Number 41

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

86times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.96σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

16.5average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

59longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

41 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 86 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 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 41, draw by draw

Drawn 86 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 16.5 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 20 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 41 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 smallest6 · chance 4.0
2nd smallest21 · chance 17.6
3rd smallest22 · chance 29.8
4th smallest27 · chance 24.1
5th smallest9 · chance 9.3
6th smallest1 · chance 1.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 33 51 52 65 18

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 0.7 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 41 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 41 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-05-14	35	3rd	1 22 41 69 73 89
2009-02-21	19	4th	6 39 40 41 50 54
2009-01-08	30	4th	14 23 24 41 71 73

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

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