Number 61

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

105times drawn · chance expected 95 +1.06σ

30draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

13.4average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

60longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

61 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 30 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 61, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 13.4 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 30 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 61 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 0.3
2nd smallest5 · chance 3.6
3rd smallest16 · chance 16.4
4th smallest39 · chance 35.1
5th smallest32 · chance 35.8
6th smallest13 · chance 13.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

62 1 55 83 3 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 61 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 61 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-04-21	4	5th	19 22 26 59 61 71
2009-04-11	6	4th	6 34 59 61 83 90
2009-03-28	19	4th	1 10 55 61 72 77

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

2008-01-19	15	5th	10 23 31 35 61 87
2007-12-15	8	4th	25 31 43 61 63 86
2007-11-27	2	5th	2 22 28 39 61 79
2007-11-22	22	5th	2 51 55 57 61 82
2007-10-02	30	5th	8 23 48 49 61 62
2007-07-24	10	3rd	43 56 61 62 73 81
2007-06-30	8	4th	4 24 30 61 66 69
2007-06-12	8	5th	1 14 17 47 61 66
2007-05-24	30	6th	13 19 32 39 44 61
2007-03-15	5	5th	1 6 43 46 61 83
2007-03-03	10	6th	6 32 50 57 59 61
2007-02-08	16	4th	3 9 33 61 65 85
2007-01-02	23	5th	42 47 55 57 61 79
2006-11-09	18	4th	5 6 28 61 77 87
2006-09-28	5	3rd	52 58 61 62 65 69
2006-09-16	6	6th	14 34 35 37 41 61
2006-09-02	4	6th	26 33 35 45 54 61
2006-08-24	39	6th	3 27 29 46 47 61
2006-05-25	20	4th	19 22 44 61 66 75
2006-04-08	1	4th	16 33 60 61 62 63
2006-04-06	11	4th	13 19 60 61 83 90
2006-03-11	60	4th	26 28 55 61 62 85
2005-10-22	6	4th	24 35 38 61 70 86
2005-10-08	26	4th	15 25 58 61 83 86
2005-08-09	28	6th	3 8 13 28 50 61
2005-05-28	14	6th	2 3 10 15 31 61
2005-04-09	3	3rd	29 30 61 65 73 81
2005-03-30	1	3rd	6 55 61 65 78 89
2005-03-26	24	4th	42 55 59 61 70 73
2005-01-03	5	5th	10 21 22 43 61 66
2004-12-15	5	5th	3 4 15 21 61 67
2004-11-27	27	4th	27 35 54 61 83 89
2004-08-25	24	6th	1 27 37 42 53 61
2004-06-03	12	4th	13 16 42 61 63 81
2004-04-21	10	2nd	29 61 62 69 80 85
2004-03-17	5	5th	5 17 53 56 61 83
2004-02-28	14	4th	11 29 60 61 82 84
2004-01-10	31	6th	15 25 26 32 51 61
2003-09-24	7	6th	3 26 39 41 56 61
2003-08-30	4	4th	2 5 36 61 86 88
2003-08-16	24	4th	35 52 55 61 80 83
2003-05-24	2	5th	12 35 54 58 61 65
2003-05-17	10	3rd	5 39 61 75 79 90
2003-04-12	5	2nd	4 61 63 79 84 85
2003-03-26	10	5th	15 37 43 51 61 89
2003-02-19	34	4th	12 19 51 61 62 90
2002-11-09	1	5th	12 34 39 52 61 83
2002-11-06	11	5th	11 13 25 59 61 87
2002-09-28	7	3rd	34 56 61 62 70 77
2002-09-04	35	5th	10 41 52 53 61 88
2002-05-04	17	4th	1 6 60 61 69 86
2002-03-06	4	4th	5 6 32 61 67 85
2002-02-20	1	2nd	1 61 66 70 78 81
2002-02-16	11	5th	6 36 37 59 61 62
2002-01-09	9	5th	15 30 37 52 61 87
2001-12-12	21	4th	4 14 20 61 75 78
2001-09-29	13	5th	3 4 7 55 61 77
2001-08-16	12	3rd	7 58 61 62 73 74
2001-07-04	6	4th	13 29 40 61 73 81
2001-06-13	19	2nd	58 61 70 78 84 87
2001-04-07	5	4th	5 12 40 61 63 88
2001-03-21	3	4th	39 43 56 61 65 81
2001-03-10	18	3rd	18 39 61 68 74 75
2001-01-08	21	3rd	16 19 61 69 72 84
2000-10-25	16	5th	2 38 39 41 61 76
2000-08-30	48	4th	8 16 59 61 78 90
2000-03-15	6	4th	8 17 35 61 78 89
2000-02-23	19	3rd	44 53 61 65 86 89
1999-12-18	10	4th	13 42 57 61 63 82
1999-11-13	1	3rd	3 23 61 82 83 88
1999-11-10	10	4th	21 45 55 61 73 80
1999-10-06	48	3rd	38 58 61 64 82 87
1999-04-21	8	4th	20 53 55 61 64 74
1999-03-24	20	4th	4 26 34 61 76 81
1999-01-13	10	5th	18 23 45 51 61 86
1998-12-09	11	5th	1 11 42 43 61 81
1998-10-31	9	4th	1 21 30 61 73 84
1998-09-30	14	4th	20 34 44 61 74 87
1998-08-12	42	3rd	31 33 61 77 86 88
1998-03-18	27	5th	1 5 17 38 61 71
1997-12-13	—	4th	5 22 34 61 62 77