Number 5

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024 rules — 2,889 draws, 4 from 1–31 (an earlier era).

394times drawn · chance expected 373 +1.18σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

48longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 394 times in 2,889 draws against 372.8 expected, +1.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 394 times in 2,889 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 48 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest230 · chance 252.3
2nd smallest139 · chance 126.2
3rd smallest25 · chance 15.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 39.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 27 1 23 22 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2024-10-15	1	1st	5 14 24 29
2024-10-14	7	2nd	3 5 19 22
2024-10-07	26	2nd	2 5 11 22
2024-09-11	3	1st	5 14 23 27

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-01	5	1st	5 9 28 29
2024-02-25	2	1st	5 10 14 17
2024-02-23	1	1st	5 8 15 25
2024-02-22	7	2nd	2 5 9 23
2024-02-15	6	2nd	4 5 13 27
2024-02-09	9	1st	5 15 23 25
2024-01-31	2	3rd	1 4 5 31
2024-01-29	17	1st	5 11 29 30
2024-01-12	1	1st	5 18 22 26
2024-01-11	3	1st	5 14 19 20
2024-01-08	1	2nd	4 5 16 23
2024-01-07	14	1st	5 9 14 31
2023-12-24	7	1st	5 10 14 20
2023-12-17	27	2nd	1 5 16 30
2023-11-20	18	2nd	4 5 25 31
2023-11-02	4	2nd	4 5 6 30
2023-10-29	2	1st	5 8 16 19
2023-10-27	16	1st	5 7 24 27
2023-10-11	6	1st	5 8 24 26
2023-10-05	10	2nd	4 5 14 17
2023-09-25	10	3rd	3 4 5 17
2023-09-15	6	1st	5 6 11 21
2023-09-09	15	2nd	1 5 8 9
2023-08-25	2	2nd	4 5 16 30
2023-08-23	5	2nd	1 5 12 22
2023-08-18	2	2nd	4 5 18 26
2023-08-16	10	1st	5 7 14 21
2023-08-06	1	2nd	1 5 14 31
2023-08-05	7	2nd	2 5 20 30
2023-07-29	9	1st	5 14 26 28
2023-07-20	2	1st	5 6 27 31
2023-07-18	8	2nd	1 5 8 27
2023-07-10	5	1st	5 9 17 18
2023-07-05	23	1st	5 11 13 24
2023-06-12	5	1st	5 24 26 28
2023-06-07	1	1st	5 12 13 26
2023-06-06	5	2nd	3 5 15 30
2023-06-01	5	1st	5 11 23 28
2023-05-27	5	2nd	4 5 9 18
2023-05-22	18	1st	5 6 21 23
2023-05-04	14	1st	5 6 27 30
2023-04-20	8	1st	5 20 22 31
2023-04-12	3	1st	5 8 10 31
2023-04-09	5	1st	5 18 24 30
2023-04-04	3	2nd	4 5 26 28
2023-04-01	3	1st	5 7 10 16
2023-03-29	1	2nd	3 5 7 9
2023-03-28	8	1st	5 13 24 31
2023-03-20	5	3rd	1 2 5 7
2023-03-15	13	1st	5 12 20 29
2023-03-02	4	2nd	4 5 9 25
2023-02-26	3	1st	5 12 24 31
2023-02-23	32	2nd	1 5 7 19
2023-01-22	10	2nd	4 5 11 22
2023-01-12	1	1st	5 14 16 17
2023-01-11	1	3rd	1 2 5 28
2023-01-10	23	2nd	3 5 7 22
2022-12-18	2	1st	5 6 12 14
2022-12-16	8	2nd	2 5 13 28
2022-12-08	4	1st	5 8 14 31
2022-12-04	4	1st	5 16 25 26
2022-11-30	1	3rd	2 4 5 24
2022-11-29	7	2nd	4 5 17 30
2022-11-22	6	1st	5 9 10 19
2022-11-16	18	1st	5 7 29 30
2022-10-29	6	1st	5 9 22 27
2022-10-23	5	3rd	1 3 5 12
2022-10-18	2	2nd	3 5 18 26
2022-10-16	5	2nd	1 5 14 20
2022-10-11	19	1st	5 12 23 26
2022-09-22	2	2nd	4 5 7 17
2022-09-20	2	2nd	4 5 6 17
2022-09-18	14	1st	5 7 19 26
2022-09-04	7	1st	5 16 21 28
2022-08-28	4	2nd	4 5 11 23
2022-08-24	7	2nd	3 5 14 21
2022-08-17	4	1st	5 17 21 28
2022-08-13	37	1st	5 16 17 23
2022-07-07	17	1st	5 10 14 16
2022-06-20	5	1st	5 11 19 20
2022-06-15	2	1st	5 14 15 23
2022-06-13	9	1st	5 21 27 31
2022-06-04	6	2nd	1 5 9 27
2022-05-29	14	1st	5 10 11 25
2022-05-15	23	2nd	1 5 20 24
2022-04-22	4	2nd	4 5 14 29
2022-04-18	6	1st	5 14 16 17
2022-04-12	18	1st	5 7 13 14
2022-03-25	15	2nd	1 5 26 28
2022-03-10	3	1st	5 14 22 28
2022-03-07	7	1st	5 6 23 30
2022-02-28	5	1st	5 16 18 19
2022-02-23	8	1st	5 13 23 28
2022-02-15	14	1st	5 10 17 19
2022-02-01	6	1st	5 16 22 30
2022-01-26	2	1st	5 8 23 27
2022-01-24	13	2nd	3 5 23 24
2022-01-11	11	1st	5 14 20 23
2021-12-31	9	1st	5 8 15 24
2021-12-22	1	1st	5 7 14 27
2021-12-21	48	2nd	1 5 11 16
2021-11-03	1	1st	5 8 19 23
2021-11-02	6	2nd	1 5 11 21
2021-10-27	8	1st	5 19 21 29
2021-10-19	7	1st	5 8 26 31
2021-10-12	3	1st	5 12 18 29
2021-10-09	24	1st	5 9 15 20
2021-09-15	3	1st	5 8 19 25
2021-09-12	6	1st	5 6 9 14
2021-09-06	13	2nd	4 5 25 30
2021-08-24	8	2nd	4 5 18 24
2021-08-16	4	1st	5 17 19 27
2021-08-12	2	1st	5 15 22 24
2021-08-10	3	1st	5 6 8 14
2021-08-07	10	1st	5 14 16 20
2021-07-28	10	1st	5 7 17 21
2021-07-18	27	1st	5 9 10 20
2021-06-21	11	1st	5 9 17 21
2021-06-10	6	2nd	1 5 16 24
2021-06-04	1	1st	5 8 11 31
2021-06-03	1	2nd	4 5 17 23
2021-06-02	4	1st	5 10 23 24
2021-05-29	1	2nd	4 5 25 27
2021-05-28	4	2nd	1 5 17 25
2021-05-24	19	2nd	3 5 16 24
2021-05-05	7	1st	5 10 12 17
2021-04-28	9	1st	5 11 17 30
2021-04-19	2	1st	5 8 19 28
2021-04-17	23	1st	5 13 14 21
2021-03-25	10	1st	5 6 12 27
2021-03-15	8	1st	5 8 15 25
2021-03-07	1	3rd	1 2 5 20
2021-03-06	6	2nd	3 5 16 22
2021-02-28	4	2nd	3 5 21 25
2021-02-24	8	1st	5 7 14 21
2021-02-16	5	1st	5 6 12 22
2021-02-11	1	2nd	4 5 16 21
2021-02-10	20	2nd	2 5 22 24
2021-01-21	6	3rd	1 4 5 17
2021-01-15	12	1st	5 13 19 27
2021-01-03	5	1st	5 8 9 16
2020-12-29	2	1st	5 23 24 27
2020-12-27	4	2nd	1 5 19 26
2020-12-23	3	1st	5 6 8 9
2020-12-20	8	1st	5 22 24 25
2020-12-12	12	2nd	4 5 11 15
2020-11-30	20	1st	5 7 14 27
2020-11-10	9	2nd	2 5 11 20
2020-11-01	13	1st	5 10 15 21
2020-10-19	6	1st	5 6 25 28
2020-10-13	1	1st	5 13 15 16
2020-10-12	17	1st	5 6 17 25
2020-09-25	8	1st	5 12 15 27
2020-09-17	4	1st	5 7 19 20
2020-09-13	19	1st	5 6 7 16
2020-08-25	15	1st	5 11 12 26
2020-08-10	5	2nd	1 5 20 23
2020-08-05	22	2nd	1 5 6 25
2020-07-14	1	1st	5 7 15 27
2020-07-13	1	3rd	1 3 5 24
2020-07-12	5	1st	5 11 18 26
2020-07-07	5	1st	5 16 22 23
2020-07-02	30	1st	5 13 18 22
2020-06-02	2	1st	5 7 21 22
2020-05-31	1	1st	5 8 17 27
2020-05-30	1	1st	5 8 17 26
2020-05-29	17	1st	5 9 20 26
2020-05-12	4	1st	5 12 18 26
2020-05-08	1	1st	5 11 22 27
2020-05-07	2	3rd	1 2 5 16
2020-05-05	26	1st	5 9 24 27
2020-04-09	1	1st	5 8 9 11
2020-04-08	1	1st	5 10 16 27
2020-04-07	3	2nd	3 5 23 25
2020-04-04	3	1st	5 6 19 22
2020-04-01	9	2nd	4 5 21 28
2020-03-23	2	1st	5 15 19 27
2020-03-21	13	2nd	2 5 6 20
2020-03-08	9	1st	5 8 23 27
2020-02-28	3	1st	5 15 21 22
2020-02-25	2	1st	5 9 17 23
2020-02-23	23	2nd	2 5 9 18
2020-01-31	2	1st	5 6 15 27
2020-01-29	4	1st	5 11 15 28
2020-01-25	2	1st	5 6 22 27
2020-01-23	1	2nd	1 5 8 9
2020-01-22	6	2nd	2 5 11 27
2020-01-16	20	1st	5 7 19 24
2019-12-27	7	2nd	3 5 15 18
2019-12-20	1	1st	5 9 10 18
2019-12-19	2	1st	5 6 24 27
2019-12-17	7	1st	5 7 27 28
2019-12-10	13	1st	5 15 25 28
2019-11-27	13	3rd	2 4 5 14
2019-11-14	4	2nd	1 5 14 20
2019-11-10	2	1st	5 17 25 27
2019-11-08	4	2nd	4 5 6 22
2019-11-04	6	2nd	1 5 18 27
2019-10-29	10	2nd	4 5 21 28
2019-10-19	2	1st	5 9 21 27
2019-10-17	6	2nd	3 5 7 8
2019-10-11	2	3rd	2 4 5 12
2019-10-09	7	1st	5 23 26 28
2019-10-02	3	2nd	1 5 8 20
2019-09-29	2	1st	5 17 23 24
2019-09-27	12	1st	5 17 19 21
2019-09-15	2	2nd	1 5 7 24
2019-09-13	6	1st	5 11 12 20
2019-09-07	2	1st	5 9 17 24
2019-09-05	2	1st	5 9 11 16
2019-09-03	10	1st	5 7 10 13
2019-08-24	1	2nd	3 5 22 27
2019-08-23	8	1st	5 17 22 28
2019-08-15	14	2nd	3 5 6 13
2019-08-01	18	1st	5 7 16 28
2019-07-14	6	2nd	1 5 15 26
2019-07-08	6	1st	5 6 18 27
2019-07-02	8	2nd	3 5 17 22
2019-06-24	1	1st	5 8 14 26
2019-06-23	10	1st	5 10 15 22
2019-06-13	6	2nd	4 5 7 8
2019-06-07	8	2nd	1 5 18 20
2019-05-30	5	2nd	1 5 15 18
2019-05-25	5	2nd	2 5 6 9
2019-05-20	6	1st	5 19 21 24
2019-05-14	9	1st	5 13 20 26
2019-05-05	13	1st	5 10 23 27
2019-04-22	1	2nd	2 5 7 23
2019-04-21	5	1st	5 15 17 25
2019-04-16	4	2nd	2 5 11 22
2019-04-12	4	1st	5 14 20 26
2019-04-08	4	1st	5 6 10 18
2019-04-04	14	1st	5 18 19 23
2019-03-21	4	2nd	1 5 15 21
2019-03-17	9	1st	5 16 18 19
2019-03-08	3	3rd	1 3 5 6
2019-03-05	9	1st	5 12 24 27
2019-02-24	7	2nd	4 5 8 12
2019-02-17	7	1st	5 6 13 14
2019-02-10	5	1st	5 7 13 28
2019-02-05	1	1st	5 19 24 26
2019-02-04	3	2nd	2 5 25 27
2019-02-01	6	2nd	4 5 17 22
2019-01-26	4	3rd	3 4 5 7
2019-01-22	2	1st	5 8 12 22
2019-01-20	2	2nd	3 5 19 21
2019-01-18	8	2nd	4 5 14 20
2019-01-10	28	1st	5 11 22 28
2018-12-13	7	1st	5 10 16 18
2018-12-06	4	1st	5 14 19 23
2018-12-02	3	3rd	1 3 5 11
2018-11-29	7	2nd	2 5 6 18
2018-11-22	4	1st	5 18 25 26
2018-11-18	3	1st	5 9 19 21
2018-11-15	3	1st	5 14 16 28
2018-11-12	1	2nd	1 5 19 28
2018-11-11	7	1st	5 20 22 24
2018-11-04	9	1st	5 9 20 26
2018-10-26	13	1st	5 17 23 24
2018-10-13	7	2nd	3 5 7 22
2018-10-06	3	1st	5 10 11 26
2018-10-03	5	2nd	3 5 11 14
2018-09-28	3	1st	5 8 19 24
2018-09-25	7	2nd	4 5 9 14
2018-09-18	8	1st	5 6 21 27
2018-09-10	11	1st	5 12 15 16
2018-08-30	5	1st	5 10 13 16
2018-08-25	8	2nd	4 5 6 19
2018-08-17	10	2nd	4 5 14 21
2018-08-07	4	1st	5 13 15 23
2018-08-03	28	2nd	3 5 15 20
2018-07-06	11	2nd	4 5 12 22
2018-06-25	1	2nd	2 5 12 14
2018-06-24	7	2nd	1 5 14 23
2018-06-17	11	1st	5 8 16 27
2018-06-06	3	1st	5 7 13 23
2018-06-03	2	1st	5 10 23 28
2018-06-01	1	2nd	1 5 23 27
2018-05-31	6	1st	5 13 24 27
2018-05-25	4	1st	5 12 16 19
2018-05-21	2	1st	5 14 20 24
2018-05-19	1	1st	5 16 27 28
2018-05-18	2	1st	5 11 23 25
2018-05-16	3	1st	5 6 16 25
2018-05-13	2	1st	5 11 16 28
2018-05-11	16	1st	5 15 19 21
2018-04-25	2	2nd	3 5 9 26
2018-04-23	4	2nd	2 5 18 24
2018-04-19	13	1st	5 20 23 27
2018-04-06	3	2nd	1 5 21 22
2018-04-03	1	2nd	3 5 22 27
2018-04-02	9	2nd	4 5 13 16
2018-03-24	6	2nd	4 5 12 27
2018-03-18	1	2nd	2 5 10 27
2018-03-17	1	1st	5 6 17 18
2018-03-16	5	2nd	1 5 10 25
2018-03-11	1	2nd	1 5 10 26
2018-03-10	15	1st	5 7 18 22
2018-02-23	4	1st	5 6 10 19
2018-02-19	3	1st	5 15 23 26
2018-02-16	3	2nd	4 5 6 27
2018-02-13	11	1st	5 16 19 24
2018-02-02	4	2nd	1 5 6 13
2018-01-29	7	1st	5 16 17 25
2018-01-22	6	1st	5 6 22 27
2018-01-16	1	2nd	4 5 13 20
2018-01-15	7	2nd	3 5 24 27
2018-01-08	5	1st	5 10 12 21
2018-01-03	9	1st	5 9 19 21
2017-12-25	3	1st	5 6 12 23
2017-12-22	1	1st	5 11 20 22
2017-12-21	3	3rd	2 4 5 26
2017-12-18	4	1st	5 8 20 27
2017-12-14	11	3rd	1 2 5 6
2017-12-03	10	2nd	3 5 10 11
2017-11-23	1	2nd	4 5 15 22
2017-11-22	3	1st	5 12 22 27
2017-11-19	4	1st	5 10 13 14
2017-11-15	1	1st	5 18 23 25
2017-11-14	4	1st	5 18 19 23
2017-11-10	5	1st	5 9 10 26
2017-11-05	16	1st	5 10 26 27
2017-10-19	10	3rd	1 4 5 16
2017-10-09	9	2nd	4 5 8 10
2017-09-29	3	2nd	4 5 6 9
2017-09-26	9	1st	5 24 25 26
2017-09-17	13	2nd	1 5 9 21
2017-09-04	2	1st	5 6 24 26
2017-09-02	12	1st	5 6 10 13
2017-08-21	9	1st	5 6 7 20
2017-08-12	8	1st	5 14 18 22
2017-08-04	8	2nd	1 5 8 18
2017-07-27	3	3rd	3 4 5 23
2017-07-24	1	2nd	1 5 17 22
2017-07-23	2	2nd	1 5 16 22
2017-07-21	4	1st	5 9 11 15
2017-07-17	9	2nd	1 5 11 27
2017-07-08	17	2nd	3 5 6 11
2017-06-21	10	1st	5 11 16 17
2017-06-11	17	3rd	2 3 5 17
2017-05-25	2	1st	5 7 12 19
2017-05-23	5	2nd	3 5 6 10
2017-05-18	1	1st	5 10 20 22
2017-05-17	1	2nd	4 5 13 23
2017-05-16	25	2nd	1 5 9 24
2017-04-21	3	2nd	1 5 19 27
2017-04-18	2	1st	5 13 19 24
2017-04-16	16	2nd	2 5 23 26
2017-03-31	6	1st	5 7 14 17
2017-03-25	4	1st	5 7 8 26
2017-03-21	2	2nd	3 5 9 12
2017-03-19	3	3rd	3 4 5 19
2017-03-16	3	1st	5 7 12 13
2017-03-13	6	1st	5 15 21 25
2017-03-07	5	1st	5 9 12 23
2017-03-02	20	2nd	1 5 11 18
2017-02-10	11	2nd	3 5 15 21
2017-01-30	2	1st	5 12 13 18
2017-01-28	1	1st	5 12 15 27
2017-01-27	6	2nd	2 5 8 19
2017-01-21	14	1st	5 12 21 23
2017-01-07	14	2nd	2 5 9 22
2016-12-24	4	3rd	2 4 5 17
2016-12-20	3	2nd	4 5 17 25
2016-12-17	5	2nd	3 5 14 18
2016-12-12	3	1st	5 11 16 20
2016-12-09	7	1st	5 14 23 25
2016-12-02	5	2nd	2 5 16 19
2016-11-27	2	1st	5 7 9 24
2016-11-25	—	3rd	1 3 5 22