Number 44

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

91times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.42σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

15.4average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

58longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.4 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 12 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 44 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 smallest4 · chance 3.0
2nd smallest13 · chance 15.4
3rd smallest29 · chance 30.1
4th smallest30 · chance 28.0
5th smallest15 · chance 12.4
6th smallest0 · chance 2.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

89 77 19 20 90 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 44 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 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-03	33	5th	32 33 37 43 44 79
2009-03-17	21	3rd	3 38 44 50 53 70
2009-01-27	5	3rd	20 31 44 51 65 74

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

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