Number 44

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 929 draws, 6 from 1–45.

104times drawn · chance expected 124 −1.92σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

42longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 104 times in 929 draws against 123.9 expected, −1.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 28 times, counted separately.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 104 times in 929 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 15 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 44 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 smallest14 · chance 11.8
6th smallest90 · chance 92.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 17 31 15 24 1

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, 44 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 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-04	4	6th	4 8 15 32 43 44
2026-06-06	8	6th	10 25 30 31 43 44
2026-04-11	6	6th	8 11 15 32 33 44
2026-02-28	6	6th

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: 44 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-01-28	7	6th	7 24 27 30 39 44
2022-12-10	22	6th	6 14 22 24 35 44
2022-07-09	29	6th	6 23 30 37 43 44
2021-12-18	2	6th	1 19 25 29 36 44
2021-12-04	9	5th	8 24 31 39 44 45
2021-10-02	4	6th	13 17 26 28 33 44
2021-09-04	13	5th	14 29 31 33 44 45
2021-06-05	6	6th	1 11 24 32 33 44
2021-04-24	1	6th	2 4 8 31 32 44
2021-04-17	15	6th	5 13 17 33 38 44
2021-01-02	18	6th	5 7 14 16 17 44
2020-08-29	5	6th	13 16 20 25 40 44
2020-07-25	8	6th	6 9 16 32 37 44
2020-05-30	16	6th	3 15 19 22 25 44
2020-02-08	27	6th	17 19 24 36 38 44
2019-08-03	4	6th	3 5 28 32 38 44
2019-07-06	6	6th	15 18 23 30 41 44
2019-05-25	2	6th	1 11 18 29 35 44
2019-05-11	26	6th	17 27 28 32 34 44
2018-11-10	7	6th	1 21 22 23 38 44
2018-09-22	1	6th	9 21 26 29 32 44
2018-09-15	5	5th	1 3 7 15 44 45
2018-08-11	16	6th	1 8 15 20 23 44
2018-04-21	3	6th	11 12 17 31 42 44
2018-03-31	3	6th	8 15 23 27 43 44
2018-03-10	4	6th	2 4 22 31 34 44
2018-02-10	5	6th	2 7 16 23 27 44
2018-01-06	5	6th	3 12 31 32 35 44
2017-12-02	1	6th	8 14 16 23 25 44
2017-11-25	4	6th	4 6 18 31 36 44
2017-10-28	5	6th	1 13 17 38 40 44
2017-09-23	3	5th	6 8 13 40 44 45
2017-09-02	6	6th	16 17 21 22 23 44
2017-07-22	1	6th	11 22 27 32 42 44
2017-07-15	5	6th	1 11 22 25 41 44
2017-06-10	8	6th	12 14 20 22 24 44
2017-04-15	7	6th	3 15 26 32 40 44
2017-02-25	12	6th	7 22 29 33 36 44
2016-12-03	24	6th	10 11 18 26 39 44
2016-06-18	21	6th	1 2 13 20 39 44
2016-01-23	3	5th	20 24 33 41 44 45
2016-01-02	15	5th	3 10 31 40 44 45
2015-09-19	11	6th	4 5 16 29 32 44
2015-07-04	2	6th	8 15 25 30 31 44
2015-06-20	11	6th	8 10 22 27 39 44
2015-04-04	4	5th	1 24 34 40 44 45
2015-03-07	4	6th	3 6 24 40 41 44
2015-02-07	2	6th	9 19 30 33 41 44
2015-01-24	6	6th	10 12 30 34 42 44
2014-12-13	7	6th	6 11 16 17 21 44
2014-10-25	2	6th	11 12 17 36 38 44
2014-10-11	1	6th	3 11 13 21 42 44
2014-10-04	5	6th	6 20 22 29 32 44
2014-08-30	7	6th	2 14 24 37 40 44
2014-07-12	2	6th	1 3 15 19 42 44
2014-06-28	35	6th	1 17 20 40 42 44
2013-10-26	21	6th	9 13 16 21 33 44
2013-06-01	6	6th	12 15 30 37 40 44
2013-04-20	1	6th	7 10 28 34 41 44
2013-04-13	5	6th	2 4 6 9 37 44
2013-03-09	5	5th	7 10 12 28 44 45
2013-02-02	14	5th	5 18 29 31 44 45
2012-10-27	42	6th	5 6 25 33 34 44
2012-01-07	5	5th	19 29 30 33 44 45
2011-12-03	4	6th	2 9 13 18 26 44
2011-11-05	5	5th	2 6 12 18 44 45
2011-10-01	21	6th	19 25 30 38 42 44
2011-05-07	12	6th	12 24 26 28 39 44
2011-02-12	8	6th	4 9 10 26 38 44
2010-12-18	13	6th	4 13 25 26 42 44
2010-09-18	1	6th	7 18 31 35 40 44
2010-09-11	1	6th	5 11 15 36 42 44
2010-09-04	39	6th	1 20 28 35 36 44
2009-12-05	2	6th	1 10 26 31 32 44
2009-11-21	3	6th	4 16 19 23 28 44
2009-10-31	2	6th	6 24 29 30 37 44
2009-10-17	22	6th	2 10 22 24 26 44
2009-05-16	3	6th	3 14 15 19 25 44
2009-04-25	13	6th	3 13 17 32 38 44
2009-01-24	—	6th	18 24 31 32 41 44