Number 7

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

103times drawn · chance expected 109 −0.65σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, −0.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 897 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 14 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 smallest49 · chance 52.3
2nd smallest45 · chance 40.5
3rd smallest9 · chance 9.5
4th smallest0 · chance 0.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 17 26 30 5 10

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
2018-10-20	1	2nd	5 7 28 35 38
2018-10-19	9	2nd	3 7 8 17 21
2018-10-10	8	1st	7 10 12 17 29
2018-10-02	3	3rd	5 6 7

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.

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