Number 10

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

94times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.76σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

30longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

10 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 10, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 7 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 10 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest31 · chance 25.8
2nd smallest32 · chance 39.8
3rd smallest22 · chance 22.1
4th smallest9 · chance 5.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 45 7 18 25 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 10 is picked about 1.41× as often as an indifferent choice — 5th most popular of 50. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 10 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-03-17	6	2nd	7 10 24 25 34 45 49
2026-02-24	2	3rd	6 8 10 25 27 30 31
2026-02-17	26	1st	10 11 18 22 28 34

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: 10 is drawn with probability 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-15	11	3rd	2 7 10 14 27 32 35
2024-10-08	10	1st	10 11 13 20 22 27 48
2024-09-03	1	3rd	4 6 10 22 32 39 50
2024-08-30	13	3rd	6 7 10 14 28 29 46
2024-07-16	4	1st	10 11 18 26 36 40 49
2024-07-02	14	2nd	1 10 11 16 19 23 39
2024-05-14	28	1st	10 15 18 27 28 32 43
2024-02-06	6	1st	10 16 21 29 42 44 50
2024-01-16	4	3rd	2 9 10 14 42 43 44
2024-01-02	8	2nd	9 10 16 29 36 37 50
2023-12-05	9	4th	3 4 8 10 38 43 47
2023-11-03	9	4th	5 7 9 10 19 24 40
2023-10-03	30	3rd	1 7 10 15 30 34 47
2023-06-20	3	2nd	5 10 24 30 32 43 48
2023-06-09	5	2nd	7 10 12 31 37 42 44
2023-05-23	23	3rd	1 7 10 18 23 24 34
2023-03-03	4	1st	10 14 20 37 42 44 46
2023-02-17	4	1st	10 12 23 26 39 41 45
2023-02-03	3	2nd	7 10 15 17 25 39 45
2023-01-24	4	1st	10 20 25 29 35 42 45
2023-01-10	13	1st	10 16 18 33 34 37 45
2022-11-25	1	4th	3 6 7 10 25 30 37
2022-11-22	14	2nd	2 10 12 18 19 21 34
2022-10-04	2	1st	10 18 21 22 37 40 46
2022-09-27	2	1st	10 12 13 26 29 39 46
2022-09-20	2	2nd	9 10 11 20 24 31 48
2022-09-13	9	2nd	9 10 14 32 35 36 46
2022-08-12	16	2nd	4 10 28 36 40 44 47
2022-06-17	9	2nd	1 10 12 21 30 39 40
2022-05-17	6	1st	10 35 38 40 45 47 48
2022-04-26	2	2nd	3 10 15 31 35 38 42
2022-04-19	5	3rd	1 6 10 27 42 45 50
2022-04-01	7	2nd	7 10 18 29 38 43 50
2022-03-08	7	1st	10 12 13 18 25 26 37
2022-02-11	4	2nd	1 10 12 30 33 34 36
2022-01-28	2	4th	3 7 8 10 34 43 47
2022-01-21	2	1st	10 14 21 26 28 36 50
2022-01-14	18	4th	2 4 7 10 14 21 34
2021-11-12	2	4th	4 6 7 10 17 27 44
2021-11-05	3	2nd	2 10 11 17 19 32 42
2021-10-26	6	3rd	2 8 10 14 21 36 40
2021-10-05	5	2nd	2 10 18 19 25 42 48
2021-09-17	4	3rd	3 6 10 26 29 35 45
2021-09-03	2	4th	1 2 4 10 27 33 45
2021-08-27	15	2nd	9 10 13 25 41 47 49
2021-07-06	3	1st	10 14 25 26 38 41 50
2021-06-25	19	1st	10 13 18 33 36 45 47
2021-04-20	17	2nd	7 10 11 19 22 30 37
2021-02-19	2	3rd	1 5 10 18 20 40 42
2021-02-12	16	3rd	2 5 10 11 14 23 33
2020-12-18	18	3rd	2 9 10 22 31 35 49
2020-10-16	1	4th	1 4 8 10 12 17 41
2020-10-13	22	2nd	3 10 13 19 21 45 49
2020-07-28	23	2nd	7 10 11 24 39 43 48
2020-05-08	5	3rd	3 4 10 11 26 28 40
2020-04-21	3	2nd	9 10 13 21 40 41 43
2020-04-10	2	3rd	3 9 10 14 15 19 20
2020-04-03	8	3rd	5 9 10 25 27 29 38
2020-03-06	1	3rd	2 9 10 35 41 42 47
2020-03-03	10	1st	10 14 15 25 27 39 48
2020-01-28	5	2nd	4 10 12 27 30 44 46
2020-01-10	11	1st	10 13 14 24 28 47 48
2019-12-03	7	2nd	2 10 20 30 32 35 50
2019-11-08	2	3rd	3 5 10 18 26 33 46
2019-11-01	1	1st	10 20 24 25 32 39 46
2019-10-29	23	1st	10 17 18 22 23 25 34
2019-08-09	3	1st	10 25 31 34 36 39 45
2019-07-30	6	3rd	4 6 10 15 24 40 43
2019-07-09	12	1st	10 13 31 32 36 40 41
2019-05-28	—	3rd	4 9 10 26 27 29 37