Number 87

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

106times drawn · chance expected 95 +1.17σ

27draws waiting · a wait this long: 17% for any number

13.2average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

74longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

87 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 106 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +1.17σ. Each draw is independent: after 27 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 87, draw by draw

Drawn 106 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 13.2 draws · longest completed wait 74 · waiting 27 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 87 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 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.8
5th smallest15 · chance 16.3
6th smallest91 · chance 88.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

55 48 74 75 84 8

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, 87 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 87 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-04-28	9	6th	11 12 32 55 72 87
2009-04-07	43	5th	3 37 54 65 87 89
2008-12-27	53	5th	8 25 31 65 87 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: 87 is drawn with probability 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

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