Number 4

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

107times drawn · chance expected 101 +0.63σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

28longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 107 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, +0.63σ. 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 15 times, counted separately.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 107 times in 722 draws · average wait 6.8 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 4 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 smallest74 · chance 71.7
2nd smallest29 · chance 31.5
3rd smallest4 · chance 3.7
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
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 13.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 24 28 15 50 8

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, 4 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-04-03	9	2nd	2 4 6 25 38 44 47
2026-03-03	6	3rd	1 3 4 18 20 23 31
2026-02-10	2	1st	4 7 17 26 28 30

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

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