Number 41

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

105times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.36σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

37longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

41 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, −0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 44 times, counted separately.

Number 41, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 697 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 8 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 41 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 smallest0 · chance 0.6
5th smallest7 · chance 8.2
6th smallest44 · chance 39.2
7th smallest54 · chance 57.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 7 2 5 28 3

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, 41 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 41 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-03-15	4	7th	6 7 12 17 33 37 41
2022-02-15	7	7th	5 7 9 16 28 37 41
2021-12-28	2	5th	14 20 25 31 41 42

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: 41 is drawn with probability 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-05-15	1	7th	3 6 12 13 29 40 41
2018-05-08	9	5th	9 27 29 31 41 43 45
2018-03-06	4	7th	5 18 30 34 37 38 41
2018-02-06	6	6th	6 11 22 35 40 41 43
2017-12-26	10	6th	2 7 9 30 37 41 45
2017-10-17	3	7th	7 23 32 38 39 40 41
2017-09-26	2	6th	6 8 13 14 33 41 45
2017-09-12	3	5th	1 12 20 24 41 44 45
2017-08-22	3	6th	7 12 14 16 40 41 43
2017-08-01	5	6th	3 9 13 16 37 41 43
2017-06-27	6	7th	3 6 8 22 26 40 41
2017-05-16	3	6th	9 14 21 22 27 41 43
2017-04-25	4	5th	11 27 28 37 41 43 45
2017-03-28	5	6th	12 22 23 37 39 41 45
2017-02-21	6	6th	5 9 19 28 31 41 45
2017-01-10	10	6th	2 12 17 18 34 41 43
2016-11-01	4	6th	6 9 17 22 27 41 43
2016-10-04	8	7th	3 4 10 12 14 28 41
2016-08-09	3	7th	2 11 13 18 26 33 41
2016-07-19	2	6th	4 7 22 32 34 41 45
2016-07-05	10	6th	2 9 14 31 37 41 43
2016-04-26	8	6th	1 5 6 15 19 41 45
2016-03-01	5	7th	3 5 20 27 30 32 41
2016-01-26	15	7th	5 13 23 24 26 35 41
2015-10-13	10	7th	28 29 32 34 36 37 41
2015-08-04	14	6th	8 9 14 19 40 41 44
2015-04-28	17	6th	2 29 30 34 35 41 45
2014-12-30	7	6th	4 7 19 26 35 41 43
2014-11-11	12	6th	2 10 21 25 33 41 43
2014-08-19	1	6th	1 5 7 31 33 41 43
2014-08-12	5	6th	3 5 29 32 37 41 43
2014-07-08	2	6th	7 14 28 30 39 41 42
2014-06-24	1	7th	8 12 26 32 36 40 41
2014-06-17	6	7th	1 3 7 23 36 37 41
2014-05-06	8	7th	3 11 15 25 28 29 41
2014-03-11	1	6th	14 16 17 19 22 41 43
2014-03-04	9	6th	24 30 32 34 38 41 42
2013-12-31	15	7th	4 7 9 13 14 36 41
2013-09-17	8	6th	8 9 24 27 31 41 44
2013-07-23	2	7th	8 28 31 34 37 40 41
2013-07-09	2	7th	1 2 7 11 13 17 41
2013-06-25	3	7th	4 7 10 16 17 20 41
2013-06-04	2	7th	2 5 17 18 22 26 41
2013-05-21	1	6th	2 3 19 23 39 41 43
2013-05-14	3	7th	1 9 12 13 22 26 41
2013-04-23	9	7th	7 12 19 27 35 39 41
2013-02-19	9	7th	1 2 18 20 27 35 41
2012-12-18	8	6th	12 15 19 22 36 41 43
2012-10-23	3	7th	2 14 16 21 25 27 41
2012-10-02	21	7th	2 11 13 15 28 33 41
2012-05-08	9	6th	6 8 17 28 34 41 42
2012-03-06	2	7th	5 7 15 21 29 32 41
2012-02-21	25	6th	6 13 14 19 31 41 45
2011-08-30	2	7th	4 8 16 22 28 34 41
2011-08-16	3	7th	5 18 22 24 25 39 41
2011-07-26	7	6th	10 21 23 27 35 41 45
2011-06-07	1	7th	7 8 9 15 17 28 41
2011-05-31	5	5th	4 25 33 36 41 43 45
2011-04-26	2	5th	22 25 29 36 41 42 44
2011-04-12	2	7th	5 9 13 18 29 40 41
2011-03-29	2	7th	3 17 24 25 27 34 41
2011-03-15	4	7th	8 15 16 25 26 28 41
2011-02-15	1	7th	7 11 20 29 32 37 41
2011-02-08	2	7th	14 15 18 23 26 30 41
2011-01-25	16	7th	5 16 17 28 30 34 41
2010-10-05	3	7th	3 8 23 26 27 29 41
2010-09-14	5	7th	18 23 24 25 29 34 41
2010-08-10	1	7th	11 16 21 22 25 28 41
2010-08-03	6	7th	3 15 19 27 31 40 41
2010-06-22	11	7th	2 3 6 14 23 29 41
2010-04-06	32	6th	2 11 15 36 39 41 43
2009-08-25	1	7th	5 11 16 17 24 39 41
2009-08-18	1	7th	16 19 20 24 34 36 41
2009-08-11	8	6th	6 8 17 29 40 41 43
2009-06-16	3	7th	1 7 22 24 29 32 41
2009-05-26	7	5th	5 18 19 20 41 43 44
2009-04-07	1	7th	7 12 13 21 26 35 41
2009-03-31	5	6th	5 8 13 15 35 41 44
2009-02-24	1	6th	2 13 28 30 34 41 45
2009-02-17	5	6th	2 4 20 23 30 41 45
2009-01-13	—	6th	1 3 16 38 40 41 43