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Number 7 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 82 times drawn · chance expected 72 +1.29σ
18 draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number
5.9 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
27 longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long
7 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 82 times in 503 draws against 71.9 expected, +1.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 12 times, counted separately.
7 Number 7, draw by draw Drawn 82 times in 503 draws · average wait 5.9 draws · longest completed wait 27 · waiting 18 draws now
2 draws: 2009-10-23 to 2009-11-06 5 draws: 2009-11-06 to 2009-12-11 3 draws: 2009-12-11 to 2010-01-01 15 draws: 2010-01-01 to 2010-04-16 4 draws: 2010-04-16 to 2010-05-14 4 draws: 2010-05-14 to 2010-06-11 7 draws: 2010-06-11 to 2010-07-30 3 draws: 2010-07-30 to 2010-08-20 11 draws: 2010-08-20 to 2010-11-05 5 draws: 2010-11-05 to 2010-12-10 3 draws: 2010-12-10 to 2010-12-31 4 draws: 2010-12-31 to 2011-01-28 3 draws: 2011-01-28 to 2011-02-18 9 draws: 2011-02-18 to 2011-04-22 3 draws: 2011-04-22 to 2011-05-13 1 draws: 2011-05-13 to 2011-05-20 4 draws: 2011-05-20 to 2011-06-17 4 draws: 2011-06-17 to 2011-07-15 11 draws: 2011-07-15 to 2011-09-30 2 draws: 2011-09-30 to 2011-10-14 4 draws: 2011-10-14 to 2011-11-11 17 draws: 2011-11-11 to 2012-03-09 1 draws: 2012-03-09 to 2012-03-16 8 draws: 2012-03-16 to 2012-05-11 3 draws: 2012-05-11 to 2012-06-01 7 draws: 2012-06-01 to 2012-07-20 9 draws: 2012-07-20 to 2012-09-21 3 draws: 2012-09-21 to 2012-10-12 10 draws: 2012-10-12 to 2012-12-21 13 draws: 2012-12-21 to 2013-03-22 10 draws: 2013-03-22 to 2013-05-31 4 draws: 2013-05-31 to 2013-06-28 10 draws: 2013-06-28 to 2013-09-06 5 draws: 2013-09-06 to 2013-10-11 4 draws: 2013-10-11 to 2013-11-08 8 draws: 2013-11-08 to 2014-01-03 3 draws: 2014-01-03 to 2014-01-24 5 draws: 2014-01-24 to 2014-02-28 1 draws: 2014-02-28 to 2014-03-07 1 draws: 2014-03-07 to 2014-03-14 8 draws: 2014-03-14 to 2014-05-09 7 draws: 2014-05-09 to 2014-06-27 4 draws: 2014-06-27 to 2014-07-25 8 draws: 2014-07-25 to 2014-09-19 2 draws: 2014-09-19 to 2014-10-03 6 draws: 2014-10-03 to 2014-11-14 2 draws: 2014-11-14 to 2014-11-28 6 draws: 2014-11-28 to 2015-01-09 4 draws: 2015-01-09 to 2015-02-06 6 draws: 2015-02-06 to 2015-03-20 1 draws: 2015-03-20 to 2015-03-27 2 draws: 2015-03-27 to 2015-04-10 1 draws: 2015-04-10 to 2015-04-17 3 draws: 2015-04-17 to 2015-05-08 5 draws: 2015-05-08 to 2015-06-12 1 draws: 2015-06-12 to 2015-06-19 11 draws: 2015-06-19 to 2015-09-04 3 draws: 2015-09-04 to 2015-09-25 4 draws: 2015-09-25 to 2015-10-23 3 draws: 2015-10-23 to 2015-11-13 4 draws: 2015-11-13 to 2015-12-11 5 draws: 2015-12-11 to 2016-01-15 3 draws: 2016-01-15 to 2016-02-05 27 draws: 2016-02-05 to 2016-08-12 5 draws: 2016-08-12 to 2016-09-16 9 draws: 2016-09-16 to 2016-11-18 15 draws: 2016-11-18 to 2017-03-03 2 draws: 2017-03-03 to 2017-03-17 12 draws: 2017-03-17 to 2017-06-09 3 draws: 2017-06-09 to 2017-06-30 9 draws: 2017-06-30 to 2017-09-01 21 draws: 2017-09-01 to 2018-01-26 5 draws: 2018-01-26 to 2018-03-02 3 draws: 2018-03-02 to 2018-03-23 2 draws: 2018-03-23 to 2018-04-06 7 draws: 2018-04-06 to 2018-05-25 13 draws: 2018-05-25 to 2018-08-24 13 draws: 2018-08-24 to 2018-11-23 3 draws: 2018-11-23 to 2018-12-14 1 draws: 2018-12-14 to 2018-12-21 2 draws: 2018-12-21 to 2019-01-04 Still waiting — at least 18 draws since 2019-01-04 2009-10-23 2009-11-06 2009-12-11 2010-01-01 2010-04-16 2010-05-14 2010-06-11 2010-07-30 2010-08-20 2010-11-05 2010-12-10 2010-12-31 2011-01-28 2011-02-18 2011-04-22 2011-05-13 2011-05-20 2011-06-17 2011-07-15 2011-09-30 2011-10-14 2011-11-11 2012-03-09 2012-03-16 2012-05-11 2012-06-01 2012-07-20 2012-09-21 2012-10-12 2012-12-21 2013-03-22 2013-05-31 2013-06-28 2013-09-06 2013-10-11 2013-11-08 2014-01-03 2014-01-24 2014-02-28 2014-03-07 2014-03-14 2014-05-09 2014-06-27 2014-07-25 2014-09-19 2014-10-03 2014-11-14 2014-11-28 2015-01-09 2015-02-06 2015-03-20 2015-03-27 2015-04-10 2015-04-17 2015-05-08 2015-06-12 2015-06-19 2015-09-04 2015-09-25 2015-10-23 2015-11-13 2015-12-11 2016-01-15 2016-02-05 2016-08-12 2016-09-16 2016-11-18 2017-03-03 2017-03-17 2017-06-09 2017-06-30 2017-09-01 2018-01-26 2018-03-02 2018-03-23 2018-04-06 2018-05-25 2018-08-24 2018-11-23 2018-12-14 2018-12-21 2019-01-04 2009-09-25 2019-05-10
1 draws: 8 times 2 draws: 8 times 3 draws: 15 times 4 draws: 12 times 5 draws: 8 times 6 draws: 3 times 7 draws: 4 times 8 draws: 4 times 9 draws: 4 times 10 draws: 3 times 11 draws: 3 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 0 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 0 times 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 7 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 37 · chance 35.1 2nd smallest 32 · chance 34.1 3rd smallest 10 · chance 11.2 4th smallest 3 · chance 1.5 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.1 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 10.3 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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 6 Every number number 8 → 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: 7 is drawn with probability 7/49 tonight whatever it did last week.