Number 5

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 rules — 897 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

134times drawn · chance expected 109 +2.51σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

29longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 134 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, +2.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 134 times in 897 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 8 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 86.4
2nd smallest48 · chance 41.9
3rd smallest8 · chance 5.5
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 13.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 4 13 17 1 39

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
2018-10-26	2	1st	5 14 19 29 32
2018-10-24	2	2nd	1 5 14 15 26
2018-10-22	2	1st	5 14 24 30 38
2018-10-20	3	1st	5 7 28

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.

2018-06-03	16	1st	5 14 20 21 31
2018-05-18	2	1st	5 13 19 33 35
2018-05-16	7	1st	5 13 19 36 39
2018-05-09	5	1st	5 6 13 27 31
2018-05-04	8	1st	5 10 32 35 39
2018-04-26	5	2nd	3 5 18 33 37
2018-04-21	4	1st	5 13 21 32 39
2018-04-17	12	2nd	1 5 23 24 31
2018-04-05	2	1st	5 9 13 32 36
2018-04-03	2	2nd	1 5 18 26 41
2018-04-01	3	1st	5 16 24 27 39
2018-03-29	2	2nd	2 5 13 18 20
2018-03-27	15	1st	5 11 14 18 29
2018-03-12	20	3rd	1 2 5 13 20
2018-02-20	8	2nd	4 5 18 24 25
2018-02-12	3	2nd	4 5 8 24 35
2018-02-09	19	2nd	1 5 7 18 39
2018-01-21	1	1st	5 10 27 32 39
2018-01-20	3	2nd	3 5 6 13 41
2018-01-17	1	3rd	3 4 5 10 38
2018-01-16	9	1st	5 7 21 27 33
2018-01-07	3	1st	5 12 20 23 25
2018-01-04	7	2nd	4 5 12 38 39
2017-12-28	8	1st	5 9 25 33 35
2017-12-20	4	1st	5 19 20 35 39
2017-12-16	16	2nd	3 5 9 10 26
2017-11-30	6	2nd	4 5 18 28 40
2017-11-24	13	1st	5 6 10 20 40
2017-11-11	1	2nd	2 5 20 28 35
2017-11-10	7	1st	5 8 17 24 31
2017-11-03	1	2nd	3 5 10 14 41
2017-11-02	3	1st	5 22 25 27 39
2017-10-30	2	2nd	2 5 15 18 28
2017-10-28	9	1st	5 12 28 35 37
2017-10-18	2	2nd	1 5 25 28 38
2017-10-16	2	1st	5 9 18 20 40
2017-10-14	8	3rd	3 4 5 16 22
2017-10-06	5	1st	5 7 13 17 18
2017-09-30	4	1st	5 7 17 29 39
2017-09-26	1	1st	5 8 11 20 30
2017-09-25	2	1st	5 9 10 11 40
2017-09-23	7	1st	5 14 26 40 41
2017-09-16	9	1st	5 8 11 18 31
2017-09-07	6	1st	5 15 19 24 40
2017-09-01	3	1st	5 20 25 40 41
2017-08-29	16	3rd	1 2 5 13 34
2017-08-13	10	1st	5 7 17 26 32
2017-08-03	11	1st	5 14 28 40 41
2017-07-23	12	2nd	3 5 18 19 37
2017-07-11	13	1st	5 15 17 18 36
2017-06-28	3	2nd	4 5 12 16 20
2017-06-25	4	1st	5 17 20 22 25
2017-06-21	1	1st	5 12 19 22 39
2017-06-20	6	1st	5 13 14 17 33
2017-06-14	7	2nd	4 5 21 29 36
2017-06-07	1	2nd	4 5 26 34 36
2017-06-06	2	2nd	3 5 15 25 34
2017-06-04	29	1st	5 7 19 29 34
2017-05-06	7	2nd	1 5 8 17 27
2017-04-29	2	1st	5 7 17 37 38
2017-04-27	6	1st	5 15 23 33 36
2017-04-21	2	1st	5 23 28 31 39
2017-04-19	24	1st	5 24 30 38 41
2017-03-24	1	1st	5 8 25 31 39
2017-03-23	4	1st	5 8 16 32 33
2017-03-19	15	1st	5 12 18 23 37
2017-03-04	4	1st	5 10 11 15 32
2017-02-28	7	2nd	4 5 8 23 33
2017-02-21	6	2nd	2 5 22 27 34
2017-02-15	12	1st	5 8 12 13 34
2017-02-03	1	2nd	4 5 14 18 34
2017-02-02	14	2nd	3 5 6 33 40
2017-01-19	3	3rd	2 4 5 20 21
2017-01-16	11	1st	5 6 8 37 40
2017-01-05	14	1st	5 6 7 13 28
2016-12-22	3	3rd	1 2 5 9 37
2016-12-19	14	2nd	1 5 22 26 30
2016-12-05	4	1st	5 6 13 15 28
2016-12-01	2	2nd	1 5 11 12 36
2016-11-29	3	2nd	1 5 9 11 35
2016-11-26	9	2nd	3 5 10 15 35
2016-11-17	19	2nd	4 5 9 23 41
2016-10-29	5	1st	5 9 17 23 40
2016-10-24	8	1st	5 27 30 36 41
2016-10-16	2	1st	5 13 23 26 37
2016-10-14	3	2nd	4 5 20 31 34
2016-10-11	1	1st	5 10 11 36 40
2016-10-10	4	1st	5 15 36 38 39
2016-10-06	2	1st	5 18 23 36 38
2016-10-04	6	1st	5 8 17 29 41
2016-09-28	9	1st	5 13 14 32 41
2016-09-19	3	1st	5 16 21 33 36
2016-09-16	3	1st	5 9 24 30 34
2016-09-13	1	2nd	1 5 22 33 37
2016-09-12	3	2nd	1 5 17 23 29
2016-09-09	3	1st	5 7 13 21 38
2016-09-06	3	1st	5 6 7 14 30
2016-09-03	23	1st	5 7 25 28 35
2016-08-11	11	1st	5 6 20 33 41
2016-07-31	5	2nd	4 5 6 18 39
2016-07-26	17	1st	5 10 23 33 40
2016-07-09	15	3rd	2 4 5 32 36
2016-06-24	16	2nd	1 5 16 17 27
2016-06-08	2	1st	5 7 14 28 38
2016-06-06	2	1st	5 11 25 40 41
2016-06-04	6	2nd	3 5 15 31 37
2016-05-29	3	1st	5 9 21 29 35
2016-05-26	2	1st	5 16 17 19 30
2016-05-24	1	2nd	1 5 9 27 28
2016-05-23	—	2nd	3 5 19 37 39