Number 5

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

118times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.68σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

46longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, +0.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 15 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 smallest84 · chance 84.2
2nd smallest31 · chance 30.6
3rd smallest3 · chance 3.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 7 8 22 4 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-09-16	9	1st	5 22 30 33 50
2026-08-26	4	1st	5 8 36 37 45
2026-08-17	32	1st	5 8 10 24 27
2026-06-03	2	2nd	2 5 19

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-30	6	1st	5 22 23 24 36
2025-04-16	29	2nd	2 5 45 47 48
2025-02-08	11	2nd	2 5 6 30 50
2025-01-13	8	1st	5 11 37 49 50
2024-12-25	3	2nd	4 5 40 42 52
2024-12-18	1	1st	5 10 35 39 47
2024-12-16	7	1st	5 17 18 34 50
2024-11-30	6	2nd	4 5 10 15 44
2024-11-16	22	2nd	4 5 7 24 29
2024-09-25	23	1st	5 10 13 31 52
2024-08-03	11	1st	5 10 21 42 43
2024-07-08	12	1st	5 21 22 40 46
2024-06-10	1	1st	5 11 14 25 26
2024-06-08	2	1st	5 7 23 37 45
2024-06-03	5	1st	5 6 22 33 38
2024-05-22	6	2nd	2 5 15 41 43
2024-05-08	2	1st	5 11 18 38 47
2024-05-04	18	1st	5 11 25 37 42
2024-03-23	8	1st	5 7 12 41 52
2024-03-04	11	2nd	4 5 8 22 47
2024-02-07	4	2nd	2 5 17 20 25
2024-01-29	34	1st	5 9 15 50 51
2023-11-11	10	1st	5 25 27 38 50
2023-10-18	5	2nd	1 5 14 16 48
2023-10-07	1	1st	5 22 31 35 47
2023-10-04	1	2nd	4 5 8 26 42
2023-10-02	1	2nd	4 5 21 36 51
2023-09-30	9	2nd	4 5 26 27 35
2023-09-09	17	1st	5 15 21 22 33
2023-07-31	7	1st	5 11 12 34 40
2023-07-15	1	1st	5 6 20 42 48
2023-07-12	22	2nd	3 5 18 22 36
2023-05-22	10	1st	5 8 23 32 43
2023-04-29	3	2nd	2 5 8 36 51
2023-04-22	21	1st	5 9 12 24 26
2023-03-04	6	2nd	2 5 24 32 52
2023-02-18	4	1st	5 17 25 48 52
2023-02-08	12	2nd	4 5 29 36 37
2023-01-11	19	1st	5 23 45 46 51
2022-11-28	8	1st	5 6 29 34 49
2022-11-09	1	2nd	1 5 7 15 52
2022-11-07	1	1st	5 13 15 17 20
2022-11-05	6	1st	5 20 25 40 46
2022-10-22	9	1st	5 19 44 49 52
2022-10-01	6	1st	5 7 13 16 38
2022-09-17	9	1st	5 9 14 28 52
2022-08-27	33	1st	5 9 19 34 51
2022-05-25	6	1st	5 11 17 21 49
2022-05-04	19	1st	5 27 29 36 47
2022-02-26	8	1st	5 13 31 39 48
2022-01-29	6	1st	5 19 23 30 31
2022-01-08	5	1st	5 6 34 37 50
2021-12-22	7	1st	5 20 21 33 41
2021-11-27	9	1st	5 14 27 49 50
2021-10-27	15	2nd	1 5 27 36 41
2021-09-04	4	2nd	1 5 24 25 28
2021-08-21	27	1st	5 10 19 22 35
2021-05-19	7	1st	5 18 34 38 42
2021-04-24	11	1st	5 20 21 26 27
2021-03-17	6	1st	5 7 10 19 40
2021-02-24	7	1st	5 7 24 39 50
2021-01-30	11	1st	5 7 9 10 29
2020-12-23	9	1st	5 8 16 23 34
2020-11-21	6	2nd	2 5 36 45 52
2020-10-31	9	1st	5 6 24 29 40
2020-09-30	9	1st	5 6 11 30 37
2020-08-29	1	2nd	4 5 9 13 51
2020-08-26	4	1st	5 16 22 24 31
2020-08-12	39	1st	5 6 35 39 42
2020-03-28	2	2nd	2 5 19 31 33
2020-03-21	5	1st	5 21 26 47 50
2020-03-04	13	1st	5 6 18 22 24
2020-01-18	4	1st	5 7 31 41 43
2020-01-04	12	1st	5 24 34 38 47
2019-11-23	2	2nd	4 5 18 43 46
2019-11-16	9	1st	5 15 26 46 48
2019-10-16	15	2nd	1 5 9 15 33
2019-08-24	10	1st	5 6 41 42 44
2019-07-20	14	1st	5 8 9 25 38
2019-06-01	1	1st	5 11 23 32 36
2019-05-29	7	1st	5 7 27 45 48
2019-05-04	11	1st	5 6 17 19 48
2019-03-27	5	1st	5 20 28 36 48
2019-03-09	7	1st	5 7 30 34 36
2019-02-13	14	1st	5 6 18 26 45
2018-12-26	46	1st	5 10 18 19 51
2018-07-18	11	2nd	1 5 8 11 32
2018-06-09	2	1st	5 10 15 19 36
2018-06-02	39	1st	5 13 14 44 50
2018-01-17	8	1st	5 8 28 30 40
2017-12-20	1	1st	5 12 23 24 32
2017-12-16	2	1st	5 16 27 34 44
2017-12-09	3	2nd	2 5 7 22 25
2017-11-29	—	3rd	1 4 5 16 38