Number 58

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

82times drawn · chance expected 95 −1.38σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

17.5average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

64longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

58 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −1.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 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 58, draw by draw

Drawn 82 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 17.5 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 3 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 58 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 0.4
2nd smallest8 · chance 4.0
3rd smallest11 · chance 15.6
4th smallest25 · chance 28.7
5th smallest26 · chance 25.0
6th smallest11 · chance 8.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 88 12 31 50 86

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.9 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 58 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 58 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-23	1	5th	2 3 37 38 58 59
2009-06-20	5	4th	1 7 38 58 62 78
2009-06-09	4	5th	14 17 39 47 58 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: 58 is drawn with probability 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

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