Number 15

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,153 draws, 6 from 1–47.

141times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.55σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

43longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

15 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 141 times in 1,153 draws against 147.2 expected, −0.55σ. 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 24 times, counted separately.

Number 15, draw by draw

Drawn 141 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 15 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 smallest25 · chance 20.7
2nd smallest55 · chance 51.8
3rd smallest41 · chance 46.4
4th smallest17 · chance 18.6
5th smallest3 · chance 3.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 18 34 45 25 31

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, 15 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 15 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-21	6	2nd	11 15 21 35 40 43
2026-09-30	7	3rd	3 11 15 18 36 44
2026-09-05	3	3rd	8 11 15 21 33 44
2026-08-26	7	4th	7 9

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: 15 is drawn with probability 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-08	22	2nd	4 15 28 42 44 47
2024-02-21	2	1st	15 19 25 26 46 47
2024-02-14	9	4th	1 5 10 15 44 47
2024-01-13	12	2nd	2 15 23 36 38 40
2023-12-02	43	2nd	7 15 17 20 27 43
2023-07-05	13	3rd	4 14 15 18 32 34
2023-05-20	6	4th	6 7 11 15 25 42
2023-04-29	6	2nd	1 15 25 26 27 31
2023-04-08	4	3rd	8 9 15 18 22 42
2023-03-25	14	2nd	7 15 22 37 39 41
2023-02-04	1	4th	6 13 14 15 26 42
2023-02-01	14	3rd	1 6 15 20 34 38
2022-12-14	14	3rd	10 11 15 18 20 33
2022-10-26	17	1st	15 22 25 27 32 45
2022-08-27	8	2nd	4 15 22 25 35 43
2022-07-30	3	4th	3 7 9 15 32 38
2022-07-20	5	1st	15 18 19 28 31 40
2022-07-02	9	2nd	1 15 17 21 34 42
2022-06-01	2	2nd	5 15 20 37 41 42
2022-05-25	9	3rd	9 13 15 18 21 27
2022-04-23	2	2nd	6 15 18 35 43 47
2022-04-16	11	3rd	11 13 15 17 30 47
2022-03-09	26	1st	15 26 28 29 36 43
2021-12-08	3	2nd	3 15 19 23 31 39
2021-11-27	6	3rd	1 5 15 23 39 47
2021-11-06	1	4th	5 6 9 15 19 25
2021-11-03	6	3rd	1 11 15 30 31 43
2021-10-13	17	2nd	9 15 39 41 44 47
2021-08-14	2	2nd	9 15 25 30 32 34
2021-08-07	13	2nd	14 15 29 34 41 46
2021-06-23	7	3rd	1 4 15 29 38 40
2021-05-29	4	2nd	9 15 28 34 39 46
2021-05-15	12	3rd	2 8 15 31 37 44
2021-04-03	9	1st	15 17 23 32 35 45
2021-03-03	1	1st	15 20 25 32 44 47
2021-02-27	10	1st	15 29 34 38 40 43
2021-01-23	1	3rd	5 11 15 19 33 40
2021-01-20	10	2nd	10 15 18 23 28 33
2020-12-16	14	1st	15 19 24 32 38 40
2020-10-28	7	3rd	5 13 15 18 27 30
2020-10-03	6	3rd	9 12 15 20 23 26
2020-09-12	6	2nd	6 15 16 28 31 41
2020-08-22	11	4th	4 5 12 15 16 31
2020-07-15	1	3rd	9 14 15 23 27 38
2020-07-11	1	4th	1 6 11 15 41 44
2020-07-08	1	2nd	10 15 22 24 32 42
2020-07-04	3	1st	15 20 23 25 39 46
2020-06-24	9	3rd	5 6 15 32 39 47
2020-05-23	1	1st	15 24 28 34 40 45
2020-05-20	2	2nd	5 15 16 19 31 37
2020-05-13	7	3rd	2 9 15 24 31 33
2020-04-18	5	3rd	4 9 15 27 29 34
2020-04-01	4	4th	4 10 14 15 29 43
2020-03-18	16	4th	4 8 14 15 31 34
2020-01-22	2	2nd	10 15 19 21 24 37
2020-01-15	1	1st	15 17 23 31 33 41
2020-01-11	14	2nd	3 15 20 22 24 45
2019-11-23	1	2nd	4 15 20 21 34 39
2019-11-20	3	1st	15 16 20 25 28 37
2019-11-09	14	3rd	3 4 15 26 27 47
2019-09-21	3	4th	6 8 13 15 21 30
2019-09-11	7	2nd	2 15 24 33 41 42
2019-08-17	1	2nd	1 15 16 28 34 45
2019-08-14	33	1st	15 18 25 29 39 40
2019-04-20	10	4th	7 13 14 15 16 33
2019-03-16	5	2nd	7 15 23 37 41 43
2019-02-27	14	2nd	14 15 16 19 38 46
2019-01-09	9	1st	15 16 18 23 39 45
2018-12-08	1	2nd	9 15 17 24 41 43
2018-12-05	4	1st	15 16 17 18 35 43
2018-11-21	2	3rd	9 14 15 18 25 34
2018-11-14	4	4th	1 8 14 15 45 47
2018-10-31	8	2nd	6 15 20 29 38 44
2018-10-03	3	2nd	1 15 22 27 31 34
2018-09-22	6	2nd	8 15 30 32 35 46
2018-09-01	5	4th	7 8 9 15 27 29
2018-08-15	23	1st	15 30 31 33 39 42
2018-05-26	11	2nd	6 15 22 30 39 45
2018-04-18	10	3rd	5 14 15 24 27 41
2018-03-14	2	3rd	10 11 15 16 22 46
2018-03-07	12	1st	15 19 22 35 36 45
2018-01-24	6	3rd	2 7 15 20 21 23
2018-01-03	4	3rd	3 8 15 22 25 27
2017-12-20	3	1st	15 16 18 26 27 38
2017-12-09	1	3rd	5 13 15 23 36 45
2017-12-06	5	2nd	9 15 29 36 44 47
2017-11-18	13	1st	15 17 21 24 28 36
2017-10-04	28	1st	15 18 24 28 33 47
2017-06-28	2	3rd	6 10 15 25 34 45
2017-06-21	6	2nd	12 15 24 29 33 46
2017-05-31	8	1st	15 31 33 34 36 43
2017-05-03	14	2nd	1 15 24 31 35 36
2017-03-15	4	3rd	7 9 15 30 37 45
2017-03-01	4	2nd	2 15 19 26 37 38
2017-02-15	28	3rd	3 10 15 17 34 39
2016-11-09	5	2nd	2 15 18 30 33 40
2016-10-22	11	4th	7 9 12 15 28 45
2016-09-14	7	3rd	6 7 15 17 20 45
2016-08-20	5	4th	10 11 12 15 18 19
2016-08-03	5	3rd	11 14 15 27 29 37
2016-07-16	8	1st	15 28 39 40 42 43
2016-06-18	1	3rd	4 6 15 21 22 42
2016-06-15	1	2nd	10 15 18 20 32 46
2016-06-11	1	1st	15 16 19 20 26 29
2016-06-08	2	3rd	1 10 15 18 30 44
2016-06-01	3	2nd	1 15 31 42 44 47
2016-05-21	1	2nd	8 15 17 22 34 38
2016-05-18	7	4th	4 8 12 15 25 40
2016-04-23	13	3rd	1 9 15 23 33 38
2016-03-09	4	5th	4 6 12 13 15 31
2016-02-24	6	2nd	1 15 17 34 39 46
2016-02-03	8	5th	1 4 7 14 15 42
2016-01-06	4	2nd	2 15 25 43 45 46
2015-12-23	13	1st	15 21 28 32 36 47
2015-11-07	2	5th	5 8 9 10 15 29
2015-10-31	2	3rd	3 8 15 25 39 45
2015-10-24	—	3rd	3 12 15 19 23 32