Number 33

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 868 draws, 5 from 1–54.

82times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.19σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

42longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

33 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 868 draws against 80.4 expected, +0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 33, draw by draw

Drawn 82 times in 868 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 4 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 33 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 smallest4 · chance 1.7
2nd smallest12 · chance 11.9
3rd smallest27 · chance 29.2
4th smallest28 · chance 29.2
5th smallest11 · chance 10.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 46 15 38 48 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 33 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 54. 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 33 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-27	4	3rd	12 21 33 35 51
2026-08-30	32	3rd	12 29 33 38 50
2026-01-18	16	2nd	5 33 34 40 45
2025-09-28	1	2nd	23 33

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: 33 is drawn with probability 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-02-14	6	3rd	2 20 33 37 53
2021-01-03	3	3rd	11 16 33 35 46
2020-12-13	23	3rd	16 23 33 35 50
2020-07-05	30	5th	5 7 11 23 33
2019-09-29	2	4th	3 6 7 33 35
2019-09-15	22	4th	9 24 29 33 54
2019-04-14	2	4th	7 11 14 33 41
2019-03-31	7	5th	8 12 15 24 33
2019-02-10	1	3rd	12 25 33 40 52
2019-02-03	23	1st	33 34 49 50 53
2018-08-26	12	5th	5 6 14 20 33
2018-06-03	4	3rd	5 28 33 38 44
2018-05-06	4	2nd	21 33 39 43 50
2018-04-08	6	5th	22 23 30 31 33
2018-02-25	6	4th	4 17 25 33 40
2018-01-14	13	5th	3 5 11 26 33
2017-10-15	5	4th	18 26 30 33 51
2017-09-10	4	4th	7 9 12 33 47
2017-08-13	12	3rd	9 19 33 37 40
2017-05-21	31	2nd	9 33 34 42 47
2016-10-16	8	3rd	2 25 33 46 51
2016-08-21	2	3rd	22 23 33 34 52
2016-08-07	19	5th	8 9 12 25 33
2016-03-27	8	5th	15 19 21 28 33
2016-01-31	7	3rd	6 16 33 42 43
2015-12-13	1	4th	18 22 32 33 38
2015-12-06	3	3rd	7 31 33 34 48
2015-11-15	16	5th	5 16 18 23 33
2015-07-26	37	3rd	3 28 33 39 45
2014-11-09	6	4th	2 4 10 33 46
2014-09-28	24	4th	7 20 21 33 38
2014-04-13	13	3rd	19 23 33 37 53
2014-01-12	5	3rd	20 25 33 41 42
2013-12-08	7	2nd	26 33 35 38 49
2013-10-20	9	2nd	22 33 34 38 52
2013-08-18	3	3rd	1 12 33 42 46
2013-07-28	10	5th	11 16 19 32 33
2013-05-19	12	3rd	3 28 33 36 48
2013-02-24	24	5th	5 7 21 27 33
2012-09-09	9	4th	25 31 32 33 49
2012-07-08	8	4th	19 28 29 33 45
2012-05-13	3	3rd	12 15 33 34 44
2012-04-22	2	2nd	23 33 36 40 48
2012-04-08	5	2nd	20 33 38 48 51
2012-03-04	4	4th	12 22 23 33 44
2012-02-05	11	4th	1 10 26 33 54
2011-11-20	5	1st	33 36 44 48 53
2011-10-16	7	4th	13 17 22 33 48
2011-08-28	7	4th	13 26 31 33 46
2011-07-10	3	4th	9 16 29 33 43
2011-06-19	21	2nd	14 33 36 41 45
2011-01-23	2	4th	11 14 21 33 50
2011-01-09	2	3rd	18 26 33 39 46
2010-12-26	5	2nd	15 33 34 46 54
2010-11-21	7	4th	10 15 18 33 54
2010-10-03	21	3rd	9 11 33 42 50
2010-05-09	15	4th	16 22 30 33 37
2010-01-24	—	4th	14 19 31 33 54