In Lotto Plus 1 under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Sep 2024 rules — 216 draws, 6 from 1–47.
23times drawn · chance expected 28 −0.93σ
7draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number
8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8
26longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long
7 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 23 times in 216 draws against 27.6 expected, −0.93σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 3 times, counted separately.
7
Number 7, draw by draw
Drawn 23 times in 216 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 7 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 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.
Never drawn alongside 5 of the other 46 numbers; chance expects about 4 such strangers 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 47. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.