Number 37

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

76times drawn · chance expected 80 −0.50σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

47longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

37 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 76 times in 601 draws against 80.1 expected, −0.50σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.

Number 37, draw by draw

Drawn 76 times in 601 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 14 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 37 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest5 · chance 2.5
4th smallest13 · chance 14.0
5th smallest34 · chance 33.0
6th smallest24 · chance 26.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 7 22 4 35 44

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, 37 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 37 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-08-15	2	5th	3 4 22 33 37 45
2015-08-08	2	4th	9 26 33 37 40 44
2015-08-01	3	5th	3 7 11 33 37 42
2015-07-22	3	4th

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

2013-12-18	21	4th	1 6 32 37 41 43
2013-10-05	2	5th	6 14 22 28 37 44
2013-09-28	2	5th	19 24 32 33 37 43
2013-09-21	12	3rd	4 27 37 39 40 45
2013-08-10	4	5th	7 12 16 27 37 38
2013-07-27	5	3rd	9 22 37 40 42 44
2013-07-10	13	5th	4 6 17 35 37 39
2013-05-25	2	5th	10 11 21 35 37 42
2013-05-18	3	5th	3 6 10 30 37 45
2013-05-08	15	5th	2 5 20 30 37 39
2013-03-16	7	6th	3 11 22 28 35 37
2013-02-20	22	6th	1 3 12 19 23 37
2012-12-05	2	3rd	10 26 37 39 42 44
2012-11-28	28	5th	2 11 28 29 37 43
2012-08-22	3	4th	2 19 34 37 39 41
2012-08-11	6	6th	24 27 28 29 36 37
2012-07-21	4	4th	10 34 35 37 43 44
2012-07-07	47	6th	17 20 21 28 31 37
2012-01-25	7	6th	1 11 13 14 15 37
2011-12-31	1	5th	4 11 23 30 37 44
2011-12-28	5	5th	3 4 16 19 37 45
2011-12-10	1	5th	4 9 13 18 37 40
2011-12-07	17	6th	3 10 14 17 22 37
2011-10-08	7	6th	18 22 23 32 35 37
2011-09-14	9	5th	8 10 23 25 37 38
2011-08-13	1	5th	2 5 15 18 37 40
2011-08-10	2	6th	2 5 18 20 28 37
2011-08-03	8	6th	17 21 31 34 35 37
2011-07-06	5	5th	10 11 12 22 37 40
2011-06-18	7	6th	8 26 27 28 32 37
2011-05-25	4	4th	4 12 14 37 41 43
2011-05-11	3	3rd	28 34 37 39 41 43
2011-04-30	2	6th	2 6 15 30 33 37
2011-04-23	10	5th	7 10 11 15 37 40
2011-03-19	2	4th	2 12 31 37 39 45
2011-03-12	6	6th	3 21 24 32 34 37
2011-02-19	1	6th	5 17 18 22 34 37
2011-02-16	6	5th	5 22 27 28 37 41
2011-01-26	31	5th	4 23 32 35 37 44
2010-10-09	1	5th	7 18 19 30 37 38
2010-10-06	6	5th	7 13 17 29 37 39
2010-09-15	4	6th	2 11 18 29 32 37
2010-09-01	1	4th	3 4 19 37 38 45
2010-08-28	20	4th	13 23 30 37 43 45
2010-06-19	4	6th	7 9 10 11 22 37
2010-06-05	1	6th	7 12 23 33 34 37
2010-06-02	6	4th	11 27 35 37 44 45
2010-05-12	6	5th	7 8 28 34 37 44
2010-04-21	14	5th	3 25 30 33 37 41
2010-03-03	3	5th	7 13 15 36 37 39
2010-02-20	7	6th	10 22 23 34 36 37
2010-01-27	—	5th	2 8 18 23 37 38