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Number 7 In Lotto under the 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 601 draws, 6 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 90 times drawn · chance expected 80 +1.18σ
4 draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number
6.6 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5
34 longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long
7 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 90 times in 601 draws against 80.1 expected, +1.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 12 times, counted separately.
7 Number 7, draw by draw Drawn 90 times in 601 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 4 draws now
6 draws: 2010-02-06 to 2010-02-27 1 draws: 2010-02-27 to 2010-03-03 8 draws: 2010-03-03 to 2010-03-31 2 draws: 2010-03-31 to 2010-04-07 8 draws: 2010-04-07 to 2010-05-05 2 draws: 2010-05-05 to 2010-05-12 7 draws: 2010-05-12 to 2010-06-05 1 draws: 2010-06-05 to 2010-06-09 3 draws: 2010-06-09 to 2010-06-19 2 draws: 2010-06-19 to 2010-06-26 1 draws: 2010-06-26 to 2010-06-30 2 draws: 2010-06-30 to 2010-07-07 14 draws: 2010-07-07 to 2010-08-25 5 draws: 2010-08-25 to 2010-09-11 7 draws: 2010-09-11 to 2010-10-06 1 draws: 2010-10-06 to 2010-10-09 6 draws: 2010-10-09 to 2010-10-30 12 draws: 2010-10-30 to 2010-12-11 3 draws: 2010-12-11 to 2010-12-22 2 draws: 2010-12-22 to 2010-12-29 7 draws: 2010-12-29 to 2011-01-22 19 draws: 2011-01-22 to 2011-03-30 7 draws: 2011-03-30 to 2011-04-23 4 draws: 2011-04-23 to 2011-05-07 11 draws: 2011-05-07 to 2011-06-15 4 draws: 2011-06-15 to 2011-06-29 7 draws: 2011-06-29 to 2011-07-23 2 draws: 2011-07-23 to 2011-07-30 16 draws: 2011-07-30 to 2011-09-24 10 draws: 2011-09-24 to 2011-10-29 1 draws: 2011-10-29 to 2011-11-02 19 draws: 2011-11-02 to 2012-01-07 4 draws: 2012-01-07 to 2012-01-21 4 draws: 2012-01-21 to 2012-02-04 1 draws: 2012-02-04 to 2012-02-08 6 draws: 2012-02-08 to 2012-02-29 4 draws: 2012-02-29 to 2012-03-14 6 draws: 2012-03-14 to 2012-04-04 2 draws: 2012-04-04 to 2012-04-11 10 draws: 2012-04-11 to 2012-05-16 14 draws: 2012-05-16 to 2012-07-04 2 draws: 2012-07-04 to 2012-07-11 22 draws: 2012-07-11 to 2012-09-26 5 draws: 2012-09-26 to 2012-10-13 12 draws: 2012-10-13 to 2012-11-24 34 draws: 2012-11-24 to 2013-03-23 5 draws: 2013-03-23 to 2013-04-10 3 draws: 2013-04-10 to 2013-04-20 13 draws: 2013-04-20 to 2013-06-05 5 draws: 2013-06-05 to 2013-06-22 9 draws: 2013-06-22 to 2013-07-24 4 draws: 2013-07-24 to 2013-08-07 1 draws: 2013-08-07 to 2013-08-10 8 draws: 2013-08-10 to 2013-09-07 9 draws: 2013-09-07 to 2013-10-09 3 draws: 2013-10-09 to 2013-10-19 4 draws: 2013-10-19 to 2013-11-02 5 draws: 2013-11-02 to 2013-11-20 11 draws: 2013-11-20 to 2013-12-28 7 draws: 2013-12-28 to 2014-01-22 5 draws: 2014-01-22 to 2014-02-08 10 draws: 2014-02-08 to 2014-03-15 6 draws: 2014-03-15 to 2014-04-05 12 draws: 2014-04-05 to 2014-05-17 11 draws: 2014-05-17 to 2014-06-25 8 draws: 2014-06-25 to 2014-07-23 2 draws: 2014-07-23 to 2014-07-30 2 draws: 2014-07-30 to 2014-08-06 7 draws: 2014-08-06 to 2014-08-30 3 draws: 2014-08-30 to 2014-09-10 12 draws: 2014-09-10 to 2014-10-22 5 draws: 2014-10-22 to 2014-11-08 6 draws: 2014-11-08 to 2014-11-29 2 draws: 2014-11-29 to 2014-12-06 8 draws: 2014-12-06 to 2015-01-03 1 draws: 2015-01-03 to 2015-01-07 1 draws: 2015-01-07 to 2015-01-10 32 draws: 2015-01-10 to 2015-05-02 7 draws: 2015-05-02 to 2015-05-27 3 draws: 2015-05-27 to 2015-06-06 5 draws: 2015-06-06 to 2015-06-24 1 draws: 2015-06-24 to 2015-06-27 5 draws: 2015-06-27 to 2015-07-15 1 draws: 2015-07-15 to 2015-07-18 1 draws: 2015-07-18 to 2015-07-22 3 draws: 2015-07-22 to 2015-08-01 9 draws: 2015-08-01 to 2015-09-02 1 draws: 2015-09-02 to 2015-09-05 4 draws: 2015-09-05 to 2015-09-19 Still waiting — at least 4 draws since 2015-09-19 2010-02-06 2010-02-27 2010-03-03 2010-03-31 2010-04-07 2010-05-05 2010-05-12 2010-06-05 2010-06-09 2010-06-19 2010-06-26 2010-06-30 2010-07-07 2010-08-25 2010-09-11 2010-10-06 2010-10-09 2010-10-30 2010-12-11 2010-12-22 2010-12-29 2011-01-22 2011-03-30 2011-04-23 2011-05-07 2011-06-15 2011-06-29 2011-07-23 2011-07-30 2011-09-24 2011-10-29 2011-11-02 2012-01-07 2012-01-21 2012-02-04 2012-02-08 2012-02-29 2012-03-14 2012-04-04 2012-04-11 2012-05-16 2012-07-04 2012-07-11 2012-09-26 2012-10-13 2012-11-24 2013-03-23 2013-04-10 2013-04-20 2013-06-05 2013-06-22 2013-07-24 2013-08-07 2013-08-10 2013-09-07 2013-10-09 2013-10-19 2013-11-02 2013-11-20 2013-12-28 2014-01-22 2014-02-08 2014-03-15 2014-04-05 2014-05-17 2014-06-25 2014-07-23 2014-07-30 2014-08-06 2014-08-30 2014-09-10 2014-10-22 2014-11-08 2014-11-29 2014-12-06 2015-01-03 2015-01-07 2015-01-10 2015-05-02 2015-05-27 2015-06-06 2015-06-24 2015-06-27 2015-07-15 2015-07-18 2015-07-22 2015-08-01 2015-09-02 2015-09-05 2015-09-19 2010-01-02 2015-10-03
1 draws: 13 times 2 draws: 11 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 8 times 5 draws: 9 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 8 times 8 draws: 5 times 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 3 times 11 draws: 3 times 12 draws: 4 times 13 draws: 1 time 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 0 times 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 0 times 19 draws: 2 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 1 time 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 7 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 smallest 43 · chance 41.6 2nd smallest 36 · chance 36.7 3rd smallest 10 · chance 10.5 4th smallest 1 · chance 1.2 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The number 7 ×1.15 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 6 Every number number 8 → 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: 7 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.