Number 14

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

99times drawn · chance expected 95 +0.42σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 71% for any number

14.4average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

61longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

14 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 14, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 14.4 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 6 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 14 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 smallest45 · chance 44.1
2nd smallest38 · chance 39.8
3rd smallest14 · chance 13.1
4th smallest2 · chance 1.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

66 17 82 35 85 1

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 0.3 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 14 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 90. 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 14 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-16	3	2nd	6 14 39 47 63 82
2009-06-09	1	1st	14 17 39 47 58 85
2009-06-06	7	2nd	8 14 16 18 56 60

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: 14 is drawn with probability 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2006-09-19	1	4th	4 6 8 14 21 28
2006-09-16	9	1st	14 34 35 37 41 61
2006-08-26	46	3rd	3 9 14 55 62 83
2006-05-11	10	1st	14 19 20 26 79 82
2006-04-18	8	4th	1 4 12 14 66 78
2006-03-30	37	3rd	1 4 14 30 78 82
2006-01-03	19	2nd	13 14 22 24 46 81
2005-11-19	5	2nd	12 14 23 36 72 87
2005-11-08	11	3rd	1 13 14 25 72 86
2005-10-13	11	1st	14 20 35 45 48 66
2005-09-17	9	2nd	13 14 20 22 44 88
2005-08-27	19	2nd	11 14 17 35 43 70
2005-07-14	55	2nd	8 14 41 55 83 85
2005-01-15	7	1st	14 31 34 78 89 90
2004-12-22	16	1st	14 15 54 77 80 82
2004-10-27	3	2nd	10 14 17 56 65 84
2004-10-16	29	2nd	12 14 27 35 73 88
2004-07-07	1	1st	14 23 29 44 48 74
2004-07-03	12	1st	14 18 22 27 39 58
2004-05-22	2	1st	14 33 35 46 50 66
2004-05-15	1	1st	14 46 49 60 77 86
2004-05-12	7	2nd	13 14 40 66 79 85
2004-04-17	47	2nd	3 14 50 59 82 84
2003-11-05	4	2nd	13 14 24 29 73 79
2003-10-22	1	1st	14 15 64 76 80 86
2003-10-18	26	3rd	1 4 14 41 44 82
2003-07-19	6	2nd	7 14 27 47 80 87
2003-06-28	23	1st	14 18 34 48 49 74
2003-04-09	16	2nd	4 14 16 44 76 77
2003-02-12	1	1st	14 22 24 34 60 85
2003-02-08	2	2nd	3 14 31 32 64 79
2003-02-01	11	1st	14 24 40 56 81 90
2002-12-28	6	1st	14 17 62 75 76 85
2002-12-14	4	1st	14 35 36 47 58 69
2002-12-05	4	1st	14 17 21 31 33 69
2002-11-23	15	1st	14 42 68 69 80 85
2002-10-02	26	1st	14 18 54 63 70 87
2002-07-03	37	1st	14 21 34 37 66 73
2002-02-23	3	1st	14 17 56 59 69 88
2002-02-13	18	1st	14 39 53 55 73 87
2001-12-15	1	2nd	1 14 68 70 75 83
2001-12-12	2	2nd	4 14 20 61 75 78
2001-12-05	4	1st	14 32 47 48 63 79
2001-11-21	12	1st	14 53 55 65 83 87
2001-10-10	2	1st	14 35 37 52 66 72
2001-10-03	2	1st	14 42 45 49 71 86
2001-09-26	3	1st	14 62 69 70 86 88
2001-09-15	8	2nd	2 14 38 53 56 71
2001-08-18	3	3rd	6 7 14 53 54 85
2001-08-08	29	3rd	1 8 14 27 83 87
2001-04-28	8	2nd	2 14 32 43 44 55
2001-03-31	20	2nd	12 14 17 32 50 58
2001-01-20	3	1st	14 25 28 42 82 90
2001-01-10	4	2nd	8 14 30 31 35 76
2000-12-27	9	3rd	1 5 14 20 39 58
2000-11-25	1	2nd	3 14 49 52 65 81
2000-11-22	18	1st	14 25 39 50 72 89
2000-09-20	7	2nd	12 14 29 49 62 82
2000-08-26	3	2nd	4 14 15 19 76 85
2000-08-16	26	1st	14 21 27 49 82 83
2000-05-17	40	2nd	11 14 19 32 78 89
1999-12-29	9	1st	14 15 20 42 70 88
1999-11-27	26	1st	14 20 57 79 85 88
1999-08-28	32	3rd	7 12 14 16 24 45
1999-05-08	8	2nd	11 14 15 30 68 81
1999-04-10	7	3rd	4 11 14 17 25 32
1999-03-17	13	3rd	3 7 14 45 68 70
1999-01-30	10	1st	14 20 40 58 68 84
1998-12-28	1	1st	14 43 46 65 71 82
1998-12-23	18	3rd	3 9 14 26 47 79
1998-10-21	11	1st	14 39 50 56 72 89
1998-09-12	12	1st	14 37 48 55 84 87
1998-08-01	15	2nd	5 14 37 38 50 72
1998-06-10	52	2nd	5 14 17 38 64 68
1997-12-10	—	3rd	1 2 14 23 78 88