Number 66

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

102times drawn · chance expected 95 +0.74σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

14.0average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

62longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

66 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 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 66, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 14.0 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 1 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 66 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 0.1
2nd smallest3 · chance 1.7
3rd smallest9 · chance 10.3
4th smallest26 · chance 29.6
5th smallest46 · chance 39.9
6th smallest17 · chance 20.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 51 81 35 63 69

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 66 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 66 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-27	14	3rd	29 56 66 77 88 89
2009-05-26	3	5th	6 33 35 64 66 77
2009-05-19	54	4th	36 55 62 66 81 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: 66 is drawn with probability 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

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