Number 54

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

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

16.0average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

51longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

54 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 16 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 54, draw by draw

Drawn 85 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 16.0 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 16 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 54 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 0.8
2nd smallest7 · chance 6.4
3rd smallest25 · chance 20.1
4th smallest22 · chance 30.2
5th smallest18 · chance 21.6
6th smallest12 · chance 5.9

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.

3 12 25 72 29 35

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, 54 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 54 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-05-23	12	6th	9 25 29 43 48 54
2009-04-27	4	3rd	7 40 54 64 69 71
2009-04-16	4	5th	3 9 17 38 54 62

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

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