Number 39

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

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

37longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

39 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 81 times in 601 draws against 80.1 expected, +0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 39, draw by draw

Drawn 81 times in 601 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 1 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 39 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 0.0
3rd smallest1 · chance 1.0
4th smallest14 · chance 9.4
5th smallest31 · chance 33.0
6th smallest35 · chance 37.4

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.

12 27 35 7 9 10

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, 39 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 39 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-09-30	3	6th	4 9 27 31 38 39
2015-09-19	15	4th	7 26 34 39 41 42
2015-07-29	1	6th	12 14 18 22 32 39
2015-07-25	10	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: 39 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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