Number 88

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

120times drawn · chance expected 95 +2.65σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

11.9average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

47longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

88 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 90 numbers

Drawn 120 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +2.65σ. Testing all 90 numbers at once means about 0.9 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 1.1e-4 and this does not pass it. It has also come out as the bonus ball 11 times, counted separately.

Number 88, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 1 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 88 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 smallest1 · chance 0.3
5th smallest9 · chance 12.9
6th smallest110 · chance 106.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 77 1 12 60 62

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 88 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 88 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-27	47	5th	29 56 66 77 88 89
2009-03-10	16	6th	33 57 63 65 78 88
2009-01-31	41	6th	1 3 8 38 83 88

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

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