Number 34

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

78times drawn · chance expected 95 −1.81σ

34draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

18.0average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

70longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 78 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −1.81σ. Each draw is independent: after 34 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 34, draw by draw

Drawn 78 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 18.0 draws · longest completed wait 70 · waiting 34 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 34 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 smallest9 · chance 7.2
2nd smallest19 · chance 22.8
3rd smallest26 · chance 27.5
4th smallest16 · chance 15.8
5th smallest8 · chance 4.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

83 72 26 6 5 30

Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 1 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 34 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 38th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 34 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-04-11	3	2nd	6 34 59 61 83 90
2009-04-04	19	5th	2 3 4 27 34 42
2009-02-19	21	5th	28 30 32 33 34 52

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

2006-02-16	7	4th	5 6 18 34 42 72
2006-01-31	29	1st	34 38 53 60 72 88
2005-11-24	27	3rd	25 28 34 44 57 80
2005-09-22	14	3rd	18 28 34 46 66 82
2005-08-20	8	2nd	24 34 56 72 79 88
2005-08-02	5	2nd	24 34 64 66 68 72
2005-07-21	58	5th	2 7 16 26 34 80
2005-01-15	57	3rd	14 31 34 78 89 90
2004-06-30	7	3rd	10 22 34 43 62 68
2004-06-05	8	2nd	29 34 37 55 62 78
2004-05-08	26	2nd	3 34 62 63 72 73
2004-02-07	33	3rd	17 24 34 59 72 82
2003-10-15	9	4th	11 26 30 34 43 73
2003-09-13	21	3rd	1 18 34 39 48 64
2003-07-02	1	5th	9 13 16 17 34 57
2003-06-28	28	3rd	14 18 34 48 49 74
2003-03-22	4	2nd	32 34 37 49 52 68
2003-03-08	7	3rd	8 27 34 42 83 88
2003-02-12	12	4th	14 22 24 34 60 85
2003-01-02	7	3rd	6 18 34 43 58 80
2002-12-17	6	5th	5 27 30 31 34 86
2002-12-03	1	5th	4 5 11 26 34 36
2002-11-30	6	2nd	17 34 35 56 65 85
2002-11-09	12	2nd	12 34 39 52 61 83
2002-09-28	25	1st	34 56 61 62 70 77
2002-07-03	14	3rd	14 21 34 37 66 73
2002-05-15	17	3rd	23 26 34 35 71 84
2002-03-16	13	3rd	5 30 34 50 82 84
2002-01-30	24	3rd	3 6 34 49 79 83
2001-11-10	30	2nd	1 34 42 50 70 72
2001-07-28	10	3rd	27 31 34 47 58 75
2001-06-23	1	4th	4 15 22 34 77 87
2001-06-20	30	3rd	25 32 34 54 64 83
2001-03-07	70	2nd	32 34 40 45 65 71
2000-07-05	4	2nd	12 34 35 50 63 88
2000-06-21	13	3rd	12 15 34 43 55 75
2000-05-06	55	3rd	23 26 34 56 66 85
1999-10-27	4	3rd	6 25 34 72 76 82
1999-10-13	21	4th	6 24 30 34 37 71
1999-07-31	18	2nd	5 34 44 73 77 83
1999-05-29	13	2nd	10 34 44 49 62 79
1999-04-14	6	1st	34 63 70 77 83 90
1999-03-24	3	3rd	4 26 34 61 76 81
1999-03-13	8	4th	6 18 20 34 72 90
1999-02-13	11	4th	12 20 23 34 67 87
1999-01-07	27	1st	34 43 44 45 53 58
1998-10-03	1	4th	2 9 13 34 46 63
1998-09-30	31	2nd	20 34 44 61 74 87
1998-06-13	4	4th	13 26 30 34 83 86
1998-05-30	32	4th	4 11 29 34 86 88
1998-02-07	2	4th	8 9 23 34 64 89
1998-01-31	9	5th	6 13 26 33 34 78
1997-12-31	5	1st	34 36 71 76 86 89
1997-12-13	—	3rd	5 22 34 61 62 77