02	1	2nd	6 7 17 31 32
2014-10-01	1	2nd	2 7 12 21 37
2014-09-30	5	1st	7 11 15 34 39
2014-09-25	7	1st	7 19 25 26 37
2014-09-18	1	1st	7 11 16 30 40
2014-09-17	12	2nd	2 7 19 25 34
2014-09-05	6	4th	1 2 6 7 25
2014-08-30	7	2nd	5 7 16 20 33
2014-08-23	29	1st	7 13 16 27 34
2014-07-25	8	1st	7 19 21 22 32
2014-07-17	25	2nd	1 7 12 28 29
2014-06-22	8	1st	7 8 12 21 27
2014-06-14	11	2nd	2 7 35 38 41
2014-06-03	10	2nd	2 7 12 27 29
2014-05-24	14	2nd	6 7 14 29 36
2014-05-10	17	1st	7 13 20 29 31
2014-04-23	—	1st	7 8 23 32 40