Number 74

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

90times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.53σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number

15.8average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

111longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

74 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 74, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.8 draws · longest completed wait 111 · waiting 5 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 74 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 smallest0 · chance 0.3
3rd smallest2 · chance 3.2
4th smallest17 · chance 16.2
5th smallest42 · chance 37.8
6th smallest29 · chance 32.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

77 87 30 55 64 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.6 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 74 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 74 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-18	24	5th	15 27 31 52 74 77
2009-04-23	14	5th	24 29 40 71 74 78
2009-03-21	8	5th	4 39 43 59 74 90

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

2007-03-31	3	3rd	42 70 74 78 82 87
2007-03-24	12	5th	28 45 60 63 74 86
2007-02-24	15	5th	1 30 60 70 74 77
2007-01-20	10	5th	18 47 55 64 74 89
2006-12-28	11	5th	15 43 45 66 74 87
2006-12-02	2	5th	25 45 63 71 74 88
2006-11-28	51	6th	50 51 57 59 64 74
2006-08-01	11	5th	31 37 45 52 74 83
2006-07-06	12	6th	21 22 34 55 56 74
2006-06-08	16	6th	5 42 51 66 69 74
2006-05-02	40	6th	22 42 52 55 62 74
2006-01-28	12	3rd	25 39 74 76 85 88
2005-12-31	47	5th	57 66 68 70 74 86
2005-09-13	19	5th	18 21 24 28 74 77
2005-07-30	6	5th	25 28 29 54 74 88
2005-07-16	6	5th	8 22 28 36 74 85
2005-07-02	2	5th	1 19 23 50 74 77
2005-06-28	6	6th	6 8 49 60 72 74
2005-06-11	11	5th	22 35 36 44 74 75
2005-05-04	15	6th	1 29 49 53 56 74
2005-03-12	22	4th	2 8 30 74 76 88
2004-12-27	7	5th	4 59 68 72 74 87
2004-12-01	20	5th	3 41 64 65 74 90
2004-09-22	9	4th	11 67 72 74 75 77
2004-08-21	12	4th	32 42 55 74 78 88
2004-07-10	1	5th	13 30 47 66 74 81
2004-07-07	4	6th	14 23 29 44 48 74
2004-06-23	14	5th	11 15 58 66 74 79
2004-05-05	7	6th	2 22 37 46 57 74
2004-04-10	27	5th	3 9 41 69 74 79
2004-01-07	3	6th	2 33 41 56 62 74
2003-12-27	32	6th	7 19 37 51 53 74
2003-09-06	11	5th	16 17 49 50 74 81
2003-07-30	7	4th	7 18 46 74 82 90
2003-07-05	2	5th	50 62 68 70 74 80
2003-06-28	1	6th	14 18 34 48 49 74
2003-06-25	2	6th	1 9 40 59 73 74
2003-06-18	14	6th	2 12 26 30 65 74
2003-04-30	111	5th	35 38 60 68 74 86
2002-04-24	32	5th	27 42 45 62 74 87
2002-01-02	15	5th	23 31 33 39 74 84
2001-11-14	20	5th	3 4 16 36 74 89
2001-09-05	6	5th	8 43 53 69 74 79
2001-08-16	35	6th	7 58 61 62 73 74
2001-04-14	5	4th	10 11 64 74 82 88
2001-03-28	5	5th	11 39 63 64 74 88
2001-03-10	60	5th	18 39 61 68 74 75
2000-08-12	8	6th	9 19 52 68 70 74
2000-07-15	25	6th	5 18 24 51 55 74
2000-04-19	11	4th	5 53 64 74 77 88
2000-03-11	17	5th	28 42 46 56 74 87
2000-01-12	36	4th	3 15 48 74 76 81
1999-09-08	15	4th	15 38 48 74 75 80
1999-07-17	5	5th	5 22 35 38 74 82
1999-06-30	5	4th	13 22 44 74 77 87
1999-06-12	7	4th	32 35 57 74 79 84
1999-05-19	7	5th	10 23 35 64 74 90
1999-04-24	1	6th	20 22 33 44 50 74
1999-04-21	17	6th	20 53 55 61 64 74
1999-02-20	8	6th	4 26 59 63 69 74
1999-01-23	26	5th	36 45 46 47 74 75
1998-10-24	7	4th	4 26 27 74 77 84
1998-09-30	1	5th	20 34 44 61 74 87
1998-09-26	57	5th	28 31 40 67 74 90
1998-03-11	15	5th	3 23 25 44 74 89
1998-01-17	—	6th	29 37 49 51 55 74