Number 45

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,220 draws, 4 from 1–45.

110times drawn · chance expected 108 +0.16σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 83% for any number

11.1average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

48longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,220 draws against 108.4 expected, +0.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,220 draws · average wait 11.1 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 3 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 45 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest110 · chance 110.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 42 39 3 37 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 45 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd most popular of 45. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-16	10	4th	1 7 24 45
2026-09-28	2	4th	12 39 41 45
2026-09-25	15	4th	1 2 40 45
2026-08-29	6	4th	25 27 33 45
2026-08-19	3	4th	28

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: 45 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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