Number 46

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

116times drawn · chance expected 101 +1.60σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

41longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, +1.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 722 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 3 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 46 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 0.5
5th smallest8 · chance 7.4
6th smallest45 · chance 40.5
7th smallest63 · chance 67.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 19 37 26 34 47

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, 46 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-03-31	17	6th	6 11 31 38 40 46 50
2026-01-30	5	6th	30 34 38 43 44 46 49
2026-01-13	5	7th	14 18 21 22 32 42

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

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