Number 33

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 794 draws, 5 from 1–47.

82times drawn · chance expected 84 −0.28σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

52longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

33 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 794 draws against 84.5 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 33, draw by draw

Drawn 82 times in 794 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 10 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 0.5
2nd smallest5 · chance 5.9
3rd smallest23 · chance 22.7
4th smallest39 · chance 34.9
5th smallest14 · chance 18.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 36 29 20 44 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-17	9	4th	5 9 15 33 43
2026-08-17	9	4th	13 14 23 33 36
2026-07-16	5	4th	5 13 24 33 40
2026-06-29	5	4th	10 19 30 33

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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