In Loto Cash under the 5/35 + 2/10 · since Sep 2025 rules — 152 draws, 5 from 1–35.
29times drawn · chance expected 22 +1.69σ
6draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number
5.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
18longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long
5 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 29 times in 152 draws against 21.7 expected, +1.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
5
Number 5, draw by draw
Drawn 29 times in 152 draws · average wait 5.2 draws · longest completed wait 18 · waiting 6 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 numbers; chance expected about 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 35. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.