Number 7

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

250times drawn · chance expected 253 −0.19σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

53longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 250 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, −0.19σ. 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 31 times, counted separately.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 250 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 53 · 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 7 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest132 · chance 124.2
2nd smallest86 · chance 98.1
3rd smallest31 · chance 25.1
4th smallest1 · chance 2.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 27 38 40 4 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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10
The number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-10-07	1	2nd	5 7 11 30 44 49
2015-10-03	11	1st	7 8 9 14 35 44
2015-08-26	1	3rd	3 4 7 18 48 49
2015-08-22	1	1st	7

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

2014-04-05	15	2nd	3 7 20 31 43 45
2014-02-12	7	2nd	3 7 20 24 30 39
2014-01-18	9	1st	7 12 23 27 30 31
2013-12-18	24	2nd	2 7 25 35 40 42
2013-09-25	4	2nd	5 7 20 24 30 41
2013-09-11	2	1st	7 24 27 31 40 41
2013-09-04	19	2nd	6 7 8 13 24 28
2013-06-29	5	1st	7 13 25 31 34 45
2013-06-12	12	2nd	2 7 10 15 17 28
2013-05-01	21	1st	7 8 11 12 39 42
2013-02-16	10	1st	7 20 27 39 46 48
2013-01-12	3	2nd	3 7 11 12 24 27
2013-01-02	17	1st	7 9 20 21 30 37
2012-11-03	1	2nd	5 7 9 17 20 45
2012-10-31	1	1st	7 30 32 36 40 41
2012-10-27	3	1st	7 14 20 30 33 46
2012-10-17	5	2nd	4 7 19 21 39 49
2012-09-29	9	3rd	1 6 7 8 25 42
2012-08-29	9	2nd	4 7 12 28 32 37
2012-07-28	17	1st	7 10 22 29 43 44
2012-05-30	1	1st	7 14 25 33 45 48
2012-05-26	5	3rd	2 6 7 15 25 44
2012-05-09	6	2nd	2 7 8 10 22 23
2012-04-18	13	1st	7 8 16 22 24 28
2012-03-03	2	1st	7 20 23 28 31 40
2012-02-25	1	1st	7 25 26 27 29 32
2012-02-22	4	1st	7 12 15 35 43 49
2012-02-08	1	1st	7 13 16 31 36 44
2012-02-04	1	2nd	4 7 40 41 45 48
2012-02-01	5	1st	7 17 21 22 38 39
2012-01-14	4	1st	7 10 12 15 25 42
2011-12-31	3	1st	7 11 37 38 42 44
2011-12-21	19	1st	7 28 30 34 38 45
2011-10-15	10	1st	7 12 27 34 41 46
2011-09-10	4	2nd	5 7 9 10 22 47
2011-08-27	5	2nd	6 7 29 32 41 46
2011-08-10	8	3rd	2 4 7 27 43 44
2011-07-13	11	1st	7 11 15 18 19 49
2011-06-04	1	1st	7 21 25 32 43 44
2011-06-01	2	2nd	2 7 9 18 38 45
2011-05-25	6	1st	7 8 17 30 46 48
2011-05-04	8	3rd	2 3 7 17 21 32
2011-04-06	7	1st	7 11 13 14 38 41
2011-03-12	16	1st	7 17 19 29 30 38
2011-01-15	7	1st	7 8 21 24 33 34
2010-12-22	9	1st	7 13 33 37 48 49
2010-11-20	23	2nd	6 7 8 17 27 46
2010-09-01	53	1st	7 20 21 27 28 41
2010-02-27	5	1st	7 14 17 42 44 45
2010-02-10	4	2nd	5 7 15 37 42 44
2010-01-27	1	3rd	1 4 7 11 13 27
2010-01-23	2	2nd	3 7 8 16 19 30
2010-01-16	39	2nd	4 7 10 14 27 42
2009-09-02	37	3rd	2 4 7 27 28 35
2009-04-25	22	1st	7 14 17 39 41 49
2009-02-07	6	2nd	3 7 24 25 26 41
2009-01-17	6	2nd	1 7 9 33 36 38
2008-12-27	11	1st	7 10 24 39 40 42
2008-11-19	20	2nd	5 7 18 27 31 33
2008-09-10	2	1st	7 15 16 19 22 48
2008-09-03	8	3rd	3 5 7 9 24 35
2008-08-06	11	1st	7 9 23 30 47 49
2008-06-28	4	1st	7 12 19 23 46 48
2008-06-14	20	1st	7 16 17 23 29 34
2008-04-05	4	1st	7 23 30 41 45 49
2008-03-22	9	1st	7 11 14 27 45 48
2008-02-20	5	1st	7 17 29 31 39 44
2008-02-02	1	2nd	5 7 18 22 25 34
2008-01-30	31	1st	7 8 27 37 40 46
2007-10-13	8	1st	7 11 12 36 38 39
2007-09-15	6	2nd	3 7 12 21 25 36
2007-08-25	17	1st	7 13 17 33 40 42
2007-06-27	6	1st	7 13 23 40 41 48
2007-06-06	12	1st	7 21 22 28 37 40
2007-04-25	27	2nd	1 7 25 31 32 39
2007-01-20	6	2nd	4 7 26 28 39 49
2006-12-30	10	3rd	1 2 7 11 37 45
2006-11-25	9	2nd	4 7 31 38 44 48
2006-10-25	14	2nd	2 7 10 14 16 22
2006-09-06	12	2nd	5 7 14 29 37 38
2006-07-26	6	1st	7 17 27 30 33 39
2006-07-05	6	1st	7 17 29 33 42 45
2006-06-14	3	2nd	4 7 10 33 35 49
2006-06-03	8	3rd	4 6 7 9 28 39
2006-05-06	6	2nd	2 7 11 21 33 34
2006-04-15	1	1st	7 15 19 23 37 48
2006-04-12	1	1st	7 19 26 38 44 49
2006-04-08	6	3rd	5 6 7 18 28 40
2006-03-18	6	1st	7 10 22 24 34 44
2006-02-25	11	1st	7 14 24 37 43 48
2006-01-18	4	3rd	2 3 7 24 46 47
2006-01-04	5	1st	7 13 31 43 45 47
2005-12-17	1	1st	7 11 15 21 35 47
2005-12-14	4	1st	7 9 17 22 27 40
2005-11-30	12	1st	7 14 29 37 41 45
2005-10-19	1	1st	7 18 20 21 29 47
2005-10-15	1	2nd	4 7 29 30 42 44
2005-10-12	10	2nd	5 7 13 15 19 45
2005-09-07	5	3rd	1 5 7 41 43 49
2005-08-20	4	1st	7 11 12 20 38 44
2005-08-06	4	3rd	3 6 7 17 30 34
2005-07-23	4	1st	7 12 16 24 29 37
2005-07-09	3	1st	7 20 22 23 34 37
2005-06-29	2	1st	7 12 23 26 29 44
2005-06-22	1	3rd	1 4 7 44 47 48
2005-06-18	1	2nd	4 7 26 41 42 49
2005-06-15	26	1st	7 11 12 37 42 45
2005-03-16	19	2nd	3 7 9 21 35 39
2005-01-08	7	1st	7 10 17 28 29 33
2004-12-15	1	1st	7 11 19 25 31 39
2004-12-11	3	1st	7 9 19 23 27 49
2004-12-01	1	1st	7 18 27 31 36 49
2004-11-27	13	2nd	4 7 9 10 43 46
2004-10-13	13	2nd	3 7 14 17 18 43
2004-08-28	7	2nd	6 7 10 20 37 44
2004-08-04	15	2nd	4 7 8 10 17 22
2004-06-12	15	1st	7 22 35 44 48 49
2004-04-21	6	1st	7 19 20 29 41 49
2004-03-31	2	2nd	4 7 8 11 24 40
2004-03-24	26	1st	7 17 19 26 29 41
2003-12-24	3	2nd	1 7 24 27 46 48
2003-12-13	17	2nd	1 7 9 28 33 39
2003-10-15	5	1st	7 11 16 32 42 49
2003-09-27	23	1st	7 24 30 44 46 47
2003-07-09	4	2nd	2 7 24 30 31 35
2003-06-25	6	3rd	2 6 7 23 27 30
2003-06-04	2	1st	7 20 27 40 43 49
2003-05-28	6	2nd	1 7 15 25 27 32
2003-05-07	1	1st	7 12 26 33 35 47
2003-05-03	5	3rd	3 6 7 29 46 49
2003-04-16	2	2nd	5 7 23 29 38 47
2003-04-09	37	1st	7 20 25 27 33 45
2002-11-30	10	2nd	6 7 20 29 37 39
2002-10-26	5	1st	7 10 24 32 33 45
2002-10-09	5	1st	7 22 25 31 44 47
2002-09-21	1	3rd	1 6 7 11 13 30
2002-09-18	3	2nd	4 7 12 29 37 42
2002-09-07	3	1st	7 21 29 31 38 41
2002-08-28	10	2nd	4 7 9 17 36 46
2002-07-24	1	1st	7 13 21 34 35 43
2002-07-20	7	1st	7 10 16 34 47 48
2002-06-26	6	2nd	6 7 25 33 38 43
2002-06-05	3	3rd	3 5 7 26 43 47
2002-05-25	10	1st	7 14 15 25 27 40
2002-04-20	11	1st	7 14 21 32 43 44
2002-03-13	8	2nd	1 7 15 23 27 34
2002-02-13	1	2nd	4 7 12 13 16 29
2002-02-09	6	1st	7 15 20 28 40 48
2002-01-19	9	1st	7 18 34 37 39 42
2001-12-19	1	1st	7 28 34 43 46 48
2001-12-15	38	2nd	5 7 13 24 35 40
2001-08-04	6	2nd	4 7 11 15 28 47
2001-07-14	6	1st	7 11 14 22 37 38
2001-06-23	2	1st	7 15 16 24 25 46
2001-06-16	4	1st	7 25 31 35 39 45
2001-06-02	1	1st	7 11 19 24 32 39
2001-05-30	13	1st	7 15 23 35 39 44
2001-04-14	12	1st	7 24 35 41 42 47
2001-03-03	6	1st	7 14 20 24 38 48
2001-02-10	12	1st	7 9 12 17 20 32
2000-12-30	9	2nd	1 7 16 18 38 47
2000-11-29	13	1st	7 19 28 30 33 37
2000-10-14	7	1st	7 22 31 37 38 40
2000-09-20	4	1st	7 25 30 34 38 39
2000-09-06	15	2nd	6 7 11 23 32 44
2000-07-15	9	3rd	1 2 7 35 39 44
2000-06-14	7	2nd	4 7 23 24 26 38
2000-05-20	9	1st	7 11 18 21 25 44
2000-04-19	4	3rd	1 3 7 19 29 44
2000-04-05	6	3rd	2 3 7 10 40 48
2000-03-15	1	1st	7 12 25 28 30 40
2000-03-11	7	1st	7 12 37 42 46 49
2000-02-16	5	2nd	6 7 12 16 19 42
2000-01-29	2	2nd	5 7 17 21 27 48
2000-01-22	10	1st	7 9 10 40 41 44
1999-12-18	3	2nd	6 7 12 13 18 29
1999-12-08	5	1st	7 10 11 26 31 33
1999-11-20	2	1st	7 9 15 20 29 34
1999-11-13	20	1st	7 10 21 28 29 39
1999-09-04	8	3rd	3 5 7 10 14 20
1999-08-07	8	2nd	4 7 19 22 24 46
1999-07-10	12	2nd	5 7 15 26 35 40
1999-05-29	7	2nd	3 7 9 12 43 44
1999-05-05	1	1st	7 13 17 22 39 44
1999-05-01	8	1st	7 20 24 31 33 40
1999-04-03	5	2nd	3 7 9 15 40 43
1999-03-17	5	2nd	1 7 29 38 45 46
1999-02-27	8	2nd	1 7 13 15 38 43
1999-01-30	15	1st	7 19 32 37 40 44
1998-12-09	1	2nd	1 7 39 40 45 49
1998-12-05	1	2nd	4 7 23 26 27 35
1998-12-02	3	1st	7 11 16 28 37 49
1998-11-21	2	1st	7 9 17 22 38 49
1998-11-14	5	1st	7 11 12 17 23 39
1998-10-28	16	3rd	1 2 7 17 31 49
1998-09-02	10	1st	7 19 27 33 39 43
1998-07-29	9	2nd	1 7 23 29 38 48
1998-06-27	4	1st	7 9 11 23 30 43
1998-06-13	11	2nd	2 7 10 15 27 45
1998-05-06	4	2nd	6 7 14 19 22 27
1998-04-22	3	2nd	3 7 9 10 12 37
1998-04-11	12	1st	7 10 31 35 43 44
1998-02-28	15	2nd	1 7 15 18 30 31
1998-01-07	5	1st	7 14 25 32 36 38
1997-12-20	21	3rd	1 2 7 26 34 38
1997-10-08	6	3rd	3 4 7 23 34 43
1997-09-17	6	1st	7 20 21 22 40 44
1997-08-27	11	2nd	1 7 22 25 31 47
1997-07-19	36	1st	7 19 36 44 45 47
1997-03-15	3	1st	7 24 37 39 40 43
1997-03-05	5	1st	7 12 20 24 28 43
1997-02-15	17	1st	7 14 21 34 38 47
1996-11-02	6	1st	7 23 32 35 43 48
1996-09-21	13	1st	7 8 12 30 35 41
1996-06-22	6	3rd	3 4 7 11 17 40
1996-05-11	7	1st	7 10 12 22 34 48
1996-03-23	4	2nd	5 7 14 18 30 43
1996-02-24	10	3rd	2 5 7 24 35 44
1995-12-16	4	1st	7 8 23 28 35 49
1995-11-18	1	2nd	4 7 18 33 45 48
1995-11-11	2	1st	7 10 23 28 30 48
1995-10-28	17	1st	7 16 27 33 35 44
1995-07-01	7	2nd	5 7 8 25 44 48
1995-05-13	14	1st	7 16 25 26 28 41
1995-02-04	3	2nd	1 7 37 38 42 46
1995-01-14	—	1st	7 17 23 32 38 42