Number 39

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

98times drawn · chance expected 95 +0.32σ

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

14.6average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

77longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

39 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 98 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +0.32σ. 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 17 times, counted separately.

Number 39, draw by draw

Drawn 98 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 14.6 draws · longest completed wait 77 · 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 39 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 smallest5 · chance 5.5
2nd smallest26 · chance 22.4
3rd smallest33 · chance 34.6
4th smallest28 · chance 25.4
5th smallest6 · chance 8.9
6th smallest0 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 57 63 19 56 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 39 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 39 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-16	3	3rd	6 14 39 47 63 82
2009-06-09	8	3rd	14 17 39 47 58 85
2009-05-21	2	5th	11 14 17 24 39 48

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

2007-11-10	5	2nd	6 39 50 52 54 88
2007-10-30	1	2nd	22 39 54 63 68 73
2007-10-27	20	3rd	7 19 39 42 56 57
2007-09-11	4	4th	3 4 19 39 73 78
2007-09-01	10	4th	1 35 37 39 57 84
2007-08-09	16	2nd	34 39 57 62 79 83
2007-07-03	7	3rd	19 23 39 54 79 87
2007-06-16	6	3rd	29 32 39 43 66 73
2007-06-04	4	2nd	17 39 40 75 76 88
2007-05-24	19	4th	13 19 32 39 44 61
2007-04-10	27	3rd	8 30 39 66 69 78
2007-02-06	8	3rd	21 35 39 54 62 85
2007-01-18	4	2nd	7 39 45 47 55 80
2007-01-09	46	2nd	16 39 65 67 83 86
2006-09-23	43	3rd	8 23 39 52 75 81
2006-06-15	10	3rd	6 27 39 43 62 84
2006-05-23	1	3rd	30 36 39 68 71 80
2006-05-20	48	3rd	5 32 39 50 59 77
2006-01-28	17	2nd	25 39 74 76 85 88
2005-12-20	14	4th	1 17 31 39 49 71
2005-11-17	10	4th	20 26 30 39 40 55
2005-10-25	31	2nd	17 39 48 55 57 85
2005-08-13	11	4th	7 8 33 39 48 84
2005-07-19	6	3rd	2 15 39 57 62 73
2005-07-05	14	2nd	33 39 49 57 76 80
2005-05-25	1	4th	17 19 35 39 40 51
2005-05-21	57	4th	4 15 25 39 45 79
2004-11-03	35	3rd	24 35 39 60 72 75
2004-07-03	28	5th	14 18 22 27 39 58
2004-03-27	53	3rd	4 15 39 41 49 68
2003-09-24	3	3rd	3 26 39 41 56 61
2003-09-13	1	4th	1 18 34 39 48 64
2003-09-10	8	1st	39 50 51 64 72 81
2003-08-13	10	3rd	9 11 39 44 49 86
2003-07-09	5	3rd	36 38 39 66 76 83
2003-06-21	10	3rd	7 19 39 45 48 86
2003-05-17	6	2nd	5 39 61 75 79 90
2003-04-26	30	4th	10 18 26 39 62 68
2003-01-11	23	4th	11 12 27 39 67 90
2002-11-09	77	3rd	12 34 39 52 61 83
2002-02-13	12	2nd	14 39 53 55 73 87
2002-01-02	45	4th	23 31 33 39 74 84
2001-08-01	2	2nd	5 39 43 53 63 82
2001-07-25	18	1st	39 56 64 75 76 90
2001-05-23	16	2nd	8 39 55 56 57 63
2001-03-28	2	2nd	11 39 63 64 74 88
2001-03-21	3	1st	39 43 56 61 65 81
2001-03-10	10	2nd	18 39 61 68 74 75
2001-02-03	11	4th	2 8 13 39 47 89
2000-12-27	5	5th	1 5 14 20 39 58
2000-12-09	5	1st	39 55 62 77 82 88
2000-11-22	8	3rd	14 25 39 50 72 89
2000-10-25	5	3rd	2 38 39 41 61 76
2000-10-07	19	5th	8 10 16 21 39 65
2000-08-02	9	2nd	4 39 56 59 65 78
2000-07-01	9	2nd	19 39 43 48 62 76
2000-05-31	1	4th	4 8 19 39 63 70
2000-05-27	5	3rd	3 25 39 50 53 67
2000-05-10	5	4th	9 12 19 39 82 86
2000-04-22	19	3rd	24 35 39 48 82 85
2000-02-16	8	3rd	8 27 39 51 54 90
2000-01-19	13	3rd	20 29 39 54 57 71
1999-12-04	1	2nd	13 39 62 63 66 76
1999-12-01	9	4th	1 13 24 39 44 45
1999-10-30	19	4th	16 21 29 39 70 90
1999-08-25	73	4th	1 25 28 39 51 89
1998-12-12	5	3rd	9 37 39 40 42 86
1998-11-25	10	2nd	32 39 52 56 69 85
1998-10-21	35	2nd	14 39 50 56 72 89
1998-06-20	1	3rd	20 24 39 63 65 70
1998-06-17	20	4th	10 16 35 39 64 65
1998-04-08	21	5th	4 7 22 27 39 88
1998-01-24	15	3rd	3 4 39 43 56 81
1997-12-03	—	3rd	20 36 39 41 72 76