Number 70

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

103times drawn · chance expected 95 +0.85σ

41draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

13.0average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

78longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

70 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +0.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 41 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 70, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 13.0 draws · longest completed wait 78 · waiting 41 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 70 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 smallest2 · chance 0.8
3rd smallest14 · chance 6.6
4th smallest25 · chance 24.7
5th smallest37 · chance 42.9
6th smallest25 · chance 27.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 68 82 45 65 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, 70 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 70 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-03-26	4	3rd	13 21 70 71 72 85
2009-03-17	5	6th	3 38 44 50 53 70
2009-03-05	33	5th	29 36 37 40 70 75

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

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