Number 37

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

230times drawn · chance expected 253 −1.53σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

39longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

37 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 230 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, −1.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 56 times, counted separately.

Number 37, draw by draw

Drawn 230 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 6 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 37 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest2 · chance 2.4
3rd smallest19 · chance 18.6
4th smallest75 · chance 63.3
5th smallest92 · chance 94.9
6th smallest42 · chance 50.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 42 9 10 16 7

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, 37 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 37 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-09-16	27	5th	12 14 21 22 37 43
2015-06-13	24	4th	18 23 25 37 39 47
2015-03-21	17	5th	1 5 7 21 37 49
2015-01-21	1	5th

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: 37 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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