Number 59

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

78times drawn · chance expected 95 −1.81σ

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

18.4average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

71longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

59 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 78 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −1.81σ. 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 16 times, counted separately.

Number 59, draw by draw

Drawn 78 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 18.4 draws · longest completed wait 71 · 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 59 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 0.3
2nd smallest5 · chance 3.4
3rd smallest18 · chance 14.0
4th smallest28 · chance 27.0
5th smallest18 · chance 24.7
6th smallest8 · chance 8.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 82 6 21 61 88

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 59 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 59 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-23	5	6th	2 3 37 38 58 59
2009-06-11	22	4th	4 10 24 59 72 83
2009-04-21	4	4th	19 22 26 59 61 71

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

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