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Number 5 In Texas Two Step under the 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 rules — 1,266 draws, 4 from 1–35 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 4/35 + 1/35 · since Sep 2025 4/35 + 1/0 · Nov 2022 – Sep 2025 5/35 · Feb 2022 – Nov 2022 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 145 times drawn · chance expected 145 +0.03σ
9 draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number
8.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8
31 longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long
5 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 145 times in 1,266 draws against 144.7 expected, +0.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
5 Number 5, draw by draw Drawn 145 times in 1,266 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 9 draws now
1 draws: 2010-01-21 to 2010-01-25 12 draws: 2010-01-25 to 2010-03-08 31 draws: 2010-03-08 to 2010-06-24 14 draws: 2010-06-24 to 2010-08-12 17 draws: 2010-08-12 to 2010-10-11 1 draws: 2010-10-11 to 2010-10-14 3 draws: 2010-10-14 to 2010-10-25 1 draws: 2010-10-25 to 2010-10-28 1 draws: 2010-10-28 to 2010-11-01 3 draws: 2010-11-01 to 2010-11-11 4 draws: 2010-11-11 to 2010-11-25 1 draws: 2010-11-25 to 2010-11-29 31 draws: 2010-11-29 to 2011-03-17 6 draws: 2011-03-17 to 2011-04-07 26 draws: 2011-04-07 to 2011-07-07 1 draws: 2011-07-07 to 2011-07-11 5 draws: 2011-07-11 to 2011-07-28 8 draws: 2011-07-28 to 2011-08-25 25 draws: 2011-08-25 to 2011-11-21 1 draws: 2011-11-21 to 2011-11-24 3 draws: 2011-11-24 to 2011-12-05 9 draws: 2011-12-05 to 2012-01-05 5 draws: 2012-01-05 to 2012-01-23 5 draws: 2012-01-23 to 2012-02-09 8 draws: 2012-02-09 to 2012-03-08 2 draws: 2012-03-08 to 2012-03-15 7 draws: 2012-03-15 to 2012-04-09 31 draws: 2012-04-09 to 2012-07-26 3 draws: 2012-07-26 to 2012-08-06 3 draws: 2012-08-06 to 2012-08-16 7 draws: 2012-08-16 to 2012-09-10 9 draws: 2012-09-10 to 2012-10-11 6 draws: 2012-10-11 to 2012-11-01 9 draws: 2012-11-01 to 2012-12-03 9 draws: 2012-12-03 to 2013-01-03 18 draws: 2013-01-03 to 2013-03-07 9 draws: 2013-03-07 to 2013-04-08 12 draws: 2013-04-08 to 2013-05-20 3 draws: 2013-05-20 to 2013-05-30 3 draws: 2013-05-30 to 2013-06-10 1 draws: 2013-06-10 to 2013-06-13 9 draws: 2013-06-13 to 2013-07-15 1 draws: 2013-07-15 to 2013-07-18 11 draws: 2013-07-18 to 2013-08-26 10 draws: 2013-08-26 to 2013-09-30 2 draws: 2013-09-30 to 2013-10-07 2 draws: 2013-10-07 to 2013-10-14 5 draws: 2013-10-14 to 2013-10-31 3 draws: 2013-10-31 to 2013-11-11 6 draws: 2013-11-11 to 2013-12-02 23 draws: 2013-12-02 to 2014-02-20 4 draws: 2014-02-20 to 2014-03-06 22 draws: 2014-03-06 to 2014-05-22 2 draws: 2014-05-22 to 2014-05-29 3 draws: 2014-05-29 to 2014-06-09 21 draws: 2014-06-09 to 2014-08-21 1 draws: 2014-08-21 to 2014-08-25 10 draws: 2014-08-25 to 2014-09-29 17 draws: 2014-09-29 to 2014-11-27 3 draws: 2014-11-27 to 2014-12-08 24 draws: 2014-12-08 to 2015-03-02 2 draws: 2015-03-02 to 2015-03-09 11 draws: 2015-03-09 to 2015-04-16 11 draws: 2015-04-16 to 2015-05-25 7 draws: 2015-05-25 to 2015-06-18 9 draws: 2015-06-18 to 2015-07-20 6 draws: 2015-07-20 to 2015-08-10 5 draws: 2015-08-10 to 2015-08-27 2 draws: 2015-08-27 to 2015-09-03 16 draws: 2015-09-03 to 2015-10-29 7 draws: 2015-10-29 to 2015-11-23 3 draws: 2015-11-23 to 2015-12-03 10 draws: 2015-12-03 to 2016-01-07 3 draws: 2016-01-07 to 2016-01-18 11 draws: 2016-01-18 to 2016-02-25 1 draws: 2016-02-25 to 2016-02-29 11 draws: 2016-02-29 to 2016-04-07 6 draws: 2016-04-07 to 2016-04-28 13 draws: 2016-04-28 to 2016-06-13 1 draws: 2016-06-13 to 2016-06-16 27 draws: 2016-06-16 to 2016-09-19 4 draws: 2016-09-19 to 2016-10-03 19 draws: 2016-10-03 to 2016-12-08 19 draws: 2016-12-08 to 2017-02-13 3 draws: 2017-02-13 to 2017-02-23 8 draws: 2017-02-23 to 2017-03-23 10 draws: 2017-03-23 to 2017-04-27 9 draws: 2017-04-27 to 2017-05-29 16 draws: 2017-05-29 to 2017-07-24 7 draws: 2017-07-24 to 2017-08-17 1 draws: 2017-08-17 to 2017-08-21 13 draws: 2017-08-21 to 2017-10-05 7 draws: 2017-10-05 to 2017-10-30 6 draws: 2017-10-30 to 2017-11-20 1 draws: 2017-11-20 to 2017-11-23 2 draws: 2017-11-23 to 2017-11-30 30 draws: 2017-11-30 to 2018-03-15 25 draws: 2018-03-15 to 2018-06-14 4 draws: 2018-06-14 to 2018-06-28 11 draws: 2018-06-28 to 2018-08-06 3 draws: 2018-08-06 to 2018-08-16 15 draws: 2018-08-16 to 2018-10-08 1 draws: 2018-10-08 to 2018-10-11 20 draws: 2018-10-11 to 2018-12-20 30 draws: 2018-12-20 to 2019-04-04 5 draws: 2019-04-04 to 2019-04-22 11 draws: 2019-04-22 to 2019-05-30 13 draws: 2019-05-30 to 2019-07-15 2 draws: 2019-07-15 to 2019-07-22 5 draws: 2019-07-22 to 2019-08-08 4 draws: 2019-08-08 to 2019-08-22 3 draws: 2019-08-22 to 2019-09-02 18 draws: 2019-09-02 to 2019-11-04 1 draws: 2019-11-04 to 2019-11-07 11 draws: 2019-11-07 to 2019-12-16 15 draws: 2019-12-16 to 2020-02-06 2 draws: 2020-02-06 to 2020-02-13 10 draws: 2020-02-13 to 2020-03-19 3 draws: 2020-03-19 to 2020-03-30 1 draws: 2020-03-30 to 2020-04-02 2 draws: 2020-04-02 to 2020-04-09 7 draws: 2020-04-09 to 2020-05-04 4 draws: 2020-05-04 to 2020-05-18 1 draws: 2020-05-18 to 2020-05-21 1 draws: 2020-05-21 to 2020-05-25 8 draws: 2020-05-25 to 2020-06-22 6 draws: 2020-06-22 to 2020-07-13 3 draws: 2020-07-13 to 2020-07-23 15 draws: 2020-07-23 to 2020-09-14 13 draws: 2020-09-14 to 2020-10-29 10 draws: 2020-10-29 to 2020-12-03 5 draws: 2020-12-03 to 2020-12-21 8 draws: 2020-12-21 to 2021-01-18 9 draws: 2021-01-18 to 2021-02-18 15 draws: 2021-02-18 to 2021-04-12 8 draws: 2021-04-12 to 2021-05-10 6 draws: 2021-05-10 to 2021-05-31 18 draws: 2021-05-31 to 2021-08-02 2 draws: 2021-08-02 to 2021-08-09 20 draws: 2021-08-09 to 2021-10-18 11 draws: 2021-10-18 to 2021-11-25 3 draws: 2021-11-25 to 2021-12-06 12 draws: 2021-12-06 to 2022-01-17 1 draws: 2022-01-17 to 2022-01-20 Still waiting — at least 9 draws since 2022-01-20 2010-01-21 2010-01-25 2010-03-08 2010-06-24 2010-08-12 2010-10-11 2010-10-14 2010-10-25 2010-10-28 2010-11-01 2010-11-11 2010-11-25 2010-11-29 2011-03-17 2011-04-07 2011-07-07 2011-07-11 2011-07-28 2011-08-25 2011-11-21 2011-11-24 2011-12-05 2012-01-05 2012-01-23 2012-02-09 2012-03-08 2012-03-15 2012-04-09 2012-07-26 2012-08-06 2012-08-16 2012-09-10 2012-10-11 2012-11-01 2012-12-03 2013-01-03 2013-03-07 2013-04-08 2013-05-20 2013-05-30 2013-06-10 2013-06-13 2013-07-15 2013-07-18 2013-08-26 2013-09-30 2013-10-07 2013-10-14 2013-10-31 2013-11-11 2013-12-02 2014-02-20 2014-03-06 2014-05-22 2014-05-29 2014-06-09 2014-08-21 2014-08-25 2014-09-29 2014-11-27 2014-12-08 2015-03-02 2015-03-09 2015-04-16 2015-05-25 2015-06-18 2015-07-20 2015-08-10 2015-08-27 2015-09-03 2015-10-29 2015-11-23 2015-12-03 2016-01-07 2016-01-18 2016-02-25 2016-02-29 2016-04-07 2016-04-28 2016-06-13 2016-06-16 2016-09-19 2016-10-03 2016-12-08 2017-02-13 2017-02-23 2017-03-23 2017-04-27 2017-05-29 2017-07-24 2017-08-17 2017-08-21 2017-10-05 2017-10-30 2017-11-20 2017-11-23 2017-11-30 2018-03-15 2018-06-14 2018-06-28 2018-08-06 2018-08-16 2018-10-08 2018-10-11 2018-12-20 2019-04-04 2019-04-22 2019-05-30 2019-07-15 2019-07-22 2019-08-08 2019-08-22 2019-09-02 2019-11-04 2019-11-07 2019-12-16 2020-02-06 2020-02-13 2020-03-19 2020-03-30 2020-04-02 2020-04-09 2020-05-04 2020-05-18 2020-05-21 2020-05-25 2020-06-22 2020-07-13 2020-07-23 2020-09-14 2020-10-29 2020-12-03 2020-12-21 2021-01-18 2021-02-18 2021-04-12 2021-05-10 2021-05-31 2021-08-02 2021-08-09 2021-10-18 2021-11-25 2021-12-06 2022-01-17 2022-01-20 2010-01-04 2022-02-21
1 draws: 20 times 2 draws: 11 times 3 draws: 18 times 4 draws: 6 times 5 draws: 8 times 6 draws: 8 times 7 draws: 7 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 9 times 10 draws: 6 times 11 draws: 9 times 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 4 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 4 times 16 draws: 2 times 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 3 times 19 draws: 2 times 20 draws: 2 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 2 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 2 times 31 draws: 3 times 32 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 97 · chance 98.4 2nd smallest 45 · chance 42.2 3rd smallest 3 · chance 4.4 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.1 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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 ← number 4 Every number number 6 → 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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.