Number 52

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

89times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.64σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

16.1average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

63longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

52 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 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 52, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 16.1 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 2 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 52 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 1.1
2nd smallest6 · chance 8.1
3rd smallest22 · chance 23.1
4th smallest32 · chance 31.4
5th smallest20 · chance 20.4
6th smallest7 · chance 5.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 19 41 49 55 82

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.6 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 52 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 52 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-25	3	4th	23 36 38 52 62 63
2009-06-18	39	4th	15 27 31 52 74 77
2009-03-19	12	4th	1 39 40 52 54 64

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

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