Number 7

In 2by2 under the 3/26 · Nov 2016 – Sep 2022 rules — 1,768 draws, 3 from 1–26 (an earlier era).

213times drawn · chance expected 204 +0.67σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

41longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 213 times in 1,768 draws against 204.0 expected, +0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 213 times in 1,768 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 17 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 7 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest112 · chance 121.4
2nd smallest83 · chance 80.9
3rd smallest18 · chance 10.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 6 1 2 14 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st most popular of 26. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10
The number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-09-01	12	1st	7 9 15
2022-08-20	3	1st	7 19 24
2022-08-17	1	3rd	3 4 7
2022-08-16	1	2nd	5 7 12
2022-08-15	8	1st	7 12 17
2022-08-07	6	2nd

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: 7 is drawn with probability 3/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-02-14	7	2nd	4 7 13
2022-02-07	25	1st	7 16 17
2022-01-13	10	2nd	2 7 14
2022-01-03	1	1st	7 17 25
2022-01-02	1	1st	7 11 20
2022-01-01	33	2nd	1 7 15
2021-11-29	9	1st	7 8 9
2021-11-20	8	1st	7 9 18
2021-11-12	6	2nd	1 7 19
2021-11-06	10	2nd	6 7 11
2021-10-27	1	3rd	1 1 7
2021-10-26	3	2nd	5 7 20
2021-10-23	5	1st	7 15 15
2021-10-18	6	1st	7 8 19
2021-10-12	7	3rd	1 1 7
2021-10-05	3	2nd	4 7 17
2021-10-02	12	1st	7 14 15
2021-09-20	10	1st	7 12 17
2021-09-10	0	1st	7 16
2021-09-10	5	1st	7 16
2021-09-05	4	1st	7 13 22
2021-09-01	10	1st	7 12 12
2021-08-22	6	1st	7 11 14
2021-08-16	9	1st	7 8 16
2021-08-07	8	2nd	6 7 16
2021-07-30	6	2nd	2 7 21
2021-07-24	1	2nd	5 7 20
2021-07-23	12	2nd	5 7 18
2021-07-11	15	1st	7 13 15
2021-06-26	21	1st	7 8 24
2021-06-05	4	2nd	1 7 22
2021-06-01	1	1st	7 13 22
2021-05-31	10	2nd	1 7 16
2021-05-21	17	1st	7 12 15
2021-05-04	10	1st	7 8 19
2021-04-24	3	2nd	4 7 23
2021-04-21	12	1st	7 14 18
2021-04-09	4	1st	7 11 24
2021-04-05	5	2nd	2 7 15
2021-03-31	10	2nd	3 7 17
2021-03-21	11	1st	7 13 16
2021-03-10	5	2nd	1 7 14
2021-03-05	5	3rd	2 4 7
2021-02-28	7	1st	7 8 15
2021-02-21	10	1st	7 8 22
2021-02-11	16	2nd	5 7 11
2021-01-26	1	2nd	3 7 20
2021-01-25	6	2nd	1 7 20
2021-01-19	2	3rd	6 6 7
2021-01-17	5	2nd	2 7 21
2021-01-12	19	1st	7 13 16
2020-12-24	6	1st	7 12 18
2020-12-18	4	2nd	6 7 8
2020-12-14	7	2nd	2 7 10
2020-12-07	3	2nd	6 7 8
2020-12-04	9	2nd	2 7 9
2020-11-25	1	1st	7 10 22
2020-11-24	4	2nd	3 7 14
2020-11-20	17	1st	7 14 23
2020-11-03	3	1st	7 14 16
2020-10-31	1	3rd	3 3 7
2020-10-30	7	3rd	3 6 7
2020-10-23	10	1st	7 17 22
2020-10-13	8	3rd	1 2 7
2020-10-05	1	1st	7 17 25
2020-10-04	11	2nd	5 7 18
2020-09-23	9	1st	7 17 21
2020-09-14	9	1st	7 14 19
2020-09-05	9	1st	7 9 15
2020-08-27	12	1st	7 8 20
2020-08-15	11	1st	7 22 25
2020-08-04	2	2nd	2 7 26
2020-08-02	20	1st	7 10 26
2020-07-13	6	2nd	3 7 16
2020-07-07	10	1st	7 12 14
2020-06-27	1	1st	7 14 19
2020-06-26	1	1st	7 16 18
2020-06-25	4	2nd	2 7 22
2020-06-21	12	1st	7 9 18
2020-06-09	4	1st	7 10 13
2020-06-05	6	1st	7 15 18
2020-05-30	5	1st	7 13 26
2020-05-25	13	3rd	6 6 7
2020-05-12	3	3rd	1 2 7
2020-05-09	0	1st	7 26
2020-05-09	14	1st	7 26
2020-04-25	2	3rd	2 4 7
2020-04-23	41	2nd	6 7 13
2020-03-13	2	1st	7 16 23
2020-03-11	19	2nd	1 7 23
2020-02-21	4	1st	7 8 17
2020-02-17	7	2nd	5 7 19
2020-02-10	3	2nd	4 7 17
2020-02-07	5	2nd	5 7 26
2020-02-02	7	1st	7 8 9
2020-01-26	8	1st	7 11 19
2020-01-18	9	1st	7 12 22
2020-01-09	1	2nd	6 7 26
2020-01-08	7	1st	7 21 23
2020-01-01	12	2nd	1 7 16
2019-12-20	3	1st	7 17 25
2019-12-17	23	1st	7 14 16
2019-11-24	25	2nd	5 7 10
2019-10-30	2	1st	7 10 14
2019-10-28	4	1st	7 12 18
2019-10-24	13	1st	7 10 21
2019-10-11	4	2nd	6 7 9
2019-10-07	5	2nd	3 7 18
2019-10-02	9	2nd	6 7 21
2019-09-23	18	1st	7 24 26
2019-09-05	3	2nd	4 7 9
2019-09-02	0	2nd	1 7
2019-09-02	9	2nd	1 7
2019-08-24	2	1st	7 16 16
2019-08-22	30	1st	7 16 19
2019-07-23	0	2nd	5 7
2019-07-23	3	2nd	5 7
2019-07-20	0	2nd	3 7
2019-07-20	6	2nd	3 7
2019-07-14	1	1st	7 8 19
2019-07-13	1	1st	7 10 14
2019-07-12	21	2nd	3 7 14
2019-06-21	7	2nd	4 7 9
2019-06-14	8	1st	7 16 22
2019-06-06	15	2nd	2 7 11
2019-05-22	10	1st	7 13 21
2019-05-12	5	2nd	1 7 21
2019-05-07	22	2nd	4 7 16
2019-04-15	3	1st	7 8 20
2019-04-12	17	3rd	2 6 7
2019-03-26	15	2nd	6 7 24
2019-03-11	4	1st	7 10 14
2019-03-07	3	2nd	3 7 23
2019-03-04	35	1st	7 18 25
2019-01-28	1	1st	7 9 13
2019-01-27	12	2nd	5 7 8
2019-01-15	16	1st	7 9 13
2017-12-30	3	1st	7 13 15
2017-12-27	2	1st	7 14 23
2017-12-25	28	1st	7 16 20
2017-11-27	5	1st	7 10 22
2017-11-22	3	1st	7 10 21
2017-11-19	1	2nd	3 7 23
2017-11-18	24	1st	7 11 26
2017-10-25	3	3rd	3 4 7
2017-10-22	7	2nd	2 7 9
2017-10-15	19	1st	7 16 16
2017-09-26	4	1st	7 14 23
2017-09-22	5	1st	7 11 12
2017-09-17	22	2nd	6 7 16
2017-08-26	1	2nd	3 7 19
2017-08-25	1	1st	7 20 21
2017-08-24	11	1st	7 11 21
2017-08-13	16	2nd	1 7 26
2017-07-28	0	1st	7 9
2017-07-28	2	1st	7 9
2017-07-26	8	2nd	2 7 10
2017-07-18	7	2nd	3 7 11
2017-07-11	7	3rd	1 6 7
2017-07-04	1	1st	7 8 13
2017-07-03	13	1st	7 10 13
2017-06-20	15	1st	7 20 25
2017-06-05	9	2nd	1 7 9
2017-05-27	2	2nd	4 7 10
2017-05-25	1	2nd	5 7 18
2017-05-24	19	1st	7 17 18
2017-05-05	9	3rd	1 2 7
2017-04-26	6	2nd	2 7 18
2017-04-20	3	2nd	6 7 11
2017-04-17	9	2nd	1 7 8
2017-04-08	18	1st	7 9 13
2017-03-21	9	2nd	2 7 19
2017-03-12	1	3rd	1 4 7
2017-03-11	7	1st	7 19 26
2017-03-04	6	1st	7 12 18
2017-02-26	4	2nd	6 7 16
2017-02-22	2	3rd	2 5 7
2017-02-20	1	2nd	5 7 12
2017-02-19	5	1st	7 15 23
2017-02-14	10	1st	7 11 24
2017-02-04	32	1st	7 17 25
2017-01-03	7	2nd	5 7 23
2016-12-27	0	1st	7 14
2016-12-27	1	1st	7 14
2016-12-26	2	1st	7 9 26
2016-12-24	8	2nd	5 7 16
2016-12-16	19	2nd	6 7 12
2016-11-27	4	1st	7 8 25
2016-11-23	—	1st	7 13 18