Number 56

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

95times drawn · chance expected 95 +0.00σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

15.0average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

89longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

56 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +0.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 56, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.0 draws · longest completed wait 89 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 56 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 0.6
2nd smallest7 · chance 5.8
3rd smallest22 · chance 20.3
4th smallest36 · chance 33.7
5th smallest20 · chance 26.5
6th smallest8 · chance 8.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

85 43 71 39 57 65

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 56 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 56 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-30	1	5th	12 19 24 51 56 78
2009-06-27	9	2nd	29 56 66 77 88 89
2009-06-06	42	5th	8 14 16 18 56 60

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

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