Number 46

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

85times drawn · chance expected 95 −1.06σ

31draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

16.3average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

93longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 85 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 31 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 85 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 16.3 draws · longest completed wait 93 · waiting 31 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 46 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest2 · chance 2.2
2nd smallest16 · chance 12.5
3rd smallest29 · chance 26.9
4th smallest22 · chance 27.5
5th smallest10 · chance 13.4
6th smallest6 · chance 2.5

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.

43 49 22 86 13 27

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 0.8 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 46 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-04-18	15	2nd	20 46 48 62 71 86
2009-03-14	42	3rd	10 15 46 51 65 75
2008-12-06	3	2nd	30 46 54 56 72 86

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

2006-11-16	2	3rd	36 42 46 51 72 84
2006-11-11	13	5th	22 36 40 44 46 76
2006-10-12	19	2nd	12 46 52 55 65 90
2006-08-29	2	1st	46 49 50 57 68 69
2006-08-24	11	4th	3 27 29 46 47 61
2006-07-29	3	3rd	18 24 46 47 69 70
2006-07-22	4	3rd	12 37 46 54 58 79
2006-07-13	29	2nd	15 46 47 67 73 90
2006-05-06	10	3rd	19 22 46 49 72 85
2006-04-13	17	4th	27 35 41 46 49 86
2006-03-04	26	6th	17 27 29 31 44 46
2006-01-03	5	5th	13 14 22 24 46 81
2005-12-22	5	2nd	9 46 54 64 69 72
2005-12-10	24	4th	20 27 28 46 64 85
2005-10-15	10	3rd	13 27 46 68 79 83
2005-09-22	3	4th	18 28 34 46 66 82
2005-09-15	17	4th	19 36 44 46 51 89
2005-08-06	60	6th	1 4 22 24 38 46
2005-02-02	4	3rd	28 32 46 49 85 87
2005-01-19	16	3rd	7 43 46 70 77 89
2004-11-24	3	3rd	43 45 46 47 69 90
2004-11-13	12	6th	2 21 33 38 45 46
2004-10-02	15	4th	9 37 41 46 65 79
2004-08-11	17	4th	6 42 43 46 53 70
2004-06-12	6	3rd	38 44 46 55 67 85
2004-05-22	2	4th	14 33 35 46 50 66
2004-05-15	3	2nd	14 46 49 60 77 86
2004-05-05	46	4th	2 22 37 46 57 74
2003-11-26	34	1st	46 66 68 70 78 79
2003-07-30	5	3rd	7 18 46 74 82 90
2003-07-12	8	3rd	10 11 46 80 83 88
2003-06-14	10	3rd	6 25 46 59 71 83
2003-05-10	15	3rd	22 38 46 47 77 86
2003-03-19	18	3rd	1 17 46 58 67 75
2003-01-15	13	2nd	2 46 49 56 82 84
2002-12-12	16	5th	3 8 21 33 46 86
2002-10-23	18	3rd	40 43 46 57 77 82
2002-08-21	17	5th	17 23 33 44 46 69
2002-06-22	8	4th	16 37 42 46 60 64
2002-05-25	36	2nd	40 46 49 62 77 88
2002-01-19	1	4th	15 19 30 46 47 71
2002-01-16	21	5th	3 13 20 35 46 58
2001-11-07	3	6th	8 10 23 35 40 46
2001-10-27	16	4th	25 32 36 46 57 58
2001-09-01	48	5th	10 11 16 45 46 55
2001-03-17	7	3rd	8 19 46 49 73 85
2001-02-21	1	3rd	6 28 46 55 56 62
2001-02-17	5	6th	9 17 30 37 40 46
2001-01-31	93	2nd	28 46 65 70 77 86
2000-03-11	40	3rd	28 42 46 56 74 87
1999-10-23	23	2nd	24 46 57 73 79 81
1999-08-04	8	3rd	12 23 46 54 78 90
1999-07-07	26	2nd	38 46 63 82 83 87
1999-04-07	21	4th	13 27 40 46 70 84
1999-01-23	8	3rd	36 45 46 47 74 75
1998-12-28	22	3rd	14 43 46 65 71 82
1998-10-10	2	3rd	42 43 46 49 52 76
1998-10-03	47	5th	2 9 13 34 46 63
1998-04-22	2	4th	5 22 40 46 86 87
1998-04-15	17	3rd	4 5 46 47 73 82
1998-02-14	—	3rd	37 40 46 51 58 66