Number 14

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

170times drawn · chance expected 186 −1.28σ

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

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

53longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

14 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 170 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −1.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 14, draw by draw

Drawn 170 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 53 · 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 14 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 smallest42 · chance 36.3
2nd smallest62 · chance 69.4
3rd smallest49 · chance 47.6
4th smallest13 · chance 14.6
5th smallest4 · chance 2.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 26 39 28 38 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 14 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 52. 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 14 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-04-24	21	3rd	7 12 14 26 31 42
2025-03-06	9	1st	14 22 25 26 28 37
2025-02-13	1	4th	5 11 13 14 44 45
2025-02-10

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: 14 is drawn with probability 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-10-19	7	3rd	6 11 14 19 25 27
2023-10-02	2	2nd	6 14 35 38 42 50
2023-09-28	3	3rd	11 13 14 27 32 50
2023-09-21	6	2nd	4 14 19 32 36 42
2023-09-07	2	2nd	1 14 16 33 39 49
2023-09-02	5	3rd	3 7 14 23 26 44
2023-08-21	1	1st	14 16 30 31 37 49
2023-08-19	6	2nd	7 14 18 19 25 30
2023-08-05	24	1st	14 34 39 42 44 46
2023-06-10	2	3rd	3 9 14 21 22 39
2023-06-05	2	4th	4 5 12 14 20 50
2023-06-01	1	1st	14 21 25 28 34 49
2023-05-29	4	3rd	1 4 14 20 37 43
2023-05-20	3	3rd	4 5 14 19 25 38
2023-05-13	2	1st	14 15 26 28 32 47
2023-05-08	31	1st	14 17 34 39 44 48
2023-02-25	16	2nd	2 14 25 37 38 41
2023-01-19	15	3rd	2 11 14 18 35 48
2022-12-15	16	2nd	12 14 21 27 32 41
2022-11-07	1	2nd	8 14 28 38 47 48
2022-11-05	8	2nd	7 14 16 23 25 28
2022-10-17	1	1st	14 15 20 26 36 47
2022-10-15	6	3rd	8 12 14 22 27 36
2022-10-01	6	2nd	13 14 22 35 40 46
2022-09-17	16	1st	14 15 18 38 42 46
2022-08-11	2	5th	2 10 12 13 14 30
2022-08-06	7	2nd	1 14 30 43 48 50
2022-07-21	2	2nd	7 14 23 30 33 44
2022-07-16	4	3rd	1 5 14 16 17 45
2022-07-07	1	2nd	1 14 16 39 42 49
2022-07-04	10	2nd	5 14 19 39 43 50
2022-06-11	19	1st	14 17 19 34 44 45
2022-04-28	14	2nd	12 14 21 26 27 44
2022-03-26	1	1st	14 19 21 39 44 46
2022-03-24	6	1st	14 15 19 37 41 44
2022-03-10	11	2nd	12 14 20 31 41 50
2022-02-12	9	3rd	4 5 14 39 44 50
2022-01-22	1	2nd	8 14 33 34 35 50
2022-01-20	6	4th	2 6 13 14 20 38
2022-01-06	3	3rd	6 10 14 36 39 44
2021-12-30	7	2nd	13 14 16 18 23 33
2021-12-13	2	1st	14 15 17 25 37 40
2021-12-09	8	2nd	1 14 32 34 37 43
2021-11-20	16	2nd	1 14 17 32 34 41
2021-10-14	5	3rd	7 10 14 16 20 38
2021-10-02	29	2nd	1 14 18 26 39 49
2021-07-26	6	1st	14 15 17 21 28 38
2021-07-12	12	2nd	11 14 29 35 40 48
2021-06-14	16	1st	14 15 19 32 43 44
2021-05-08	31	1st	14 17 21 30 32 46
2021-02-25	3	1st	14 27 32 41 44 49
2021-02-18	2	1st	14 43 44 47 50 52
2021-02-13	18	3rd	3 8 14 23 32 45
2021-01-02	5	2nd	10 14 15 23 25 51
2020-12-21	21	2nd	1 14 18 20 27 28
2020-11-02	12	2nd	2 14 15 23 24 44
2020-10-05	5	4th	3 6 8 14 16 41
2020-09-24	5	2nd	6 14 21 44 48 49
2020-09-12	15	2nd	3 14 26 38 43 46
2020-08-08	1	2nd	5 14 21 29 35 36
2020-08-06	3	3rd	7 11 14 37 39 46
2020-07-30	15	3rd	9 13 14 23 47 50
2020-06-25	4	3rd	8 13 14 26 28 32
2020-06-15	40	4th	2 4 5 14 38 44
2020-03-14	1	3rd	2 11 14 26 28 37
2020-03-12	12	1st	14 15 16 23 28 34
2020-02-13	10	3rd	7 12 14 25 29 38
2020-01-20	5	4th	7 11 12 14 34 39
2020-01-09	15	2nd	3 14 16 18 28 49
2019-12-05	5	3rd	4 5 14 23 34 43
2019-11-23	3	2nd	10 14 21 36 45 51
2019-11-16	8	2nd	7 14 15 17 26 36
2019-10-28	4	2nd	3 14 20 22 24 40
2019-10-19	3	2nd	2 14 30 41 50 52
2019-10-12	10	1st	14 30 37 38 44 45
2019-09-19	25	3rd	5 12 14 24 32 48
2019-07-22	16	2nd	11 14 18 21 28 47
2019-06-15	14	3rd	3 13 14 20 38 45
2019-05-13	38	1st	14 20 22 26 29 51
2019-02-14	19	3rd	3 12 14 19 22 42
2018-12-31	13	1st	14 21 24 39 41 46
2018-12-01	13	2nd	9 14 27 29 50 51
2018-11-01	43	3rd	5 6 14 15 41 46
2018-07-23	2	1st	14 20 32 36 39 47
2018-07-19	4	3rd	9 10 14 34 42 44
2018-07-09	10	3rd	1 11 14 18 31 39
2018-06-16	2	2nd	6 14 24 25 38 46
2018-06-11	12	2nd	7 14 20 21 26 39
2018-05-14	6	5th	2 6 10 11 14 52
2018-04-30	3	3rd	2 13 14 15 28 39
2018-04-23	1	2nd	2 14 25 26 38 49
2018-04-21	26	1st	14 30 31 38 48 50
2018-02-19	1	4th	5 9 12 14 29 50
2018-02-17	2	2nd	6 14 16 27 34 44
2018-02-12	4	4th	4 5 8 14 26 44
2018-02-03	13	2nd	10 14 16 20 28 44
2018-01-04	4	2nd	13 14 15 24 33 52
2017-12-25	18	2nd	13 14 15 19 21 26
2017-11-13	27	3rd	4 13 14 26 28 37
2017-09-11	12	1st	14 19 21 28 38 41
2017-08-14	18	2nd	11 14 28 37 43 52
2017-07-03	4	3rd	4 10 14 15 19 48
2017-06-24	4	4th	3 10 13 14 26 36
2017-06-15	20	1st	14 22 24 25 35 48
2017-04-29	18	2nd	11 14 26 35 42 47
2017-03-18	15	3rd	1 3 14 20 30 35
2017-02-11	1	1st	14 22 23 31 44 49
2017-02-09	9	5th	2 3 8 11 14 15
2017-01-19	2	2nd	2 14 15 42 51 52
2017-01-14	41	3rd	7 10 14 28 37 38
2016-10-10	14	1st	14 16 21 35 38 46
2016-09-08	1	3rd	4 10 14 37 47 48
2016-09-05	6	1st	14 25 29 36 38 45
2016-08-22	3	2nd	10 14 17 22 23 36
2016-08-15	7	3rd	4 8 14 16 21 49
2016-07-30	10	3rd	4 12 14 16 42 47
2016-07-07	12	2nd	10 14 25 30 31 34
2016-06-09	9	3rd	3 12 14 27 34 36
2016-05-19	14	2nd	13 14 21 23 30 49
2016-04-16	1	2nd	9 14 16 26 28 29
2016-04-14	4	4th	1 2 7 14 39 44
2016-04-04	10	1st	14 23 28 32 38 45
2016-03-12	12	3rd	10 11 14 24 28 51
2016-02-13	2	3rd	2 5 14 17 19 48
2016-02-08	3	2nd	5 14 20 36 45 46
2016-02-01	13	1st	14 22 39 40 49 52
2016-01-02	20	1st	14 16 22 34 44 50
2015-11-16	12	1st	14 20 26 40 50 52
2015-10-19	7	1st	14 20 22 33 37 46
2015-10-03	10	1st	14 20 29 42 50 51
2015-09-10	8	1st	14 23 27 35 36 37
2015-08-22	8	3rd	2 11 14 18 26 48
2015-08-03	1	2nd	4 14 35 39 43 49
2015-08-01	4	3rd	2 13 14 39 48 49
2015-07-23	22	2nd	5 14 21 27 49 52
2015-06-01	3	1st	14 17 23 45 48 50
2015-05-25	4	1st	14 19 20 26 37 50
2015-05-16	1	3rd	6 8 14 16 22 31
2015-05-14	15	2nd	8 14 19 30 34 46
2015-04-09	6	3rd	1 12 14 19 24 26
2015-03-26	9	3rd	2 6 14 32 39 51
2015-03-05	3	2nd	7 14 17 30 38 44
2015-02-26	17	2nd	13 14 26 34 36 41
2015-01-17	4	2nd	12 14 17 22 24 31
2015-01-08	2	2nd	2 14 16 25 29 39
2015-01-03	—	1st	14 15 16 24 31 42