Number 45

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

123times drawn · chance expected 108 +1.52σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 84% for any number

5.7average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

25longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 123 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, +1.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 25 times, counted separately.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 123 times in 697 draws · average wait 5.7 draws · longest completed wait 25 · waiting 2 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest123 · chance 123.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 15 21 33 36 43

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
2022-04-26	3	7th	4 5 17 22 30 34 45
2022-04-05	4	7th	3 5 30 34 37 40 45
2022-03-08	4	7th	7 14 24 26 35 44

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 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-09-24	7	7th	12 17 24 26 36 38 45
2019-08-06	11	7th	13 15 19 24 32 37 45
2019-05-21	1	7th	2 18 26 33 36 40 45
2019-05-14	11	7th	16 17 19 23 30 35 45
2019-02-26	10	7th	8 9 23 27 32 37 45
2018-12-18	5	7th	4 13 15 16 27 29 45
2018-11-13	5	7th	9 11 16 19 28 42 45
2018-10-09	17	7th	4 25 26 30 32 41 45
2018-06-12	1	7th	2 7 12 22 31 38 45
2018-06-05	2	7th	11 18 23 30 33 37 45
2018-05-22	2	7th	2 12 13 19 31 39 45
2018-05-08	2	7th	9 27 29 31 41 43 45
2018-04-24	12	7th	4 7 16 27 29 39 45
2018-01-30	3	7th	2 5 12 24 31 40 45
2018-01-09	2	7th	1 8 9 26 40 43 45
2017-12-26	3	7th	2 7 9 30 37 41 45
2017-12-05	2	7th	4 9 22 26 28 34 45
2017-11-21	2	7th	14 15 16 23 26 33 45
2017-11-07	6	7th	4 12 13 26 30 37 45
2017-09-26	2	7th	6 8 13 14 33 41 45
2017-09-12	1	7th	1 12 20 24 41 44 45
2017-09-05	4	7th	4 8 16 27 28 35 45
2017-08-08	3	7th	6 15 21 25 40 43 45
2017-07-18	10	7th	2 7 19 21 23 29 45
2017-05-09	2	7th	1 3 15 16 20 33 45
2017-04-25	2	7th	11 27 28 37 41 43 45
2017-04-11	1	7th	1 21 23 25 28 38 45
2017-04-04	1	7th	1 6 8 23 33 36 45
2017-03-28	5	7th	12 22 23 37 39 41 45
2017-02-21	1	7th	5 9 19 28 31 41 45
2017-02-14	8	7th	1 7 9 30 38 39 45
2016-12-20	2	7th	14 16 25 26 29 36 45
2016-12-06	2	7th	15 17 30 34 35 43 45
2016-11-22	8	7th	11 17 30 31 32 43 45
2016-09-27	5	7th	3 13 21 26 32 36 45
2016-08-23	3	7th	1 5 15 21 32 36 45
2016-08-02	2	7th	1 7 8 27 31 33 45
2016-07-19	5	7th	4 7 22 32 34 41 45
2016-06-14	7	7th	18 20 22 25 29 44 45
2016-04-26	7	7th	1 5 6 15 19 41 45
2016-03-08	3	7th	1 9 21 24 35 44 45
2016-02-16	17	7th	13 15 22 28 33 37 45
2015-10-20	7	7th	9 10 11 21 35 43 45
2015-09-01	1	7th	13 18 22 24 25 43 45
2015-08-25	9	7th	15 18 19 21 25 34 45
2015-06-23	7	7th	2 5 9 19 27 36 45
2015-05-05	1	7th	2 17 18 21 29 37 45
2015-04-28	2	7th	2 29 30 34 35 41 45
2015-04-14	3	7th	2 3 12 24 33 42 45
2015-03-24	2	7th	4 11 16 24 28 33 45
2015-03-10	12	7th	3 5 22 25 27 36 45
2014-12-16	2	7th	4 11 20 21 25 42 45
2014-12-02	7	7th	1 15 21 29 35 36 45
2014-10-14	4	7th	3 12 17 21 24 38 45
2014-09-16	25	7th	13 15 31 33 34 36 45
2014-03-25	10	7th	15 16 23 29 33 40 45
2014-01-14	10	7th	21 22 24 36 40 44 45
2013-11-05	1	7th	3 6 10 17 18 37 45
2013-10-29	3	7th	7 13 29 32 39 43 45
2013-10-08	7	7th	5 24 28 32 38 39 45
2013-08-20	7	7th	7 9 17 26 36 38 45
2013-07-02	12	7th	13 15 20 31 38 42 45
2013-04-09	9	7th	3 6 8 23 32 36 45
2013-02-05	16	7th	17 19 27 30 37 42 45
2012-10-16	3	7th	4 5 8 16 23 44 45
2012-09-25	12	7th	5 15 29 35 40 44 45
2012-07-03	3	7th	19 21 24 28 32 34 45
2012-06-12	2	7th	7 8 10 26 33 42 45
2012-05-29	1	7th	3 11 29 35 37 43 45
2012-05-22	1	7th	6 12 14 22 33 38 45
2012-05-15	3	7th	7 10 14 17 19 38 45
2012-04-24	2	7th	4 6 11 16 19 27 45
2012-04-10	7	7th	6 15 22 35 36 42 45
2012-02-21	10	7th	6 13 14 19 31 41 45
2011-12-13	8	7th	11 18 21 25 29 42 45
2011-10-18	12	7th	6 10 15 16 36 43 45
2011-07-26	8	7th	10 21 23 27 35 41 45
2011-05-31	4	7th	4 25 33 36 41 43 45
2011-05-03	2	7th	10 19 34 36 40 42 45
2011-04-19	2	7th	9 11 19 20 35 43 45
2011-04-05	13	7th	18 21 24 40 42 43 45
2011-01-04	6	7th	3 4 24 33 39 40 45
2010-11-23	5	7th	2 5 7 20 22 43 45
2010-10-19	15	7th	8 13 19 27 35 38 45
2010-07-06	1	7th	9 19 29 30 34 40 45
2010-06-29	7	7th	1 17 21 22 31 34 45
2010-05-11	9	7th	7 10 13 15 18 27 45
2010-03-09	11	7th	8 25 39 42 43 44 45
2009-12-22	2	7th	1 2 20 35 36 44 45
2009-12-08	6	7th	7 11 29 34 35 42 45
2009-10-27	3	7th	4 7 20 25 42 43 45
2009-10-06	5	7th	5 12 17 22 28 34 45
2009-09-01	13	7th	9 16 28 29 37 42 45
2009-06-02	14	7th	3 20 22 32 33 43 45
2009-02-24	1	7th	2 13 28 30 34 41 45
2009-02-17	3	7th	2 4 20 23 30 41 45
2009-01-27	1	7th	3 21 24 28 31 34 45
2009-01-20	2	7th	8 15 23 27 35 37 45
2009-01-06	—	7th	5 10 27 30 32 37 45