Number 32

In Lotto under the 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 601 draws, 6 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

81times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.10σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

32longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

32 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 81 times in 601 draws against 80.1 expected, +0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 32, draw by draw

Drawn 81 times in 601 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 32 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest2 · chance 1.7
3rd smallest12 · chance 9.9
4th smallest24 · chance 26.2
5th smallest30 · chance 30.5
6th smallest13 · chance 12.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 12 2 18 40 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 32 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd most popular of 45. 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 32 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-09-23	3	5th	5 6 14 16 32 43
2015-09-12	6	5th	6 12 15 17 32 40
2015-08-22	7	6th	5 17 19 20 29 32
2015-07-29	16	5th

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: 32 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2014-05-31	17	6th	2 3 6 20 27 32
2014-04-02	13	2nd	24 32 33 34 38 39
2014-02-15	17	6th	5 8 20 21 24 32
2013-12-18	9	3rd	1 6 32 37 41 43
2013-11-16	1	6th	5 8 12 18 23 32
2013-11-13	2	4th	4 12 17 32 34 38
2013-11-06	4	4th	20 26 27 32 40 41
2013-10-23	4	3rd	14 31 32 34 35 40
2013-10-09	3	5th	7 25 28 30 32 33
2013-09-28	5	3rd	19 24 32 33 37 43
2013-09-11	28	6th	9 14 16 20 23 32
2013-06-05	11	6th	4 5 7 18 24 32
2013-04-27	9	5th	18 22 23 26 32 42
2013-03-27	9	5th	19 26 27 28 32 39
2013-02-23	12	4th	23 25 30 32 34 39
2013-01-12	2	5th	2 13 22 24 32 33
2013-01-05	4	5th	12 14 23 31 32 44
2012-12-22	9	2nd	26 32 35 38 39 42
2012-11-21	18	5th	9 10 23 25 32 38
2012-09-19	2	4th	2 21 24 32 36 40
2012-09-12	32	4th	12 22 25 32 39 40
2012-05-23	7	4th	11 28 29 32 34 41
2012-04-28	2	3rd	3 24 32 33 40 42
2012-04-21	6	5th	6 12 26 27 32 38
2012-03-31	9	5th	6 11 19 23 32 41
2012-02-29	21	6th	7 20 22 25 28 32
2011-12-17	16	5th	3 10 24 26 32 44
2011-10-22	2	4th	4 10 21 32 43 44
2011-10-15	2	5th	4 9 16 28 32 38
2011-10-08	8	4th	18 22 23 32 35 37
2011-09-10	4	3rd	1 10 32 35 39 45
2011-08-27	13	5th	17 18 19 31 32 44
2011-07-13	6	4th	12 17 22 32 34 41
2011-06-22	1	5th	6 9 10 22 32 43
2011-06-18	9	5th	8 26 27 28 32 37
2011-05-18	12	5th	2 12 13 15 32 42
2011-04-06	7	6th	6 18 23 24 31 32
2011-03-12	1	4th	3 21 24 32 34 37
2011-03-09	8	4th	1 15 26 32 33 41
2011-02-09	4	4th	6 8 12 32 35 39
2011-01-26	8	3rd	4 23 32 35 37 44
2010-12-29	4	6th	2 4 7 17 19 32
2010-12-15	12	3rd	18 20 32 33 35 44
2010-11-03	3	5th	12 20 25 27 32 42
2010-10-23	6	6th	15 16 22 25 31 32
2010-10-02	5	4th	1 3 24 32 33 45
2010-09-15	11	5th	2 11 18 29 32 37
2010-08-07	8	3rd	1 23 32 40 43 44
2010-07-10	5	4th	10 11 24 32 34 44
2010-06-23	22	5th	11 12 18 21 32 33
2010-04-07	6	5th	2 7 9 12 32 34
2010-03-17	3	5th	1 24 26 27 32 33
2010-03-06	7	5th	2 9 10 22 32 34
2010-02-10	9	6th	23 25 26 27 30 32
2010-01-09	1	5th	2 13 24 29 32 42
2010-01-06	1	5th	1 2 10 15 32 34
2010-01-02	—	4th	5 14 20 32 39 42