In BC/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Nov 2024 rules — 205 draws, 6 from 1–49.
22times drawn · chance expected 25 −0.66σ
2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number
9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
28longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 22 times in 205 draws against 25.1 expected, −0.66σ. 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 2 times, counted separately.
2
Number 2, draw by draw
Drawn 22 times in 205 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 28 · 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 2 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 5 of the other 48 numbers; chance expects about 5 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it
Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 49. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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: 2 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.