Number 71

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

24draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

13.4average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

53longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

71 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 24 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 71, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 13.4 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 24 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 71 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 smallest3 · chance 0.7
3rd smallest3 · chance 5.9
4th smallest29 · chance 23.7
5th smallest42 · chance 44.1
6th smallest28 · chance 30.6

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.

85 56 36 38 40 75

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, 71 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 71 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-05-05	4	5th	7 12 19 43 71 77
2009-04-27	1	6th	7 40 54 64 69 71
2009-04-23	1	4th	24 29 40 71 74 78

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

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