Number 62

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

106times drawn · chance expected 95 +1.17σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

13.5average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

59longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

62 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 106 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +1.17σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 62, draw by draw

Drawn 106 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 13.5 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 2 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 62 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 smallest6 · chance 3.2
3rd smallest20 · chance 15.3
4th smallest32 · chance 34.7
5th smallest36 · chance 37.3
6th smallest12 · chance 15.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

55 61 63 17 51 68

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, 62 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 62 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-25	2	5th	23 36 38 52 62 63
2009-06-20	9	5th	1 7 38 58 62 78
2009-05-30	5	6th	1 13 17 31 58 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: 62 is drawn with probability 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

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