Number 53

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

92times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.32σ

39draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

15.1average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

68longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

53 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 39 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 53, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.1 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 39 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 53 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 smallest0 · chance 1.0
2nd smallest7 · chance 7.6
3rd smallest25 · chance 22.8
4th smallest30 · chance 32.6
5th smallest29 · chance 22.2
6th smallest1 · chance 5.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 26 49 77 1 4

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 0.5 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 53 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 53 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-03-31	6	6th	2 4 16 20 29 53
2009-03-17	4	5th	3 38 44 50 53 70
2009-03-07	68	4th	4 14 45 53 77 84

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

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