Number 69

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

86times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.96σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 50% for any number

16.1average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

91longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

69 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 86 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 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 69, draw by draw

Drawn 86 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 16.1 draws · longest completed wait 91 · waiting 11 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 69 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 0.0
2nd smallest1 · chance 0.8
3rd smallest5 · chance 6.3
4th smallest27 · chance 21.8
5th smallest41 · chance 35.4
6th smallest12 · chance 21.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

66 70 85 3 4 23

Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 0.7 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 69 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 69 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-04	9	5th	7 57 60 67 69 90
2009-05-14	3	4th	1 22 41 69 73 89
2009-05-07	5	4th	31 43 67 69 76 80

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

2007-05-05	1	4th	2 3 64 69 73 82
2007-05-03	1	5th	1 11 20 66 69 88
2007-05-02	9	5th	3 6 12 20 69 83
2007-04-10	5	5th	8 30 39 66 69 78
2007-03-29	1	5th	13 17 19 21 69 73
2007-03-27	76	5th	35 36 43 46 69 75
2006-09-30	1	6th	3 47 63 66 67 69
2006-09-28	13	6th	52 58 61 62 65 69
2006-08-29	13	6th	46 49 50 57 68 69
2006-07-29	22	5th	18 24 46 47 69 70
2006-06-08	18	5th	5 42 51 66 69 74
2006-04-27	42	5th	8 23 30 53 69 78
2006-01-19	1	4th	25 55 60 69 77 81
2006-01-17	2	4th	26 27 31 69 78 85
2006-01-12	9	5th	26 30 38 55 69 75
2005-12-22	6	5th	9 46 54 64 69 72
2005-12-09	3	5th	15 23 35 38 69 89
2005-12-01	7	5th	22 30 43 56 69 78
2005-11-15	21	4th	48 59 65 69 84 90
2005-09-27	11	5th	12 33 49 58 69 75
2005-09-01	37	5th	9 12 20 55 69 81
2005-06-01	6	5th	3 7 11 35 69 85
2005-05-11	27	4th	5 55 68 69 70 76
2005-02-05	21	4th	45 60 67 69 70 87
2004-11-24	12	5th	43 45 46 47 69 90
2004-10-13	42	4th	19 44 57 69 71 87
2004-05-19	8	5th	9 22 36 47 69 85
2004-04-21	2	4th	29 61 62 69 80 85
2004-04-14	1	4th	24 51 64 69 71 77
2004-04-10	5	4th	3 9 41 69 74 79
2004-03-24	1	4th	24 50 58 69 87 88
2004-03-20	5	4th	21 41 60 69 71 83
2004-03-03	91	4th	12 23 52 69 75 85
2003-04-19	25	5th	11 26 45 53 69 75
2003-01-22	14	4th	51 57 58 69 86 89
2002-12-14	4	6th	14 35 36 47 58 69
2002-12-05	4	6th	14 17 21 31 33 69
2002-11-23	27	4th	14 42 68 69 80 85
2002-08-21	15	6th	17 23 33 44 46 69
2002-06-29	15	5th	1 4 50 66 69 77
2002-05-08	1	5th	25 55 57 67 69 86
2002-05-04	8	5th	1 6 60 61 69 86
2002-04-06	3	5th	19 23 29 44 69 89
2002-03-27	9	5th	3 11 16 38 69 82
2002-02-23	16	5th	14 17 56 59 69 88
2001-12-31	28	6th	41 51 54 63 66 69
2001-09-26	6	3rd	14 62 69 70 86 88
2001-09-05	69	4th	8 43 53 69 74 79
2001-01-08	33	4th	16 19 61 69 72 84
2000-09-13	25	4th	1 45 48 69 70 89
2000-06-17	32	5th	29 32 35 49 69 71
2000-02-26	50	5th	4 35 48 57 69 90
1999-09-04	4	4th	38 40 41 69 76 81
1999-08-21	4	6th	1 32 37 63 67 69
1999-08-07	19	5th	4 16 29 58 69 88
1999-06-02	9	5th	2 16 17 65 69 72
1999-05-03	15	6th	8 49 50 65 66 69
1999-03-10	5	4th	11 20 56 69 72 76
1999-02-20	25	5th	4 26 59 63 69 74
1998-11-25	3	5th	32 39 52 56 69 85
1998-11-14	57	3rd	6 31 69 70 76 85
1998-04-29	—	6th	15 23 27 29 50 69