Number 5

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

209times drawn · chance expected 215 −0.43σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

42longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

5 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 209 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, −0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 5, draw by draw

Drawn 209 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 18 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 smallest136 · chance 131.3
2nd smallest64 · chance 67.8
3rd smallest9 · chance 9.5
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 17 26 30 31 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2020-08-03	4	1st	5 6 13 17 38
2020-07-25	2	2nd	3 5 24 32 37
2020-07-20	6	3rd	1 3 5 11 33
2020-07-06	4	1st	5 17 18

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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