Number 78

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

0draws waiting — it came up last time

16.7average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

99longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

78 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 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 78, draw by draw

Drawn 86 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 16.7 draws · longest completed wait 99 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 78 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 0.1
3rd smallest2 · chance 1.3
4th smallest15 · chance 10.0
5th smallest32 · chance 33.6
6th smallest37 · chance 40.9

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.

23 1 30 56 81 35

Never drawn alongside 3 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, 78 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 78 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-30	4	6th	12 19 24 51 56 78
2009-06-20	15	6th	1 7 38 58 62 78
2009-05-16	10	5th	39 50 55 57 78 82

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

2007-04-14	2	5th	3 46 64 71 78 87
2007-04-10	4	6th	8 30 39 66 69 78
2007-03-31	19	4th	42 70 74 78 82 87
2007-02-15	27	5th	11 22 35 65 78 81
2006-12-14	99	5th	1 31 48 75 78 81
2006-04-27	4	6th	8 23 30 53 69 78
2006-04-18	6	6th	1 4 12 14 66 78
2006-04-04	1	5th	13 25 45 70 78 88
2006-04-01	1	6th	15 30 33 37 62 78
2006-03-30	31	5th	1 4 14 30 78 82
2006-01-17	20	5th	26 27 31 69 78 85
2005-12-01	19	6th	22 30 43 56 69 78
2005-10-18	8	5th	3 33 63 71 78 79
2005-09-29	13	6th	12 23 29 48 52 78
2005-08-30	31	5th	10 29 53 73 78 83
2005-06-18	23	6th	7 19 27 54 64 78
2005-03-30	17	5th	6 55 61 65 78 89
2005-01-29	4	6th	1 16 18 43 47 78
2005-01-15	5	4th	14 31 34 78 89 90
2004-12-29	11	6th	2 24 49 56 76 78
2004-11-20	15	6th	29 30 38 54 66 78
2004-09-29	5	6th	2 11 22 25 60 78
2004-09-11	6	5th	16 20 43 77 78 84
2004-08-21	22	5th	32 42 55 74 78 88
2004-06-05	50	6th	29 34 37 55 62 78
2003-12-13	5	6th	20 48 50 58 65 78
2003-11-26	3	5th	46 66 68 70 78 79
2003-11-15	21	3rd	35 54 78 81 86 88
2003-09-03	12	6th	18 45 47 56 77 78
2003-07-23	32	6th	1 10 35 57 67 78
2003-04-02	6	6th	27 28 40 63 67 78
2003-03-12	30	5th	5 27 30 58 78 82
2002-12-10	13	5th	22 31 63 76 78 79
2002-10-30	4	4th	13 15 36 78 82 86
2002-10-16	6	6th	10 27 37 57 66 78
2002-09-25	3	5th	23 50 54 56 78 83
2002-09-14	59	5th	20 23 30 44 78 88
2002-02-20	21	5th	1 61 66 70 78 81
2001-12-12	45	6th	4 14 20 61 75 78
2001-07-07	7	4th	10 50 53 78 82 86
2001-06-13	31	4th	58 61 70 78 84 87
2001-02-24	31	4th	25 26 75 78 79 80
2000-11-08	2	5th	22 42 50 53 78 83
2000-11-02	18	4th	2 55 76 78 81 85
2000-08-30	7	5th	8 16 59 61 78 90
2000-08-05	1	4th	23 36 56 78 80 83
2000-08-02	22	6th	4 39 56 59 65 78
2000-05-17	18	5th	11 14 19 32 78 89
2000-03-15	34	5th	8 17 35 61 78 89
1999-11-17	11	4th	6 51 73 78 80 81
1999-10-09	19	5th	12 35 40 59 78 80
1999-08-04	3	5th	12 23 46 54 78 90
1999-07-24	45	6th	13 16 23 52 67 78
1999-02-17	35	5th	24 45 49 63 78 83
1998-10-17	8	6th	10 13 50 59 64 78
1998-09-19	17	5th	3 33 45 57 78 80
1998-07-22	4	4th	56 71 75 78 81 85
1998-07-08	42	5th	5 20 24 48 78 80
1998-02-11	3	6th	2 15 63 65 68 78
1998-01-31	12	6th	6 13 26 33 34 78
1997-12-20	3	5th	3 27 48 58 78 90
1997-12-10	—	5th	1 2 14 23 78 88