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Number 5 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 87 times drawn · chance expected 78 +1.12σ
0 draws waiting — it came up last time
10.0 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
53 longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long
5 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 87 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +1.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
5 Number 5, draw by draw Drawn 87 times in 869 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 53 · drawn in the most recent draw
7 draws: 2005-07-12 to 2005-08-05 6 draws: 2005-08-05 to 2005-08-26 6 draws: 2005-08-26 to 2005-09-16 13 draws: 2005-09-16 to 2005-11-01 4 draws: 2005-11-01 to 2005-11-15 3 draws: 2005-11-15 to 2005-11-25 14 draws: 2005-11-25 to 2006-01-13 12 draws: 2006-01-13 to 2006-02-24 24 draws: 2006-02-24 to 2006-05-19 5 draws: 2006-05-19 to 2006-06-06 10 draws: 2006-06-06 to 2006-07-11 8 draws: 2006-07-11 to 2006-08-08 3 draws: 2006-08-08 to 2006-08-18 1 draws: 2006-08-18 to 2006-08-22 3 draws: 2006-08-22 to 2006-09-01 15 draws: 2006-09-01 to 2006-10-24 2 draws: 2006-10-24 to 2006-10-31 5 draws: 2006-10-31 to 2006-11-17 10 draws: 2006-11-17 to 2006-12-22 9 draws: 2006-12-22 to 2007-01-23 27 draws: 2007-01-23 to 2007-04-27 14 draws: 2007-04-27 to 2007-06-15 1 draws: 2007-06-15 to 2007-06-19 12 draws: 2007-06-19 to 2007-07-31 4 draws: 2007-07-31 to 2007-08-14 9 draws: 2007-08-14 to 2007-09-14 2 draws: 2007-09-14 to 2007-09-21 7 draws: 2007-09-21 to 2007-10-16 1 draws: 2007-10-16 to 2007-10-19 12 draws: 2007-10-19 to 2007-11-30 16 draws: 2007-11-30 to 2008-01-25 3 draws: 2008-01-25 to 2008-02-05 7 draws: 2008-02-05 to 2008-02-29 6 draws: 2008-02-29 to 2008-03-21 4 draws: 2008-03-21 to 2008-04-04 19 draws: 2008-04-04 to 2008-06-10 2 draws: 2008-06-10 to 2008-06-17 7 draws: 2008-06-17 to 2008-07-11 30 draws: 2008-07-11 to 2008-10-24 5 draws: 2008-10-24 to 2008-11-11 45 draws: 2008-11-11 to 2009-04-17 1 draws: 2009-04-17 to 2009-04-21 4 draws: 2009-04-21 to 2009-05-05 9 draws: 2009-05-05 to 2009-06-05 1 draws: 2009-06-05 to 2009-06-09 7 draws: 2009-06-09 to 2009-07-03 2 draws: 2009-07-03 to 2009-07-10 11 draws: 2009-07-10 to 2009-08-18 22 draws: 2009-08-18 to 2009-11-03 16 draws: 2009-11-03 to 2009-12-29 4 draws: 2009-12-29 to 2010-01-12 2 draws: 2010-01-12 to 2010-01-19 26 draws: 2010-01-19 to 2010-04-20 10 draws: 2010-04-20 to 2010-05-25 53 draws: 2010-05-25 to 2010-11-26 16 draws: 2010-11-26 to 2011-01-21 1 draws: 2011-01-21 to 2011-01-25 7 draws: 2011-01-25 to 2011-02-18 2 draws: 2011-02-18 to 2011-02-25 26 draws: 2011-02-25 to 2011-05-27 24 draws: 2011-05-27 to 2011-08-19 14 draws: 2011-08-19 to 2011-10-07 9 draws: 2011-10-07 to 2011-11-08 10 draws: 2011-11-08 to 2011-12-13 3 draws: 2011-12-13 to 2011-12-23 10 draws: 2011-12-23 to 2012-01-27 5 draws: 2012-01-27 to 2012-02-14 21 draws: 2012-02-14 to 2012-04-27 25 draws: 2012-04-27 to 2012-07-24 2 draws: 2012-07-24 to 2012-07-31 6 draws: 2012-07-31 to 2012-08-21 6 draws: 2012-08-21 to 2012-09-11 2 draws: 2012-09-11 to 2012-09-18 12 draws: 2012-09-18 to 2012-10-30 2 draws: 2012-10-30 to 2012-11-06 3 draws: 2012-11-06 to 2012-11-16 3 draws: 2012-11-16 to 2012-11-27 20 draws: 2012-11-27 to 2013-02-05 20 draws: 2013-02-05 to 2013-04-16 11 draws: 2013-04-16 to 2013-05-24 6 draws: 2013-05-24 to 2013-06-14 3 draws: 2013-06-14 to 2013-06-25 5 draws: 2013-06-25 to 2013-07-12 3 draws: 2013-07-12 to 2013-07-23 2 draws: 2013-07-23 to 2013-07-30 23 draws: 2013-07-30 to 2013-10-18 2005-07-12 2005-08-05 2005-08-26 2005-09-16 2005-11-01 2005-11-15 2005-11-25 2006-01-13 2006-02-24 2006-05-19 2006-06-06 2006-07-11 2006-08-08 2006-08-18 2006-08-22 2006-09-01 2006-10-24 2006-10-31 2006-11-17 2006-12-22 2007-01-23 2007-04-27 2007-06-15 2007-06-19 2007-07-31 2007-08-14 2007-09-14 2007-09-21 2007-10-16 2007-10-19 2007-11-30 2008-01-25 2008-02-05 2008-02-29 2008-03-21 2008-04-04 2008-06-10 2008-06-17 2008-07-11 2008-10-24 2008-11-11 2009-04-17 2009-04-21 2009-05-05 2009-06-05 2009-06-09 2009-07-03 2009-07-10 2009-08-18 2009-11-03 2009-12-29 2010-01-12 2010-01-19 2010-04-20 2010-05-25 2010-11-26 2011-01-21 2011-01-25 2011-02-18 2011-02-25 2011-05-27 2011-08-19 2011-10-07 2011-11-08 2011-12-13 2011-12-23 2012-01-27 2012-02-14 2012-04-27 2012-07-24 2012-07-31 2012-08-21 2012-09-11 2012-09-18 2012-10-30 2012-11-06 2012-11-16 2012-11-27 2013-02-05 2013-04-16 2013-05-24 2013-06-14 2013-06-25 2013-07-12 2013-07-23 2013-07-30 2013-10-18 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 61 · chance 63.7 2nd smallest 23 · chance 21.2 3rd smallest 3 · chance 2.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.1 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 56. 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 ← number 4 Every number number 6 → 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.