Number 33

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

277times drawn · chance expected 253 +1.62σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

32longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

33 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 277 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, +1.62σ. 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 46 times, counted separately.

Number 33, draw by draw

Drawn 277 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 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 smallest1 · chance 0.7
2nd smallest6 · chance 9.4
3rd smallest60 · chance 44.9
4th smallest96 · chance 96.3
5th smallest85 · chance 93.1
6th smallest29 · chance 32.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 45 25 12 43 24

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, 33 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 33 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-09-26	6	4th	9 17 31 33 41 42
2015-09-05	1	3rd	24 29 33 40 43 49
2015-09-02	1	5th	2 9 27 29 33 40
2015-08-29	3	4th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2014-04-26	9	4th	17 22 23 33 36 42
2014-03-26	11	3rd	20 29 33 35 37 40
2014-02-15	3	5th	15 17 19 22 33 40
2014-02-05	13	4th	12 13 28 33 46 49
2013-12-21	13	5th	12 18 25 28 33 40
2013-11-06	7	6th	5 6 14 18 29 33
2013-10-12	16	5th	5 12 21 26 33 45
2013-08-17	5	4th	15 25 26 33 34 41
2013-07-31	4	3rd	10 16 33 38 40 44
2013-07-17	9	3rd	6 24 33 38 42 43
2013-06-15	5	5th	3 4 16 20 33 44
2013-05-29	1	4th	3 5 25 33 34 35
2013-05-25	5	5th	5 6 26 30 33 40
2013-05-08	6	5th	12 15 20 31 33 40
2013-04-17	2	6th	12 14 16 18 20 33
2013-04-10	32	4th	3 16 27 33 36 42
2012-12-19	2	3rd	4 26 33 41 48 49
2012-12-12	1	4th	9 15 18 33 38 44
2012-12-08	7	2nd	29 33 35 36 45 48
2012-11-14	5	6th	14 15 17 29 30 33
2012-10-27	11	5th	7 14 20 30 33 46
2012-09-19	14	5th	5 14 19 23 33 48
2012-08-01	7	5th	13 20 24 27 33 39
2012-07-07	11	5th	5 22 23 30 33 45
2012-05-30	5	4th	7 14 25 33 45 48
2012-05-12	9	6th	1 5 18 21 23 33
2012-04-11	2	3rd	20 27 33 41 44 46
2012-04-04	13	4th	9 23 26 33 40 44
2012-02-18	1	5th	2 19 22 30 33 41
2012-02-15	10	4th	9 28 30 33 40 44
2012-01-11	17	4th	2 9 27 33 39 40
2011-11-12	3	5th	6 12 13 28 33 38
2011-11-02	12	3rd	11 12 33 37 38 49
2011-09-21	11	4th	11 15 32 33 37 39
2011-08-13	6	4th	5 30 31 33 35 45
2011-07-23	4	5th	1 2 11 30 33 45
2011-07-09	17	5th	1 2 21 24 33 49
2011-05-11	8	3rd	17 30 33 34 38 48
2011-04-13	19	4th	1 14 25 33 34 43
2011-02-05	6	1st	33 34 37 40 41 47
2011-01-15	4	5th	7 8 21 24 33 34
2011-01-01	2	3rd	4 9 33 34 36 45
2010-12-25	1	5th	13 15 22 25 33 34
2010-12-22	2	3rd	7 13 33 37 48 49
2010-12-15	1	4th	6 9 31 33 40 45
2010-12-11	7	4th	11 15 24 33 43 49
2010-11-17	5	5th	3 6 27 29 33 41
2010-10-30	6	4th	2 22 32 33 37 45
2010-10-09	4	5th	5 11 19 29 33 35
2010-09-25	3	4th	19 22 30 33 35 39
2010-09-15	7	3rd	2 20 33 40 43 46
2010-08-21	6	5th	8 15 19 26 33 36
2010-07-31	1	4th	10 24 30 33 40 45
2010-07-28	1	3rd	1 11 33 37 42 43
2010-07-24	8	3rd	24 26 33 35 43 44
2010-06-26	4	3rd	18 26 33 35 37 47
2010-06-12	1	5th	1 16 17 19 33 34
2010-06-09	2	3rd	14 26 33 45 46 49
2010-06-02	11	5th	2 12 17 25 33 39
2010-04-24	1	5th	1 4 12 23 33 40
2010-04-21	4	5th	2 10 16 19 33 45
2010-04-07	7	4th	8 11 20 33 43 47
2010-03-13	18	4th	23 25 28 33 44 49
2010-01-09	6	3rd	20 24 33 34 37 48
2009-12-19	17	4th	1 20 28 33 40 45
2009-10-21	9	5th	6 12 16 19 33 44
2009-09-19	12	4th	18 20 31 33 43 45
2009-08-08	6	5th	9 17 26 32 33 36
2009-07-18	13	4th	9 27 28 33 39 41
2009-06-03	1	5th	4 6 22 31 33 35
2009-05-30	12	5th	2 5 19 20 33 43
2009-04-18	8	3rd	13 24 33 35 42 49
2009-03-21	4	4th	1 31 32 33 36 38
2009-03-07	2	5th	6 21 30 32 33 44
2009-02-28	7	3rd	6 25 33 37 42 43
2009-02-04	5	4th	4 24 31 33 36 40
2009-01-17	5	4th	1 7 9 33 36 38
2008-12-31	6	4th	3 11 15 33 36 45
2008-12-10	6	6th	9 11 23 27 29 33
2008-11-19	3	6th	5 7 18 27 31 33
2008-11-08	2	5th	15 24 26 27 33 34
2008-11-01	19	5th	18 19 25 30 33 43
2008-08-27	2	3rd	8 14 33 34 35 43
2008-08-20	3	4th	1 29 32 33 34 38
2008-08-09	4	5th	9 10 17 29 33 40
2008-07-26	1	5th	3 11 19 24 33 35
2008-07-23	24	3rd	15 17 33 35 39 40
2008-04-30	10	3rd	15 31 33 35 41 44
2008-03-26	23	4th	3 22 27 33 45 48
2008-01-05	5	5th	2 3 12 20 33 49
2007-12-19	3	4th	11 13 21 33 36 47
2007-12-08	2	6th	4 6 10 11 24 33
2007-12-01	1	3rd	12 24 33 36 39 42
2007-11-28	8	4th	11 15 25 33 44 45
2007-10-31	3	5th	9 12 20 25 33 35
2007-10-20	16	5th	4 15 25 27 33 40
2007-08-25	11	4th	7 13 17 33 40 42
2007-07-18	3	3rd	12 31 33 39 41 45
2007-07-07	6	5th	16 22 28 30 33 35
2007-06-16	2	3rd	8 17 33 41 43 45
2007-06-09	2	4th	2 3 23 33 40 46
2007-06-02	8	3rd	1 10 33 35 38 43
2007-05-05	8	2nd	4 33 34 38 39 49
2007-04-07	25	5th	23 24 30 31 33 37
2007-01-10	17	5th	1 2 13 29 33 49
2006-11-11	2	4th	23 24 28 33 34 41
2006-11-04	14	3rd	17 30 33 40 42 43
2006-09-16	15	4th	11 12 16 33 34 43
2006-07-26	6	5th	7 17 27 30 33 39
2006-07-05	1	4th	7 17 29 33 42 45
2006-07-01	4	3rd	18 28 33 37 39 42
2006-06-17	1	3rd	25 26 33 40 41 47
2006-06-14	2	4th	4 7 10 33 35 49
2006-06-07	6	5th	6 9 11 14 33 48
2006-05-17	3	4th	3 10 19 33 35 38
2006-05-06	3	5th	2 7 11 21 33 34
2006-04-26	2	4th	1 27 32 33 45 48
2006-04-19	13	3rd	3 9 33 44 47 49
2006-03-04	18	5th	1 16 22 32 33 40
2005-12-31	11	4th	6 9 11 33 36 49
2005-11-23	8	2nd	14 33 36 39 42 46
2005-10-26	10	5th	10 14 26 28 33 38
2005-09-21	10	3rd	2 23 33 35 40 42
2005-08-17	13	6th	3 10 13 22 31 33
2005-07-02	11	3rd	8 25 33 35 38 40
2005-05-25	3	4th	14 18 29 33 37 39
2005-05-14	16	4th	12 18 22 33 43 48
2005-03-19	5	4th	6 8 18 33 43 49
2005-03-02	6	5th	3 6 15 16 33 48
2005-02-09	1	6th	12 18 22 24 32 33
2005-02-05	1	3rd	19 22 33 36 43 44
2005-02-02	2	4th	2 19 28 33 44 49
2005-01-26	2	5th	3 12 14 22 33 40
2005-01-19	2	4th	15 24 28 33 34 47
2005-01-12	1	4th	4 5 31 33 38 42
2005-01-08	19	6th	7 10 17 28 29 33
2004-11-03	3	3rd	5 25 33 35 36 39
2004-10-23	1	3rd	22 27 33 37 38 40
2004-10-20	1	6th	10 13 19 25 31 33
2004-10-16	4	3rd	25 32 33 36 45 46
2004-10-02	5	5th	1 5 6 31 33 41
2004-09-15	11	5th	3 11 17 21 33 44
2004-08-07	7	4th	8 11 28 33 38 41
2004-07-14	2	3rd	6 27 33 38 45 47
2004-07-07	3	6th	5 10 11 16 17 33
2004-06-26	11	6th	16 21 24 28 31 33
2004-05-19	4	4th	10 22 28 33 37 39
2004-05-05	8	3rd	23 32 33 42 43 45
2004-04-07	3	3rd	9 25 33 36 46 49
2004-03-27	30	4th	19 21 25 33 37 41
2003-12-13	4	5th	1 7 9 28 33 39
2003-11-29	6	5th	9 23 25 26 33 36
2003-11-08	20	3rd	2 12 33 39 45 48
2003-08-30	14	3rd	18 26 33 38 43 44
2003-07-12	19	6th	9 12 13 15 21 33
2003-05-07	3	4th	7 12 26 33 35 47
2003-04-26	1	4th	9 21 27 33 35 48
2003-04-23	4	4th	13 24 31 33 41 44
2003-04-09	3	5th	7 20 25 27 33 45
2003-03-29	5	4th	5 15 21 33 35 42
2003-03-12	1	3rd	6 16 33 37 40 41
2003-03-08	4	5th	5 6 8 32 33 41
2003-02-22	11	3rd	19 30 33 38 42 44
2003-01-15	3	3rd	11 29 33 38 46 48
2003-01-04	20	3rd	19 32 33 36 40 45
2002-10-26	9	5th	7 10 24 32 33 45
2002-09-25	6	5th	6 21 29 32 33 47
2002-09-04	8	4th	2 23 28 33 45 47
2002-08-07	12	5th	10 22 23 30 33 42
2002-06-26	17	4th	6 7 25 33 38 43
2002-04-27	15	4th	11 19 32 33 43 44
2002-03-06	1	5th	5 17 20 31 33 34
2002-03-02	23	4th	8 11 25 33 37 43
2001-12-12	8	4th	9 23 25 33 38 44
2001-11-14	9	4th	19 29 32 33 43 47
2001-10-13	2	2nd	8 33 38 40 48 49
2001-10-06	13	4th	9 12 29 33 44 47
2001-08-22	6	5th	14 20 22 29 33 37
2001-08-01	6	5th	11 15 20 27 33 40
2001-07-11	8	5th	11 16 19 24 33 47
2001-06-13	1	4th	12 14 19 33 35 48
2001-06-09	6	4th	12 14 24 33 45 48
2001-05-19	1	4th	4 12 30 33 43 48
2001-05-16	3	4th	1 25 27 33 38 45
2001-05-05	2	4th	1 3 16 33 46 47
2001-04-28	2	3rd	2 25 33 40 44 47
2001-04-21	13	5th	12 20 23 26 33 46
2001-03-07	8	4th	3 12 30 33 40 49
2001-02-07	2	3rd	2 5 33 37 40 45
2001-01-31	15	3rd	1 16 33 36 38 45
2000-12-09	3	6th	11 16 25 31 32 33
2000-11-29	2	5th	7 19 28 30 33 37
2000-11-22	5	6th	4 12 20 23 31 33
2000-11-04	23	5th	2 8 17 29 33 44
2000-08-16	5	3rd	11 24 33 34 37 45
2000-07-29	3	3rd	29 30 33 37 45 48
2000-07-19	8	4th	16 23 31 33 38 41
2000-06-21	7	4th	1 10 24 33 37 46
2000-05-27	19	3rd	21 23 33 34 43 45
2000-03-22	22	4th	6 18 20 33 36 40
2000-01-05	2	6th	5 22 25 30 31 33
1999-12-29	6	3rd	16 26 33 36 39 47
1999-12-08	4	6th	7 10 11 26 31 33
1999-11-24	2	4th	1 12 16 33 34 44
1999-11-17	8	5th	2 6 23 31 33 36
1999-10-20	2	5th	9 18 27 29 33 43
1999-10-13	4	5th	3 19 23 29 33 34
1999-09-29	3	4th	1 3 8 33 39 43
1999-09-18	17	6th	5 11 15 18 23 33
1999-07-21	8	5th	12 17 26 32 33 46
1999-06-23	8	5th	8 11 18 30 33 43
1999-05-26	5	5th	14 22 26 29 33 46
1999-05-08	2	5th	1 12 24 31 33 47
1999-05-01	16	5th	7 20 24 31 33 40
1999-03-06	7	3rd	8 32 33 37 43 47
1999-02-10	11	4th	2 20 21 33 35 49
1999-01-02	25	3rd	4 31 33 38 41 46
1998-10-07	7	6th	2 12 24 29 30 33
1998-09-12	3	6th	3 15 23 25 28 33
1998-09-02	13	4th	7 19 27 33 39 43
1998-07-18	3	4th	3 11 20 33 42 44
1998-07-08	4	5th	12 13 21 23 33 36
1998-06-24	4	6th	2 14 19 25 26 33
1998-06-10	2	5th	2 9 26 28 33 46
1998-06-03	13	5th	1 17 18 23 33 41
1998-04-18	4	5th	1 13 29 31 33 42
1998-04-04	7	4th	5 19 24 33 38 48
1998-03-11	15	5th	16 22 23 28 33 37
1998-01-17	1	3rd	14 31 33 38 46 48
1998-01-14	16	5th	20 27 28 31 33 41
1997-11-19	6	3rd	22 27 33 42 46 47
1997-10-29	9	5th	2 4 25 32 33 45
1997-09-27	8	5th	15 21 29 32 33 40
1997-08-30	23	4th	6 20 30 33 38 46
1997-06-11	5	3rd	10 31 33 40 42 44
1997-05-24	17	6th	3 21 23 25 26 33
1997-03-26	7	2nd	24 33 42 43 44 47
1997-03-01	15	4th	2 8 23 33 42 49
1996-12-14	3	3rd	12 24 33 34 42 47
1996-11-23	13	2nd	16 33 34 43 46 49
1996-08-24	1	5th	8 11 14 18 33 44
1996-08-17	13	3rd	2 28 33 39 42 44
1996-05-18	2	4th	4 12 13 33 40 46
1996-05-04	15	4th	6 25 26 33 34 47
1996-01-20	6	5th	5 23 25 30 33 37
1995-12-09	3	6th	5 11 12 26 29 33
1995-11-18	3	4th	4 7 18 33 45 48
1995-10-28	4	4th	7 16 27 33 35 44
1995-09-30	7	5th	10 11 29 32 33 40
1995-08-12	8	4th	11 25 28 33 34 47
1995-06-17	8	3rd	27 30 33 38 40 48
1995-04-22	8	4th	8 18 20 33 36 38
1995-02-25	—	6th	5 8 10 18 31 33