Number 49

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

99times drawn · chance expected 95 +0.42σ

63draws waiting · a wait this long: 1% for any number

13.8average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

95longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

49 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 63 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 49, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 13.8 draws · longest completed wait 95 · waiting 63 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 49 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 smallest1 · chance 1.8
2nd smallest10 · chance 11.6
3rd smallest38 · chance 28.7
4th smallest31 · chance 33.8
5th smallest17 · chance 19.0
6th smallest2 · chance 4.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 3 8 24 52 53

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 49 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 49 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-02-03	6	4th	11 13 17 49 51 61
2009-01-20	13	3rd	19 35 49 52 75 79
2008-12-20	7	5th	12 14 29 48 49 85

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

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