In Québec Max under the 7/50 · May 2025 – Apr 2026 rules — 96 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).
18times drawn · chance expected 13 +1.34σ
5draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number
5.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1
20longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long
10 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 18 times in 96 draws against 13.4 expected, +1.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
10
Number 10, draw by draw
Drawn 18 times in 96 draws · average wait 5.2 draws · longest completed wait 20 · waiting 5 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.
Never drawn alongside 7 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 5 such strangers 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.
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.