Number 5

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,589 draws, 6 from 1–48.

350times drawn · chance expected 324 +1.57σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

50longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 350 times in 2,589 draws against 323.6 expected, +1.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 350 times in 2,589 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 2 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 smallest223 · chance 219.6
2nd smallest104 · chance 112.6
3rd smallest21 · chance 16.9
4th smallest2 · chance 0.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 37.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 41 4 10 18 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-10-17	23	1st	5 19 27 32 39 41
2026-08-24	7	1st	5 6 15 17 24 27
2026-08-08	11	1st	5 18 21 28 30 48
2026-07-13	1	1st

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-20	1	1st	5 7 19 23 35 42
2025-09-17	9	1st	5 23 29 30 36 39
2025-08-27	6	1st	5 16 17 29 36 46
2025-08-13	12	1st	5 11 20 33 34 41
2025-07-16	4	2nd	2 5 27 35 40 48
2025-07-07	10	1st	5 12 22 25 33 34
2025-06-14	9	2nd	1 5 10 17 37 45
2025-05-24	2	1st	5 14 27 31 33 35
2025-05-19	5	1st	5 8 21 22 26 45
2025-05-07	1	1st	5 6 22 28 38 41
2025-05-05	12	1st	5 10 20 24 36 43
2025-04-07	3	1st	5 9 13 33 34 44
2025-03-31	1	3rd	1 3 5 35 42 45
2025-03-29	5	1st	5 11 15 32 42 45
2025-03-17	50	1st	5 6 33 44 46 48
2024-11-20	2	2nd	4 5 11 17 29 46
2024-11-16	21	1st	5 16 23 32 44 45
2024-09-28	10	2nd	2 5 21 27 36 44
2024-09-04	3	1st	5 11 25 28 37 41
2024-08-28	1	1st	5 10 21 39 40 45
2024-08-26	9	1st	5 16 22 30 33 37
2024-08-05	3	2nd	3 5 6 8 25 31
2024-07-29	3	1st	5 12 18 19 23 33
2024-07-22	5	1st	5 12 33 41 43 44
2024-07-10	12	1st	5 7 8 9 21 46
2024-06-12	2	1st	5 7 19 28 36 44
2024-06-08	13	2nd	3 5 7 12 23 29
2024-05-08	14	3rd	3 4 5 15 35 47
2024-04-06	5	1st	5 9 13 20 26 31
2024-03-25	2	2nd	4 5 12 27 31 32
2024-03-20	9	1st	5 9 27 31 47 48
2024-02-28	9	2nd	4 5 15 16 20 28
2024-02-07	12	1st	5 25 30 35 37 41
2024-01-10	21	2nd	4 5 12 13 46 48
2023-11-22	20	1st	5 9 21 22 35 48
2023-10-07	6	1st	5 27 30 33 37 38
2023-09-23	20	2nd	4 5 11 16 20 42
2023-08-07	20	2nd	4 5 25 29 30 35
2023-06-21	1	2nd	4 5 18 22 25 40
2023-06-19	1	2nd	1 5 8 20 38 43
2023-06-17	14	2nd	4 5 7 10 15 40
2023-05-15	3	1st	5 17 20 27 33 45
2023-05-08	7	1st	5 9 11 22 36 45
2023-04-22	3	1st	5 9 15 27 29 36
2023-04-15	4	3rd	2 4 5 10 36 46
2023-04-05	4	1st	5 6 19 26 31 41
2023-03-27	15	1st	5 18 20 28 29 45
2023-02-20	3	2nd	2 5 23 27 44 46
2023-02-13	8	1st	5 18 26 30 40 41
2023-01-25	3	1st	5 11 18 35 38 44
2023-01-18	2	1st	5 7 13 15 22 31
2023-01-14	9	1st	5 6 18 31 32 39
2022-12-24	8	1st	5 6 13 21 27 34
2022-12-05	1	1st	5 6 13 25 38 44
2022-12-03	6	1st	5 12 13 36 39 42
2022-11-19	7	2nd	4 5 12 22 23 34
2022-11-02	7	1st	5 26 33 38 41 45
2022-10-17	11	1st	5 9 10 17 32 41
2022-09-21	6	2nd	1 5 18 25 26 32
2022-09-07	2	1st	5 12 16 24 28 35
2022-09-03	11	1st	5 28 35 38 40 42
2022-08-08	1	1st	5 7 10 41 43 47
2022-08-06	1	1st	5 16 25 26 34 36
2022-08-03	5	3rd	3 4 5 25 34 44
2022-07-23	6	2nd	2 5 16 28 40 46
2022-07-09	12	1st	5 17 21 29 30 41
2022-06-11	21	1st	5 12 13 18 37 42
2022-04-23	8	1st	5 22 29 30 35 41
2022-04-04	7	1st	5 7 11 28 41 48
2022-03-19	2	2nd	3 5 32 38 45 46
2022-03-14	16	2nd	3 5 7 17 18 34
2022-02-05	4	1st	5 20 27 31 34 43
2022-01-26	24	1st	5 12 17 19 31 47
2021-12-01	10	2nd	1 5 17 29 36 40
2021-11-08	22	2nd	3 5 7 11 20 26
2021-09-18	24	2nd	3 5 9 17 23 42
2021-07-24	1	1st	5 22 30 32 37 41
2021-07-21	2	1st	5 6 7 13 19 25
2021-07-17	7	1st	5 19 34 42 43 46
2021-06-30	8	2nd	2 5 8 24 43 44
2021-06-12	5	2nd	1 5 8 12 25 31
2021-05-31	1	1st	5 32 34 36 41 45
2021-05-29	27	1st	5 9 14 15 18 44
2021-03-27	16	1st	5 6 25 37 44 47
2021-02-17	1	1st	5 8 15 20 30 39
2021-02-15	9	2nd	2 5 6 18 31 45
2021-01-25	7	1st	5 16 18 24 39 40
2021-01-09	2	1st	5 9 14 31 39 43
2021-01-04	2	1st	5 17 24 26 32 47
2020-12-30	1	1st	5 10 34 36 42 44
2020-12-28	3	1st	5 27 30 31 34 38
2020-12-21	1	1st	5 18 32 37 38 40
2020-12-19	2	3rd	1 2 5 7 28 44
2020-12-14	3	1st	5 24 27 29 34 46
2020-12-07	1	1st	5 10 17 39 47 48
2020-12-05	1	1st	5 10 16 18 25 48
2020-12-02	3	1st	5 28 29 32 42 45
2020-11-25	10	3rd	1 2 5 33 34 48
2020-11-02	1	1st	5 10 13 28 37 42
2020-10-31	7	1st	5 18 23 37 40 44
2020-10-14	1	1st	5 8 10 12 14 48
2020-10-12	6	1st	5 6 22 34 39 47
2020-09-28	4	1st	5 17 19 27 37 47
2020-09-19	8	1st	5 8 26 28 35 36
2020-08-31	2	1st	5 23 28 32 38 46
2020-08-26	10	2nd	2 5 17 28 30 34
2020-08-03	27	2nd	1 5 7 12 32 34
2020-06-01	1	1st	5 8 15 16 21 29
2020-05-30	3	1st	5 26 31 37 42 48
2020-05-23	1	1st	5 12 22 36 40 47
2020-05-20	15	1st	5 10 21 31 46 47
2020-04-15	2	2nd	2 5 7 26 41 45
2020-04-11	10	2nd	4 5 14 19 45 46
2020-03-18	6	1st	5 15 33 35 40 41
2020-03-04	12	1st	5 7 11 35 36 43
2020-02-05	19	1st	5 18 24 34 35 41
2019-12-23	4	2nd	1 5 9 26 40 42
2019-12-14	3	2nd	4 5 6 26 37 45
2019-12-07	6	2nd	1 5 7 28 30 47
2019-11-23	7	1st	5 8 12 18 23 27
2019-11-06	13	2nd	3 5 17 25 30 47
2019-10-07	12	1st	5 20 25 27 36 37
2019-09-09	13	1st	5 22 26 33 39 47
2019-08-10	11	2nd	4 5 18 31 32 38
2019-07-15	11	1st	5 26 31 37 41 43
2019-06-19	3	1st	5 13 22 25 29 38
2019-06-12	4	1st	5 18 23 35 41 45
2019-06-03	3	1st	5 19 20 21 30 35
2019-05-27	4	2nd	4 5 16 31 33 45
2019-05-18	20	2nd	3 5 13 15 24 39
2019-04-01	5	1st	5 19 21 32 41 45
2019-03-20	7	1st	5 6 11 44 46 48
2019-03-04	11	2nd	3 5 23 33 35 36
2019-02-06	4	1st	5 8 9 25 30 47
2019-01-28	2	1st	5 7 16 19 26 48
2019-01-23	1	2nd	4 5 10 32 45 47
2019-01-21	32	1st	5 18 24 26 36 40
2018-11-07	8	2nd	3 5 18 28 38 39
2018-10-20	8	1st	5 14 22 36 39 44
2018-10-01	25	2nd	1 5 24 38 43 44
2018-08-04	11	1st	5 20 21 24 25 46
2018-07-09	13	2nd	1 5 12 18 24 28
2018-06-09	6	2nd	4 5 9 18 28 41
2018-05-26	4	1st	5 21 24 30 33 47
2018-05-16	2	1st	5 12 15 18 37 45
2018-05-12	6	1st	5 7 11 12 20 24
2018-04-28	9	1st	5 10 11 19 34 42
2018-04-07	17	2nd	3 5 16 17 36 37
2018-02-26	10	1st	5 11 26 35 40 45
2018-02-03	8	1st	5 10 11 20 33 43
2018-01-15	1	2nd	1 5 17 22 28 45
2018-01-13	19	1st	5 11 19 28 29 36
2017-11-29	8	1st	5 18 21 26 28 35
2017-11-11	8	2nd	1 5 14 19 34 35
2017-10-23	7	1st	5 17 21 27 31 35
2017-10-07	6	1st	5 10 24 25 32 38
2017-09-23	8	1st	5 20 23 29 35 44
2017-09-04	8	2nd	2 5 14 33 41 45
2017-08-16	1	1st	5 14 20 22 23 31
2017-08-14	15	3rd	1 2 5 7 9 45
2017-07-10	5	2nd	3 5 8 13 26 39
2017-06-28	6	1st	5 10 11 14 25 41
2017-06-14	5	1st	5 7 16 26 35 45
2017-06-03	4	1st	5 14 29 33 34 46
2017-05-24	1	1st	5 9 12 15 22 23
2017-05-22	12	2nd	3 5 12 24 29 38
2017-04-24	4	1st	5 19 23 25 34 47
2017-04-15	3	1st	5 22 28 42 43 44
2017-04-08	3	2nd	4 5 8 13 36 47
2017-04-01	5	1st	5 7 10 30 34 39
2017-03-20	14	1st	5 11 13 14 18 45
2017-02-15	36	1st	5 9 12 25 27 28
2016-11-23	4	1st	5 7 14 18 31 34
2016-11-14	7	1st	5 14 21 24 26 39
2016-10-29	9	2nd	4 5 8 25 29 37
2016-10-08	9	1st	5 36 38 41 44 47
2016-09-17	1	1st	5 6 12 22 33 41
2016-09-14	12	2nd	1 5 6 17 23 31
2016-08-17	17	1st	5 23 26 42 43 46
2016-07-09	8	2nd	3 5 8 22 24 34
2016-06-20	14	1st	5 9 13 26 27 43
2016-05-18	10	3rd	1 2 5 8 28 30
2016-04-25	3	3rd	1 4 5 10 15 33
2016-04-18	10	1st	5 12 21 33 40 46
2016-03-26	4	1st	5 6 23 24 33 44
2016-03-16	1	1st	5 6 12 32 39 43
2016-03-14	9	2nd	4 5 10 17 32 37
2016-02-22	15	2nd	2 5 9 25 31 45
2016-01-18	9	1st	5 17 25 38 39 46
2015-12-28	13	2nd	2 5 9 12 22 31
2015-11-28	3	2nd	2 5 23 28 29 38
2015-11-21	5	2nd	3 5 34 44 47 48
2015-11-09	1	1st	5 12 23 33 41 45
2015-11-07	3	1st	5 21 31 36 40 48
2015-10-31	5	2nd	4 5 16 17 38 46
2015-10-19	18	2nd	4 5 16 17 27 32
2015-09-07	30	1st	5 6 17 19 37 47
2015-06-29	2	2nd	2 5 28 30 40 41
2015-06-24	3	2nd	3 5 8 10 13 46
2015-06-17	2	2nd	3 5 25 35 37 48
2015-06-13	6	1st	5 13 20 40 41 42
2015-05-30	15	1st	5 9 14 20 23 25
2015-04-25	5	3rd	1 2 5 32 44 45
2015-04-13	2	2nd	3 5 9 32 34 38
2015-04-08	6	2nd	2 5 7 26 28 31
2015-03-25	4	2nd	2 5 17 18 19 46
2015-03-16	1	1st	5 17 25 28 34 38
2015-03-14	4	3rd	1 4 5 14 30 47
2015-03-04	4	2nd	4 5 18 22 33 36
2015-02-23	5	1st	5 23 25 29 30 45
2015-02-11	2	1st	5 10 12 14 21 46
2015-02-07	31	2nd	2 5 11 21 28 31
2014-11-26	3	1st	5 21 38 40 41 46
2014-11-19	3	1st	5 7 25 36 38 42
2014-11-12	4	1st	5 23 29 37 40 41
2014-11-03	2	1st	5 22 37 46 47 48
2014-10-29	3	1st	5 22 24 26 42 45
2014-10-22	10	1st	5 23 26 31 32 33
2014-09-29	15	2nd	4 5 23 36 41 44
2014-08-25	3	1st	5 7 13 15 23 27
2014-08-18	8	2nd	1 5 15 31 37 40
2014-07-30	15	3rd	2 3 5 13 16 25
2014-06-25	5	2nd	2 5 10 15 23 31
2014-06-14	7	2nd	3 5 7 20 27 34
2014-05-28	1	2nd	3 5 7 12 25 39
2014-05-26	9	1st	5 12 33 40 42 44
2014-05-05	4	1st	5 17 24 27 33 34
2014-04-26	3	1st	5 9 16 22 25 42
2014-04-19	3	2nd	3 5 14 35 42 46
2014-04-12	3	2nd	4 5 7 19 20 21
2014-04-05	3	1st	5 22 25 36 43 45
2014-03-29	3	1st	5 6 14 24 40 43
2014-03-22	2	2nd	1 5 15 17 23 27
2014-03-17	4	1st	5 9 10 20 40 48
2014-03-08	31	1st	5 7 9 22 29 41
2013-12-25	1	1st	5 11 15 20 21 30
2013-12-23	3	1st	5 11 20 32 39 42
2013-12-16	4	1st	5 14 19 23 40 47
2013-12-07	2	2nd	4 5 19 32 33 36
2013-12-02	7	3rd	3 4 5 10 13 31
2013-11-16	15	1st	5 10 24 32 43 48
2013-10-12	6	1st	5 8 10 25 26 46
2013-09-28	12	1st	5 14 18 23 35 37
2013-08-31	8	3rd	3 4 5 14 19 25
2013-08-12	5	1st	5 14 15 36 38 44
2013-07-31	11	1st	5 21 23 29 36 48
2013-07-06	8	2nd	4 5 14 27 31 46
2013-06-17	4	1st	5 8 21 26 30 43
2013-06-08	2	1st	5 9 14 32 40 41
2013-06-03	1	2nd	3 5 17 23 26 30
2013-06-01	2	1st	5 9 29 30 36 42
2013-05-27	8	1st	5 13 16 27 39 40
2013-05-08	2	1st	5 31 37 41 43 47
2013-05-04	8	1st	5 12 16 37 38 40
2013-04-15	6	2nd	4 5 12 18 38 47
2013-04-01	7	1st	5 18 21 22 23 47
2013-03-16	8	2nd	3 5 11 18 38 43
2013-02-25	4	1st	5 8 11 31 33 48
2013-02-16	2	1st	5 23 25 29 35 36
2013-02-11	1	1st	5 9 10 20 32 33
2013-02-09	1	3rd	1 4 5 15 23 45
2013-02-06	2	1st	5 6 7 9 11 41
2013-02-02	4	1st	5 12 24 25 29 39
2013-01-23	6	1st	5 8 16 25 37 38
2013-01-09	9	1st	5 6 13 24 33 40
2012-12-19	4	1st	5 13 25 27 29 42
2012-12-10	3	1st	5 24 30 35 39 41
2012-12-03	20	1st	5 10 28 35 39 48
2012-10-17	8	3rd	2 4 5 7 15 42
2012-09-29	6	1st	5 12 22 41 44 48
2012-09-15	14	1st	5 19 20 26 33 36
2012-08-13	4	2nd	1 5 29 40 42 44
2012-08-04	17	2nd	4 5 18 20 32 47
2012-06-25	1	1st	5 14 15 18 23 46
2012-06-23	1	2nd	1 5 10 16 27 33
2012-06-20	13	2nd	2 5 13 15 16 47
2012-05-21	14	1st	5 8 19 25 29 31
2012-04-16	1	1st	5 10 16 18 27 41
2012-04-14	1	1st	5 6 9 12 39 46
2012-04-11	7	2nd	4 5 19 39 40 43
2012-03-26	4	2nd	4 5 7 16 35 47
2012-03-17	1	4th	1 3 4 5 25 28
2012-03-14	7	1st	5 11 15 27 28 41
2012-02-27	1	1st	5 7 10 14 28 35
2012-02-25	1	2nd	4 5 8 19 22 31
2012-02-22	1	1st	5 14 24 27 34 39
2012-02-20	7	1st	5 16 22 35 42 47
2012-02-04	7	1st	5 34 38 40 41 43
2012-01-18	2	1st	5 10 16 25 32 46
2012-01-14	5	4th	1 2 4 5 19 45
2012-01-02	14	3rd	1 2 5 18 21 47
2011-11-30	8	2nd	2 5 15 38 42 48
2011-11-12	4	2nd	4 5 10 21 22 38
2011-11-02	7	3rd	1 2 5 10 12 38
2011-10-17	12	1st	5 6 10 32 33 42
2011-09-19	17	2nd	2 5 13 20 30 41
2011-08-10	12	3rd	2 4 5 28 30 33
2011-07-13	7	1st	5 9 16 25 31 32
2011-06-27	10	1st	5 9 11 13 24 29
2011-06-04	9	1st	5 20 28 38 45 47
2011-05-14	2	1st	5 19 20 30 40 45
2011-05-09	11	1st	5 15 16 24 26 43
2011-04-13	3	1st	5 10 12 13 39 46
2011-04-06	1	2nd	3 5 12 20 36 38
2011-04-04	5	2nd	4 5 21 38 41 46
2011-03-23	13	1st	5 15 23 31 35 39
2011-02-21	15	1st	5 10 27 35 41 42
2011-01-17	3	1st	5 7 22 31 34 44
2011-01-10	8	2nd	1 5 10 30 46 48
2010-12-22	7	1st	5 9 19 25 32 33
2010-12-06	11	1st	5 9 13 17 35 40
2010-11-10	5	1st	5 14 27 28 30 31
2010-10-30	3	1st	5 11 18 38 45 46
2010-10-23	1	1st	5 26 27 30 34 36
2010-10-20	8	1st	5 12 21 32 38 43
2010-10-02	4	2nd	1 5 20 31 32 37
2010-09-22	4	1st	5 6 29 40 46 47
2010-09-13	40	1st	5 14 26 35 40 44
2010-06-12	1	2nd	3 5 19 24 31 45
2010-06-09	1	1st	5 12 14 21 47 48
2010-06-07	1	3rd	3 4 5 15 25 26
2010-06-05	8	2nd	1 5 20 40 43 46
2010-05-17	5	2nd	2 5 8 10 22 42
2010-05-05	5	1st	5 10 16 18 22 32
2010-04-24	1	2nd	3 5 7 17 20 43
2010-04-21	—	1st	5 15 22 32 35 47