In Lotto Plus 2 under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Sep 2024 rules — 216 draws, 6 from 1–47.
31times drawn · chance expected 28 +0.70σ
18draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number
6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8
16longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long
46 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 31 times in 216 draws against 27.6 expected, +0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 5 times, counted separately.
46
Number 46, draw by draw
Drawn 31 times in 216 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 16 · waiting 18 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 46 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 46 numbers; chance expects about 2 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it
Under the crowd model, 46 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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: 46 is drawn with probability 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.