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Number 2 In Lotto Max under the 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 rules — 503 draws, 7 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
7/52 + 1/52 · since Apr 2026 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 84 times drawn · chance expected 72 +1.55σ
1 draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
6.0 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
36 longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 84 times in 503 draws against 71.9 expected, +1.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 4 times, counted separately.
2 Number 2, draw by draw Drawn 84 times in 503 draws · average wait 6.0 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 1 draws now
2 draws: 2009-11-06 to 2009-11-20 14 draws: 2009-11-20 to 2010-02-26 15 draws: 2010-02-26 to 2010-06-11 14 draws: 2010-06-11 to 2010-09-17 6 draws: 2010-09-17 to 2010-10-29 9 draws: 2010-10-29 to 2010-12-31 1 draws: 2010-12-31 to 2011-01-07 1 draws: 2011-01-07 to 2011-01-14 1 draws: 2011-01-14 to 2011-01-21 7 draws: 2011-01-21 to 2011-03-11 1 draws: 2011-03-11 to 2011-03-18 13 draws: 2011-03-18 to 2011-06-17 1 draws: 2011-06-17 to 2011-06-24 5 draws: 2011-06-24 to 2011-07-29 5 draws: 2011-07-29 to 2011-09-02 8 draws: 2011-09-02 to 2011-10-28 9 draws: 2011-10-28 to 2011-12-30 1 draws: 2011-12-30 to 2012-01-06 4 draws: 2012-01-06 to 2012-02-03 10 draws: 2012-02-03 to 2012-04-13 6 draws: 2012-04-13 to 2012-05-25 9 draws: 2012-05-25 to 2012-07-27 1 draws: 2012-07-27 to 2012-08-03 1 draws: 2012-08-03 to 2012-08-10 2 draws: 2012-08-10 to 2012-08-24 3 draws: 2012-08-24 to 2012-09-14 5 draws: 2012-09-14 to 2012-10-19 2 draws: 2012-10-19 to 2012-11-02 10 draws: 2012-11-02 to 2013-01-11 7 draws: 2013-01-11 to 2013-03-01 5 draws: 2013-03-01 to 2013-04-05 2 draws: 2013-04-05 to 2013-04-19 8 draws: 2013-04-19 to 2013-06-14 1 draws: 2013-06-14 to 2013-06-21 1 draws: 2013-06-21 to 2013-06-28 5 draws: 2013-06-28 to 2013-08-02 2 draws: 2013-08-02 to 2013-08-16 4 draws: 2013-08-16 to 2013-09-13 1 draws: 2013-09-13 to 2013-09-20 9 draws: 2013-09-20 to 2013-11-22 4 draws: 2013-11-22 to 2013-12-20 13 draws: 2013-12-20 to 2014-03-21 10 draws: 2014-03-21 to 2014-05-30 9 draws: 2014-05-30 to 2014-08-01 8 draws: 2014-08-01 to 2014-09-26 7 draws: 2014-09-26 to 2014-11-14 4 draws: 2014-11-14 to 2014-12-12 12 draws: 2014-12-12 to 2015-03-06 1 draws: 2015-03-06 to 2015-03-13 12 draws: 2015-03-13 to 2015-06-05 3 draws: 2015-06-05 to 2015-06-26 4 draws: 2015-06-26 to 2015-07-24 1 draws: 2015-07-24 to 2015-07-31 4 draws: 2015-07-31 to 2015-08-28 8 draws: 2015-08-28 to 2015-10-23 1 draws: 2015-10-23 to 2015-10-30 16 draws: 2015-10-30 to 2016-02-19 18 draws: 2016-02-19 to 2016-06-24 22 draws: 2016-06-24 to 2016-11-25 3 draws: 2016-11-25 to 2016-12-16 4 draws: 2016-12-16 to 2017-01-13 9 draws: 2017-01-13 to 2017-03-17 2 draws: 2017-03-17 to 2017-03-31 12 draws: 2017-03-31 to 2017-06-23 3 draws: 2017-06-23 to 2017-07-14 1 draws: 2017-07-14 to 2017-07-21 4 draws: 2017-07-21 to 2017-08-18 3 draws: 2017-08-18 to 2017-09-08 2 draws: 2017-09-08 to 2017-09-22 36 draws: 2017-09-22 to 2018-06-01 10 draws: 2018-06-01 to 2018-08-10 3 draws: 2018-08-10 to 2018-08-31 8 draws: 2018-08-31 to 2018-10-26 2 draws: 2018-10-26 to 2018-11-09 4 draws: 2018-11-09 to 2018-12-07 8 draws: 2018-12-07 to 2019-02-01 2 draws: 2019-02-01 to 2019-02-15 2 draws: 2019-02-15 to 2019-03-01 1 draws: 2019-03-01 to 2019-03-08 4 draws: 2019-03-08 to 2019-04-05 1 draws: 2019-04-05 to 2019-04-12 1 draws: 2019-04-12 to 2019-04-19 2 draws: 2019-04-19 to 2019-05-03 Still waiting — at least 1 draws since 2019-05-03 2009-11-06 2009-11-20 2010-02-26 2010-06-11 2010-09-17 2010-10-29 2010-12-31 2011-01-07 2011-01-14 2011-01-21 2011-03-11 2011-03-18 2011-06-17 2011-06-24 2011-07-29 2011-09-02 2011-10-28 2011-12-30 2012-01-06 2012-02-03 2012-04-13 2012-05-25 2012-07-27 2012-08-03 2012-08-10 2012-08-24 2012-09-14 2012-10-19 2012-11-02 2013-01-11 2013-03-01 2013-04-05 2013-04-19 2013-06-14 2013-06-21 2013-06-28 2013-08-02 2013-08-16 2013-09-13 2013-09-20 2013-11-22 2013-12-20 2014-03-21 2014-05-30 2014-08-01 2014-09-26 2014-11-14 2014-12-12 2015-03-06 2015-03-13 2015-06-05 2015-06-26 2015-07-24 2015-07-31 2015-08-28 2015-10-23 2015-10-30 2016-02-19 2016-06-24 2016-11-25 2016-12-16 2017-01-13 2017-03-17 2017-03-31 2017-06-23 2017-07-14 2017-07-21 2017-08-18 2017-09-08 2017-09-22 2018-06-01 2018-08-10 2018-08-31 2018-10-26 2018-11-09 2018-12-07 2019-02-01 2019-02-15 2019-03-01 2019-03-08 2019-04-05 2019-04-12 2019-04-19 2019-05-03 2009-09-25 2019-05-10
1 draws: 18 times 2 draws: 11 times 3 draws: 6 times 4 draws: 10 times 5 draws: 5 times 6 draws: 2 times 7 draws: 3 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 6 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 0 times 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 1 time 37 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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.
1st smallest 71 · chance 73.5 2nd smallest 13 · chance 10.5 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 7th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet 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.
Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 1 Every number number 3 → 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: 2 is drawn with probability 7/49 tonight whatever it did last week.