Number 45

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

119times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.31σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

39longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 25 times, counted separately.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 8 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 45 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 1.1
3rd smallest7 · chance 8.9
4th smallest37 · chance 31.3
5th smallest44 · chance 49.4
6th smallest29 · chance 28.2

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.

33 15 36 11 49 52

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 45 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 59. 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 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-08	8	4th	14 18 26 45 50 53
2026-07-11	1	6th	9 13 22 36 40 45
2026-07-08	6	4th	30 35 39 45 46 53
2026-06-17	18	5th	26 31

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: 45 is drawn with probability 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-13	6	5th	17 26 31 33 45 48
2024-03-23	2	5th	7 15 41 43 45 50
2024-03-16	5	6th	11 16 18 35 44 45
2024-02-28	4	5th	12 21 39 44 45 50
2024-02-14	10	5th	9 11 32 36 45 54
2024-01-10	39	5th	1 5 15 25 45 53
2023-08-26	12	5th	12 13 41 42 45 50
2023-07-15	19	4th	10 11 37 45 46 58
2023-05-10	8	4th	9 15 22 45 52 57
2023-04-12	13	5th	12 16 29 39 45 51
2023-02-25	14	4th	22 31 32 45 50 53
2023-01-07	9	5th	6 7 11 33 45 57
2022-12-07	14	5th	9 21 33 37 45 51
2022-10-19	8	4th	2 13 18 45 50 59
2022-09-21	1	6th	6 13 28 34 37 45
2022-09-17	1	5th	11 22 25 28 45 55
2022-09-14	8	3rd	25 38 45 46 55 57
2022-08-17	3	5th	20 26 30 37 45 48
2022-08-06	21	6th	14 15 31 41 44 45
2022-05-25	5	4th	30 31 37 45 49 56
2022-05-07	39	6th	3 5 6 15 41 45
2021-12-22	1	5th	6 13 14 20 45 52
2021-12-18	1	4th	12 23 27 45 51 54
2021-12-15	22	6th	2 15 17 28 30 45
2021-09-29	3	5th	15 17 27 40 45 52
2021-09-18	17	4th	19 32 44 45 52 53
2021-07-21	16	5th	5 17 20 37 45 51
2021-05-26	15	4th	28 33 36 45 49 51
2021-04-03	10	6th	2 8 28 32 40 45
2021-02-27	9	5th	4 33 36 39 45 49
2021-01-27	1	5th	22 30 34 35 45 50
2021-01-23	2	4th	1 6 25 45 49 52
2021-01-16	14	4th	3 15 38 45 48 53
2020-11-28	6	4th	9 27 35 45 46 57
2020-11-07	8	3rd	3 33 45 50 52 56
2020-10-10	11	4th	11 21 36 45 49 56
2020-09-02	4	3rd	11 15 45 54 55 58
2020-08-19	8	5th	21 22 32 36 45 50
2020-07-22	17	6th	2 7 11 23 37 45
2020-05-23	13	5th	15 37 38 42 45 59
2020-04-08	1	6th	1 4 19 20 41 45
2020-04-04	7	5th	4 22 28 39 45 49
2020-03-11	7	3rd	10 39 45 46 52 54
2020-02-15	15	5th	10 11 33 41 45 54
2019-12-25	1	4th	5 10 11 45 54 58
2019-12-21	31	6th	12 27 33 36 42 45
2019-09-04	3	5th	11 13 32 40 45 49
2019-08-24	6	4th	27 36 39 45 46 55
2019-08-03	2	5th	8 30 34 44 45 57
2019-07-27	1	4th	14 19 30 45 48 58
2019-07-24	2	6th	2 4 17 28 37 45
2019-07-17	19	6th	5 8 40 41 43 45
2019-05-11	1	4th	13 14 19 45 49 55
2019-05-08	11	5th	16 19 31 35 45 56
2019-03-30	8	4th	3 27 35 45 54 55
2019-03-02	5	6th	4 8 16 19 33 45
2019-02-13	6	6th	4 8 26 31 42 45
2019-01-23	7	5th	5 27 30 41 45 58
2018-12-29	1	5th	26 31 38 40 45 57
2018-12-26	6	4th	7 14 35 45 54 58
2018-12-05	2	5th	1 6 13 23 45 56
2018-11-28	4	3rd	36 39 45 46 48 52
2018-11-14	3	4th	4 11 20 45 48 53
2018-11-03	1	4th	16 31 41 45 47 52
2018-10-31	8	6th	5 14 20 24 28 45
2018-10-03	19	6th	3 5 11 25 27 45
2018-07-28	8	6th	11 29 31 32 38 45
2018-06-30	1	4th	6 28 32 45 46 49
2018-06-27	4	3rd	4 41 45 54 57 58
2018-06-13	6	6th	5 15 22 33 38 45
2018-05-23	19	6th	1 15 17 32 36 45
2018-03-17	1	5th	7 8 13 24 45 46
2018-03-14	4	4th	7 19 38 45 47 53
2018-02-28	6	6th	9 10 27 30 33 45
2018-02-07	3	6th	5 19 29 34 40 45
2018-01-27	12	4th	29 33 43 45 49 56
2017-12-16	6	4th	22 25 35 45 46 57
2017-11-25	17	4th	4 7 29 45 54 56
2017-09-27	12	3rd	30 35 45 47 52 55
2017-08-16	3	6th	7 17 28 43 44 45
2017-08-05	1	4th	14 24 30 45 49 56
2017-08-02	6	5th	4 6 24 35 45 52
2017-07-12	14	6th	7 14 19 38 40 45
2017-05-24	13	4th	3 30 44 45 55 59
2017-04-08	1	4th	14 23 36 45 47 50
2017-04-05	18	6th	10 16 18 32 42 45
2017-02-01	1	5th	6 8 15 31 45 58
2017-01-28	6	6th	5 21 23 34 43 45
2017-01-07	11	5th	8 16 33 36 45 51
2016-11-30	7	5th	10 20 25 39 45 55
2016-11-05	4	5th	8 12 16 26 45 49
2016-10-22	15	5th	9 19 26 27 45 50
2016-08-31	18	4th	15 16 26 45 47 49
2016-06-29	10	4th	10 19 21 45 46 56
2016-05-25	—	5th	6 20 33 44 45 55