Number 85

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

113times drawn · chance expected 95 +1.91σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

12.6average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

74longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

85 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +1.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 85, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 12.6 draws · longest completed wait 74 · waiting 9 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 85 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.1
4th smallest0 · chance 2.6
5th smallest22 · chance 26.3
6th smallest91 · chance 84.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

71 12 56 76 17 55

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, 85 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 85 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-09	9	6th	14 17 39 47 58 85
2009-05-19	8	6th	36 55 62 66 81 85
2009-04-30	15	5th	28 64 65 77 85 89

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

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