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4

Star 4

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,070 draws, 1 from 1–14.

Main numbersStars
212times drawn · chance expected 219 −0.51σ
7draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number
14.4average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0
56longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long
4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 212 times in 3,070 draws against 219.3 expected, −0.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

4

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 212 times in 3,070 draws · average wait 14.4 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 7 draws now

12 draws: 2010-02-20 to 2010-04-038 draws: 2010-04-03 to 2010-05-015 draws: 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-155 draws: 2010-05-15 to 2010-05-289 draws: 2010-05-28 to 2010-06-187 draws: 2010-06-18 to 2010-07-034 draws: 2010-07-03 to 2010-07-149 draws: 2010-07-14 to 2010-08-041 draws: 2010-08-04 to 2010-08-0617 draws: 2010-08-06 to 2010-09-1525 draws: 2010-09-15 to 2010-11-1218 draws: 2010-11-12 to 2010-12-246 draws: 2010-12-24 to 2011-01-0728 draws: 2011-01-07 to 2011-03-1212 draws: 2011-03-12 to 2011-04-0936 draws: 2011-04-09 to 2011-07-0228 draws: 2011-07-02 to 2011-09-0713 draws: 2011-09-07 to 2011-10-0729 draws: 2011-10-07 to 2011-12-144 draws: 2011-12-14 to 2011-12-231 draws: 2011-12-23 to 2011-12-249 draws: 2011-12-24 to 2012-01-1416 draws: 2012-01-14 to 2012-02-221 draws: 2012-02-22 to 2012-02-2415 draws: 2012-02-24 to 2012-03-307 draws: 2012-03-30 to 2012-04-147 draws: 2012-04-14 to 2012-05-0217 draws: 2012-05-02 to 2012-06-0928 draws: 2012-06-09 to 2012-08-1516 draws: 2012-08-15 to 2012-09-217 draws: 2012-09-21 to 2012-10-062 draws: 2012-10-06 to 2012-10-121 draws: 2012-10-12 to 2012-10-1311 draws: 2012-10-13 to 2012-11-095 draws: 2012-11-09 to 2012-11-2110 draws: 2012-11-21 to 2012-12-1419 draws: 2012-12-14 to 2013-01-262 draws: 2013-01-26 to 2013-02-018 draws: 2013-02-01 to 2013-02-209 draws: 2013-02-20 to 2013-03-1349 draws: 2013-03-13 to 2013-07-058 draws: 2013-07-05 to 2013-07-2422 draws: 2013-07-24 to 2013-09-1330 draws: 2013-09-13 to 2013-11-2221 draws: 2013-11-22 to 2014-01-1035 draws: 2014-01-10 to 2014-04-0245 draws: 2014-04-02 to 2014-07-161 draws: 2014-07-16 to 2014-07-184 draws: 2014-07-18 to 2014-07-261 draws: 2014-07-26 to 2014-07-301 draws: 2014-07-30 to 2014-08-017 draws: 2014-08-01 to 2014-08-168 draws: 2014-08-16 to 2014-09-051 draws: 2014-09-05 to 2014-09-066 draws: 2014-09-06 to 2014-09-206 draws: 2014-09-20 to 2014-10-042 draws: 2014-10-04 to 2014-10-1014 draws: 2014-10-10 to 2014-11-1256 draws: 2014-11-12 to 2015-03-213 draws: 2015-03-21 to 2015-03-2813 draws: 2015-03-28 to 2015-04-2911 draws: 2015-04-29 to 2015-05-234 draws: 2015-05-23 to 2015-06-037 draws: 2015-06-03 to 2015-06-192 draws: 2015-06-19 to 2015-06-249 draws: 2015-06-24 to 2015-07-1528 draws: 2015-07-15 to 2015-09-1827 draws: 2015-09-18 to 2015-11-203 draws: 2015-11-20 to 2015-11-2721 draws: 2015-11-27 to 2016-01-154 draws: 2016-01-15 to 2016-01-2310 draws: 2016-01-23 to 2016-02-1714 draws: 2016-02-17 to 2016-03-1928 draws: 2016-03-19 to 2016-05-2528 draws: 2016-05-25 to 2016-07-2915 draws: 2016-07-29 to 2016-09-0220 draws: 2016-09-02 to 2016-10-193 draws: 2016-10-19 to 2016-10-262 draws: 2016-10-26 to 2016-10-2933 draws: 2016-10-29 to 2017-01-145 draws: 2017-01-14 to 2017-01-2718 draws: 2017-01-27 to 2017-03-107 draws: 2017-03-10 to 2017-03-2526 draws: 2017-03-25 to 2017-05-263 draws: 2017-05-26 to 2017-06-0210 draws: 2017-06-02 to 2017-06-247 draws: 2017-06-24 to 2017-07-122 draws: 2017-07-12 to 2017-07-1510 draws: 2017-07-15 to 2017-08-094 draws: 2017-08-09 to 2017-08-1811 draws: 2017-08-18 to 2017-09-138 draws: 2017-09-13 to 2017-09-3013 draws: 2017-09-30 to 2017-11-0110 draws: 2017-11-01 to 2017-11-248 draws: 2017-11-24 to 2017-12-134 draws: 2017-12-13 to 2017-12-224 draws: 2017-12-22 to 2017-12-305 draws: 2017-12-30 to 2018-01-129 draws: 2018-01-12 to 2018-01-3153 draws: 2018-01-31 to 2018-05-041 draws: 2018-05-04 to 2018-05-057 draws: 2018-05-05 to 2018-05-1820 draws: 2018-05-18 to 2018-06-223 draws: 2018-06-22 to 2018-06-273 draws: 2018-06-27 to 2018-07-032 draws: 2018-07-03 to 2018-07-0620 draws: 2018-07-06 to 2018-08-1016 draws: 2018-08-10 to 2018-09-0718 draws: 2018-09-07 to 2018-10-0920 draws: 2018-10-09 to 2018-11-1335 draws: 2018-11-13 to 2019-01-125 draws: 2019-01-12 to 2019-01-2238 draws: 2019-01-22 to 2019-03-291 draws: 2019-03-29 to 2019-03-3049 draws: 2019-03-30 to 2019-06-2538 draws: 2019-06-25 to 2019-08-3011 draws: 2019-08-30 to 2019-09-1820 draws: 2019-09-18 to 2019-10-234 draws: 2019-10-23 to 2019-10-301 draws: 2019-10-30 to 2019-11-0140 draws: 2019-11-01 to 2020-01-1042 draws: 2020-01-10 to 2020-03-247 draws: 2020-03-24 to 2020-04-043 draws: 2020-04-04 to 2020-04-1011 draws: 2020-04-10 to 2020-04-2918 draws: 2020-04-29 to 2020-05-3011 draws: 2020-05-30 to 2020-06-197 draws: 2020-06-19 to 2020-07-018 draws: 2020-07-01 to 2020-07-157 draws: 2020-07-15 to 2020-07-287 draws: 2020-07-28 to 2020-08-0828 draws: 2020-08-08 to 2020-09-2612 draws: 2020-09-26 to 2020-10-173 draws: 2020-10-17 to 2020-10-233 draws: 2020-10-23 to 2020-10-2815 draws: 2020-10-28 to 2020-11-247 draws: 2020-11-24 to 2020-12-0519 draws: 2020-12-05 to 2021-01-0852 draws: 2021-01-08 to 2021-04-0926 draws: 2021-04-09 to 2021-05-2516 draws: 2021-05-25 to 2021-06-2214 draws: 2021-06-22 to 2021-07-163 draws: 2021-07-16 to 2021-07-214 draws: 2021-07-21 to 2021-07-281 draws: 2021-07-28 to 2021-07-302 draws: 2021-07-30 to 2021-08-0333 draws: 2021-08-03 to 2021-09-2945 draws: 2021-09-29 to 2021-12-173 draws: 2021-12-17 to 2021-12-223 draws: 2021-12-22 to 2021-12-2816 draws: 2021-12-28 to 2022-01-2511 draws: 2022-01-25 to 2022-02-1212 draws: 2022-02-12 to 2022-03-0545 draws: 2022-03-05 to 2022-05-2432 draws: 2022-05-24 to 2022-07-194 draws: 2022-07-19 to 2022-07-264 draws: 2022-07-26 to 2022-08-0211 draws: 2022-08-02 to 2022-08-203 draws: 2022-08-20 to 2022-08-2627 draws: 2022-08-26 to 2022-10-1229 draws: 2022-10-12 to 2022-12-0212 draws: 2022-12-02 to 2022-12-2341 draws: 2022-12-23 to 2023-03-049 draws: 2023-03-04 to 2023-03-215 draws: 2023-03-21 to 2023-03-2917 draws: 2023-03-29 to 2023-04-2826 draws: 2023-04-28 to 2023-06-136 draws: 2023-06-13 to 2023-06-233 draws: 2023-06-23 to 2023-06-2817 draws: 2023-06-28 to 2023-07-2811 draws: 2023-07-28 to 2023-08-164 draws: 2023-08-16 to 2023-08-2338 draws: 2023-08-23 to 2023-10-2821 draws: 2023-10-28 to 2023-12-0524 draws: 2023-12-05 to 2024-01-1611 draws: 2024-01-16 to 2024-02-0317 draws: 2024-02-03 to 2024-03-0522 draws: 2024-03-05 to 2024-04-1248 draws: 2024-04-12 to 2024-07-0522 draws: 2024-07-05 to 2024-08-138 draws: 2024-08-13 to 2024-08-279 draws: 2024-08-27 to 2024-09-1114 draws: 2024-09-11 to 2024-10-0519 draws: 2024-10-05 to 2024-11-0823 draws: 2024-11-08 to 2024-12-188 draws: 2024-12-18 to 2025-01-013 draws: 2025-01-01 to 2025-01-0722 draws: 2025-01-07 to 2025-02-144 draws: 2025-02-14 to 2025-02-214 draws: 2025-02-21 to 2025-02-2829 draws: 2025-02-28 to 2025-04-1918 draws: 2025-04-19 to 2025-05-2111 draws: 2025-05-21 to 2025-06-1010 draws: 2025-06-10 to 2025-06-2711 draws: 2025-06-27 to 2025-07-164 draws: 2025-07-16 to 2025-07-2332 draws: 2025-07-23 to 2025-09-1723 draws: 2025-09-17 to 2025-10-2840 draws: 2025-10-28 to 2026-01-069 draws: 2026-01-06 to 2026-01-214 draws: 2026-01-21 to 2026-01-2849 draws: 2026-01-28 to 2026-04-241 draws: 2026-04-24 to 2026-04-2528 draws: 2026-04-25 to 2026-06-132 draws: 2026-06-13 to 2026-06-1710 draws: 2026-06-17 to 2026-07-0434 draws: 2026-07-04 to 2026-09-022 draws: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-055 draws: 2026-09-05 to 2026-09-159 draws: 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-307 draws: 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-13Still waiting — at least 7 draws since 2026-10-132010-02-202010-04-032010-05-012010-05-152010-05-282010-06-182010-07-032010-07-142010-08-042010-08-062010-09-152010-11-122010-12-242011-01-072011-03-122011-04-092011-07-022011-09-072011-10-072011-12-142011-12-232011-12-242012-01-142012-02-222012-02-242012-03-302012-04-142012-05-022012-06-092012-08-152012-09-212012-10-062012-10-122012-10-132012-11-092012-11-212012-12-142013-01-262013-02-012013-02-202013-03-132013-07-052013-07-242013-09-132013-11-222014-01-102014-04-022014-07-162014-07-182014-07-262014-07-302014-08-012014-08-162014-09-052014-09-062014-09-202014-10-042014-10-102014-11-122015-03-212015-03-282015-04-292015-05-232015-06-032015-06-192015-06-242015-07-152015-09-182015-11-202015-11-272016-01-152016-01-232016-02-172016-03-192016-05-252016-07-292016-09-022016-10-192016-10-262016-10-292017-01-142017-01-272017-03-102017-03-252017-05-262017-06-022017-06-242017-07-122017-07-152017-08-092017-08-182017-09-132017-09-302017-11-012017-11-242017-12-132017-12-222017-12-302018-01-122018-01-312018-05-042018-05-052018-05-182018-06-222018-06-272018-07-032018-07-062018-08-102018-09-072018-10-092018-11-132019-01-122019-01-222019-03-292019-03-302019-06-252019-08-302019-09-182019-10-232019-10-302019-11-012020-01-102020-03-242020-04-042020-04-102020-04-292020-05-302020-06-192020-07-012020-07-152020-07-282020-08-082020-09-262020-10-172020-10-232020-10-282020-11-242020-12-052021-01-082021-04-092021-05-252021-06-222021-07-162021-07-212021-07-282021-07-302021-08-032021-09-292021-12-172021-12-222021-12-282022-01-252022-02-122022-03-052022-05-242022-07-192022-07-262022-08-022022-08-202022-08-262022-10-122022-12-022022-12-232023-03-042023-03-212023-03-292023-04-282023-06-132023-06-232023-06-282023-07-282023-08-162023-08-232023-10-282023-12-052024-01-162024-02-032024-03-052024-04-122024-07-052024-08-132024-08-272024-09-112024-10-052024-11-082024-12-182025-01-012025-01-072025-02-142025-02-212025-02-282025-04-192025-05-212025-06-102025-06-272025-07-162025-07-232025-09-172025-10-282026-01-062026-01-212026-01-282026-04-242026-04-252026-06-132026-06-172026-07-042026-09-022026-09-052026-09-152026-09-302026-10-132010-01-022026-10-24

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

1 draws: 13 times2 draws: 10 times3 draws: 15 times4 draws: 17 times5 draws: 8 times6 draws: 4 times7 draws: 15 times8 draws: 9 times9 draws: 10 times10 draws: 7 times11 draws: 12 times12 draws: 5 times13 draws: 3 times14 draws: 4 times15 draws: 3 times16 draws: 5 times17 draws: 5 times18 draws: 5 times19 draws: 3 times20 draws: 5 times21 draws: 3 times22 draws: 4 times23 draws: 2 times24 draws: 1 time25 draws: 1 time26 draws: 3 times27 draws: 2 times28 draws: 8 times29 draws: 3 times30 draws: 1 time31 draws: 0 times32 draws: 2 times33 draws: 2 times34 draws: 1 time35 draws: 2 times36 draws: 1 time37 draws: 0 times38 draws: 3 times39 draws: 0 times40 draws: 2 times41 draws: 1 time42 draws: 1 time43 draws: 0 times44 draws: 0 times45 draws: 3 times46 draws: 0 times47 draws: 0 times48 draws: 1 time49 draws: 3 times50 draws: 0 times51 draws: 0 times52 draws: 1 time53 draws: 1 time54 draws: 0 times55 draws: 0 times56 draws: 1 time57 draws: 0 timesits own waitsdraws between appearances

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 4 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 smallest212 · chance 212.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

Never drawn alongside 13 of the other 13 numbers; chance expects about 13 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 4 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 14. 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 model and its sources → · What people believe about 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-10-1371st4
2026-09-3091st4
2026-09-1551st4
2026-09-0521st4
2026-09-02341st4
2026-07-04101st4
2026-06-1721st4
2026-06-13281st4
2026-04-2511st4
← star 3Every numberstar 5 →
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: 4 is drawn with probability 1/14 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-24491st4
2026-01-2841st4
2026-01-2191st4
2026-01-06401st4
2025-10-28231st4
2025-09-17321st4
2025-07-2341st4
2025-07-16111st4
2025-06-27101st4
2025-06-10111st4
2025-05-21181st4
2025-04-19291st4
2025-02-2841st4
2025-02-2141st4
2025-02-14221st4
The other 188 appearances
2025-01-0731st4
2025-01-0181st4
2024-12-18231st4
2024-11-08191st4
2024-10-05141st4
2024-09-1191st4
2024-08-2781st4
2024-08-13221st4
2024-07-05481st4
2024-04-12221st4
2024-03-05171st4
2024-02-03111st4
2024-01-16241st4
2023-12-05211st4
2023-10-28381st4
2023-08-2341st4
2023-08-16111st4
2023-07-28171st4
2023-06-2831st4
2023-06-2361st4
2023-06-13261st4
2023-04-28171st4
2023-03-2951st4
2023-03-2191st4
2023-03-04411st4
2022-12-23121st4
2022-12-02291st4
2022-10-12271st4
2022-08-2631st4
2022-08-20111st4
2022-08-0241st4
2022-07-2641st4
2022-07-19321st4
2022-05-24451st4
2022-03-05121st4
2022-02-12111st4
2022-01-25161st4
2021-12-2831st4
2021-12-2231st4
2021-12-17451st4
2021-09-29331st4
2021-08-0321st4
2021-07-3011st4
2021-07-2841st4
2021-07-2131st4
2021-07-16141st4
2021-06-22161st4
2021-05-25261st4
2021-04-09521st4
2021-01-08191st4
2020-12-0571st4
2020-11-24151st4
2020-10-2831st4
2020-10-2331st4
2020-10-17121st4
2020-09-26281st4
2020-08-0871st4
2020-07-2871st4
2020-07-1581st4
2020-07-0171st4
2020-06-19111st4
2020-05-30181st4
2020-04-29111st4
2020-04-1031st4
2020-04-0471st4
2020-03-24421st4
2020-01-10401st4
2019-11-0111st4
2019-10-3041st4
2019-10-23201st4
2019-09-18111st4
2019-08-30381st4
2019-06-25491st4
2019-03-3011st4
2019-03-29381st4
2019-01-2251st4
2019-01-12351st4
2018-11-13201st4
2018-10-09181st4
2018-09-07161st4
2018-08-10201st4
2018-07-0621st4
2018-07-0331st4
2018-06-2731st4
2018-06-22201st4
2018-05-1871st4
2018-05-0511st4
2018-05-04531st4
2018-01-3191st4
2018-01-1251st4
2017-12-3041st4
2017-12-2241st4
2017-12-1381st4
2017-11-24101st4
2017-11-01131st4
2017-09-3081st4
2017-09-13111st4
2017-08-1841st4
2017-08-09101st4
2017-07-1521st4
2017-07-1271st4
2017-06-24101st4
2017-06-0231st4
2017-05-26261st4
2017-03-2571st4
2017-03-10181st4
2017-01-2751st4
2017-01-14331st4
2016-10-2921st4
2016-10-2631st4
2016-10-19201st4
2016-09-02151st4
2016-07-29281st4
2016-05-25281st4
2016-03-19141st4
2016-02-17101st4
2016-01-2341st4
2016-01-15211st4
2015-11-2731st4
2015-11-20271st4
2015-09-18281st4
2015-07-1591st4
2015-06-2421st4
2015-06-1971st4
2015-06-0341st4
2015-05-23111st4
2015-04-29131st4
2015-03-2831st4
2015-03-21561st4
2014-11-12141st4
2014-10-1021st4
2014-10-0461st4
2014-09-2061st4
2014-09-0611st4
2014-09-0581st4
2014-08-1671st4
2014-08-0111st4
2014-07-3011st4
2014-07-2641st4
2014-07-1811st4
2014-07-16451st4
2014-04-02351st4
2014-01-10211st4
2013-11-22301st4
2013-09-13221st4
2013-07-2481st4
2013-07-05491st4
2013-03-1391st4
2013-02-2081st4
2013-02-0121st4
2013-01-26191st4
2012-12-14101st4
2012-11-2151st4
2012-11-09111st4
2012-10-1311st4
2012-10-1221st4
2012-10-0671st4
2012-09-21161st4
2012-08-15281st4
2012-06-09171st4
2012-05-0271st4
2012-04-1471st4
2012-03-30151st4
2012-02-2411st4
2012-02-22161st4
2012-01-1491st4
2011-12-2411st4
2011-12-2341st4
2011-12-14291st4
2011-10-07131st4
2011-09-07281st4
2011-07-02361st4
2011-04-09121st4
2011-03-12281st4
2011-01-0761st4
2010-12-24181st4
2010-11-12251st4
2010-09-15171st4
2010-08-0611st4
2010-08-0491st4
2010-07-1441st4
2010-07-0371st4
2010-06-1891st4
2010-05-2851st4
2010-05-1551st4
2010-05-0181st4
2010-04-03121st4
2010-02-20—1st4