In Euro Millions Plus under the 5/50 · since Sep 2024 rules — 215 draws, 5 from 1–50.
31times drawn · chance expected 22 +2.16σ
3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number
7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0
30longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long
41 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 31 times in 215 draws against 21.5 expected, +2.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
41
Number 41, draw by draw
Drawn 31 times in 215 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 3 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 41 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 4 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it
Under the crowd model, 41 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 50. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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: 41 is drawn with probability 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.