Number 49

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

264times drawn · chance expected 253 +0.75σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

30longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

49 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 264 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, +0.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 36 times, counted separately.

Number 49, draw by draw

Drawn 264 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 30 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 49 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest264 · chance 264.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 23 27 4 38 43

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, 49 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 49 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-10-07	9	6th	5 7 11 30 44 49
2015-09-05	3	6th	24 29 33 40 43 49
2015-08-26	3	6th	3 4 7 18 48 49
2015-08-15	12	6th

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

2014-03-19	7	6th	4 21 25 27 31 49
2014-02-22	5	6th	19 23 34 35 39 49
2014-02-05	3	6th	12 13 28 33 46 49
2014-01-25	24	6th	4 15 21 30 41 49
2013-11-02	2	6th	10 28 32 36 37 49
2013-10-26	19	6th	10 14 20 22 45 49
2013-08-21	2	6th	3 4 27 29 47 49
2013-08-14	5	6th	12 18 38 39 45 49
2013-07-27	4	6th	12 13 18 39 43 49
2013-07-13	2	6th	12 15 24 36 45 49
2013-07-06	1	6th	16 24 27 39 45 49
2013-07-03	13	6th	15 27 31 40 41 49
2013-05-18	10	6th	3 5 24 31 48 49
2013-04-13	8	6th	3 13 23 27 41 49
2013-03-16	9	6th	1 11 12 27 48 49
2013-02-13	14	6th	6 14 20 23 29 49
2012-12-26	2	6th	3 11 17 39 47 49
2012-12-19	4	6th	4 26 33 41 48 49
2012-12-05	1	6th	3 4 14 31 48 49
2012-12-01	13	6th	5 27 31 32 38 49
2012-10-17	13	6th	4 7 19 21 39 49
2012-09-01	15	6th	15 30 36 39 41 49
2012-07-11	6	6th	12 19 28 29 38 49
2012-06-20	1	6th	6 10 12 30 36 49
2012-06-16	7	6th	3 19 21 37 40 49
2012-05-23	2	6th	3 4 18 24 44 49
2012-05-16	13	6th	5 6 21 41 48 49
2012-03-31	9	6th	2 5 18 40 47 49
2012-02-29	2	6th	13 14 29 41 46 49
2012-02-22	3	6th	7 12 15 35 43 49
2012-02-11	6	6th	1 23 24 31 45 49
2012-01-21	7	6th	5 17 32 39 42 49
2011-12-28	7	6th	8 11 13 17 48 49
2011-12-03	9	6th	1 30 35 47 48 49
2011-11-02	1	6th	11 12 33 37 38 49
2011-10-29	3	6th	5 9 14 28 46 49
2011-10-19	14	6th	13 14 18 32 34 49
2011-08-31	2	6th	5 26 43 46 47 49
2011-08-24	10	6th	11 27 46 47 48 49
2011-07-20	2	6th	6 10 15 32 42 49
2011-07-13	1	6th	7 11 15 18 19 49
2011-07-09	22	6th	1 2 21 24 33 49
2011-04-23	2	6th	5 6 18 36 44 49
2011-04-16	4	6th	4 34 40 41 44 49
2011-04-02	7	6th	12 14 32 44 48 49
2011-03-09	2	6th	9 11 37 40 41 49
2011-03-02	10	6th	1 25 27 41 46 49
2011-01-26	10	6th	14 17 20 43 47 49
2010-12-22	1	6th	7 13 33 37 48 49
2010-12-18	2	6th	9 21 35 38 46 49
2010-12-11	2	6th	11 15 24 33 43 49
2010-12-04	3	6th	4 15 19 44 45 49
2010-11-24	22	6th	11 30 38 45 46 49
2010-09-08	3	6th	8 10 26 34 48 49
2010-08-28	23	6th	3 17 32 35 43 49
2010-06-09	5	6th	14 26 33 45 46 49
2010-05-22	17	6th	1 4 16 37 47 49
2010-03-24	3	6th	3 5 23 28 42 49
2010-03-13	5	6th	23 25 28 33 44 49
2010-02-24	2	6th	3 11 18 23 38 49
2010-02-17	12	6th	3 22 27 31 38 49
2010-01-06	9	6th	4 16 18 43 45 49
2009-12-05	8	6th	8 20 36 43 45 49
2009-11-07	1	6th	19 21 39 44 45 49
2009-11-04	27	6th	1 2 23 39 42 49
2009-08-01	7	6th	2 6 27 28 40 49
2009-07-08	21	6th	10 16 21 22 35 49
2009-04-25	2	6th	7 14 17 39 41 49
2009-04-18	7	6th	13 24 33 35 42 49
2009-03-25	23	6th	13 23 26 27 37 49
2009-01-03	5	6th	9 19 36 37 39 49
2008-12-17	6	6th	10 15 17 26 46 49
2008-11-26	16	6th	3 6 13 23 27 49
2008-10-01	16	6th	6 27 29 38 42 49
2008-08-06	1	6th	7 9 23 30 47 49
2008-08-02	21	6th	8 15 23 32 35 49
2008-05-21	11	6th	2 23 38 41 47 49
2008-04-12	2	6th	4 17 22 44 46 49
2008-04-05	6	6th	7 23 30 41 45 49
2008-03-15	4	6th	2 23 37 40 48 49
2008-03-01	15	6th	1 8 12 20 29 49
2008-01-09	1	6th	14 24 26 28 44 49
2008-01-05	6	6th	2 3 12 20 33 49
2007-12-15	12	6th	12 22 25 43 46 49
2007-11-03	9	6th	3 10 22 25 31 49
2007-10-03	1	6th	1 17 24 26 30 49
2007-09-29	6	6th	1 9 10 11 16 49
2007-09-08	10	6th	4 10 20 24 39 49
2007-08-04	4	6th	12 23 25 26 34 49
2007-07-21	9	6th	3 10 21 25 29 49
2007-06-20	12	6th	13 16 22 43 47 49
2007-05-09	1	6th	8 9 19 34 47 49
2007-05-05	6	6th	4 33 34 38 39 49
2007-04-14	3	6th	13 16 23 29 36 49
2007-04-04	11	6th	11 14 19 35 46 49
2007-02-24	2	6th	5 18 26 34 42 49
2007-02-17	4	6th	6 18 40 43 47 49
2007-02-03	1	6th	13 17 39 46 47 49
2007-01-31	3	6th	13 14 21 30 43 49
2007-01-20	3	6th	4 7 26 28 39 49
2007-01-10	5	6th	1 2 13 29 33 49
2006-12-23	3	6th	10 16 24 37 44 49
2006-12-13	6	6th	4 12 14 20 46 49
2006-11-22	9	6th	14 15 24 31 45 49
2006-10-21	15	6th	15 18 23 31 37 49
2006-08-30	1	6th	19 21 22 38 44 49
2006-08-26	4	6th	10 17 24 31 42 49
2006-08-12	4	6th	24 30 38 43 46 49
2006-07-29	11	6th	4 5 16 19 21 49
2006-06-21	2	6th	8 16 27 38 44 49
2006-06-14	16	6th	4 7 10 33 35 49
2006-04-19	2	6th	3 9 33 44 47 49
2006-04-12	2	6th	7 19 26 38 44 49
2006-04-05	21	6th	1 2 16 22 26 49
2006-01-21	6	6th	1 25 26 27 39 49
2005-12-31	15	6th	6 9 11 33 36 49
2005-11-09	2	6th	1 15 23 30 45 49
2005-11-02	1	6th	19 25 32 47 48 49
2005-10-29	15	6th	2 5 13 30 39 49
2005-09-07	2	6th	1 5 7 41 43 49
2005-08-31	2	6th	4 10 14 21 32 49
2005-08-24	14	6th	1 40 43 44 48 49
2005-07-06	3	6th	3 12 17 36 44 49
2005-06-25	2	6th	15 23 27 38 44 49
2005-06-18	12	6th	4 7 26 41 42 49
2005-05-07	9	6th	2 6 21 34 35 49
2005-04-06	5	6th	22 26 36 43 45 49
2005-03-19	4	6th	6 8 18 33 43 49
2005-03-05	5	6th	6 19 24 26 27 49
2005-02-16	4	6th	9 13 18 29 30 49
2005-02-02	11	6th	2 19 28 33 44 49
2004-12-24	4	6th	15 19 24 36 37 49
2004-12-11	3	6th	7 9 19 23 27 49
2004-12-01	6	6th	7 18 27 31 36 49
2004-11-10	14	6th	13 27 37 40 43 49
2004-09-22	6	6th	12 19 40 42 46 49
2004-09-01	3	6th	12 25 27 32 37 49
2004-08-21	3	6th	1 2 19 30 44 49
2004-08-11	5	6th	11 12 19 47 48 49
2004-07-24	12	6th	22 27 30 31 48 49
2004-06-12	8	6th	7 22 35 44 48 49
2004-05-15	2	6th	4 29 35 44 46 49
2004-05-08	2	6th	14 17 23 28 42 49
2004-05-01	3	6th	5 6 10 15 27 49
2004-04-21	4	6th	7 19 20 29 41 49
2004-04-07	27	6th	9 25 33 36 46 49
2004-01-03	20	6th	17 18 22 23 40 49
2003-10-25	3	6th	4 10 18 21 43 49
2003-10-15	21	6th	7 11 16 32 42 49
2003-08-02	1	6th	5 26 28 45 47 49
2003-07-30	1	6th	2 17 22 38 45 49
2003-07-26	13	6th	1 12 16 26 37 49
2003-06-11	2	6th	9 13 22 39 48 49
2003-06-04	9	6th	7 20 27 40 43 49
2003-05-03	11	6th	3 6 7 29 46 49
2003-03-26	1	6th	10 22 35 37 47 49
2003-03-22	10	6th	2 8 10 45 47 49
2003-02-15	26	6th	4 20 32 44 48 49
2002-11-16	5	6th	10 30 34 42 48 49
2002-10-30	7	6th	10 21 26 31 48 49
2002-10-05	26	6th	15 16 18 36 37 49
2002-07-06	2	6th	1 20 42 43 44 49
2002-06-29	13	6th	4 25 28 36 42 49
2002-05-15	2	6th	4 6 10 19 40 49
2002-05-08	22	6th	8 10 42 44 47 49
2002-02-20	29	6th	17 21 24 25 46 49
2001-11-10	3	6th	6 23 24 25 30 49
2001-10-31	5	6th	4 5 6 18 36 49
2001-10-13	6	6th	8 33 38 40 48 49
2001-09-22	4	6th	6 14 35 45 46 49
2001-09-08	2	6th	1 6 13 18 20 49
2001-09-01	16	6th	1 9 32 34 38 49
2001-07-07	3	6th	24 34 37 38 41 49
2001-06-27	2	6th	12 18 39 43 45 49
2001-06-20	7	6th	11 18 24 31 34 49
2001-05-26	11	6th	3 15 22 29 35 49
2001-04-18	2	6th	30 35 41 44 46 49
2001-04-11	10	6th	2 19 37 38 44 49
2001-03-07	22	6th	3 12 30 33 40 49
2000-12-20	22	6th	5 8 39 41 46 49
2000-10-04	6	6th	10 14 19 43 46 49
2000-09-13	18	6th	14 20 25 32 47 49
2000-07-12	23	6th	4 12 21 27 41 49
2000-04-22	4	6th	26 31 35 43 48 49
2000-04-08	8	6th	18 23 30 46 47 49
2000-03-11	10	6th	7 12 37 42 46 49
2000-02-05	13	6th	21 38 40 46 47 49
1999-12-22	7	6th	29 32 39 46 47 49
1999-11-27	16	6th	8 10 22 46 47 49
1999-10-02	2	6th	3 14 28 37 38 49
1999-09-25	3	6th	18 20 26 30 43 49
1999-09-15	4	6th	9 14 27 30 32 49
1999-09-01	9	6th	3 5 19 27 39 49
1999-07-31	1	6th	12 26 27 32 46 49
1999-07-28	8	6th	3 14 30 32 46 49
1999-06-30	5	6th	2 14 19 25 32 49
1999-06-12	6	6th	3 18 21 23 36 49
1999-05-22	1	6th	8 11 14 24 26 49
1999-05-19	6	6th	1 2 5 27 38 49
1999-04-28	11	6th	15 23 24 36 43 49
1999-03-20	3	6th	13 17 25 29 45 49
1999-03-10	7	6th	8 18 27 32 36 49
1999-02-13	1	6th	5 23 26 27 47 49
1999-02-10	1	6th	2 20 21 33 35 49
1999-02-06	11	6th	2 17 23 38 40 49
1998-12-30	6	6th	3 13 18 24 34 49
1998-12-09	2	6th	1 7 39 40 45 49
1998-12-02	3	6th	7 11 16 28 37 49
1998-11-21	3	6th	7 9 17 22 38 49
1998-11-11	4	6th	5 11 19 25 29 49
1998-10-28	22	6th	1 2 7 17 31 49
1998-08-12	3	6th	12 21 23 25 44 49
1998-08-01	8	6th	12 14 31 41 48 49
1998-07-04	18	6th	9 15 25 29 32 49
1998-05-02	23	6th	2 4 16 24 29 49
1998-02-11	5	6th	11 32 38 42 46 49
1998-01-24	4	6th	1 4 6 14 24 49
1998-01-10	7	6th	3 10 11 27 47 49
1997-12-17	3	6th	17 35 36 43 46 49
1997-12-06	1	6th	5 9 19 21 30 49
1997-12-03	18	6th	1 8 36 39 47 49
1997-10-01	13	6th	8 12 17 35 38 49
1997-08-16	3	6th	2 9 19 20 38 49
1997-08-06	22	6th	3 5 6 20 45 49
1997-05-21	12	6th	5 8 21 38 39 49
1997-04-09	11	6th	6 22 35 42 45 49
1997-03-01	17	6th	2 8 23 33 42 49
1996-11-30	1	6th	4 5 12 25 26 49
1996-11-23	2	6th	16 33 34 43 46 49
1996-11-09	30	6th	8 24 27 41 43 49
1996-04-13	2	6th	23 38 40 44 47 49
1996-03-30	14	6th	12 26 27 28 37 49
1995-12-23	1	6th	6 11 34 40 47 49
1995-12-16	15	6th	7 8 23 28 35 49
1995-09-02	5	6th	1 15 22 28 40 49
1995-07-29	7	6th	28 34 41 45 46 49
1995-06-10	8	6th	12 15 26 44 46 49
1995-04-15	3	6th	1 4 6 23 26 49
1995-03-25	15	6th	4 17 41 42 44 49
1994-12-10	—	6th	26 35 38 43 47 49