Number 2

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

187times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.04σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

64longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 187 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 187 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 10 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 2 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 smallest171 · chance 168.7
2nd smallest16 · chance 18.3
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 10 16 20 31 33

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, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-04-03	25	1st	2 4 11 15 26 37
2025-02-03	7	1st	2 10 26 31 44 49
2025-01-18	15	2nd	1 2 4 10 14 16
2024-12-14

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

2022-11-21	1	1st	2 12 21 28 36 43
2022-11-19	1	1st	2 10 15 17 21 33
2022-11-17	1	1st	2 6 9 12 43 50
2022-11-14	5	1st	2 3 6 7 25 47
2022-11-03	5	2nd	1 2 4 7 8 19
2022-10-22	6	1st	2 8 21 32 33 48
2022-10-08	4	1st	2 4 17 24 37 42
2022-09-29	6	2nd	1 2 16 21 32 38
2022-09-15	15	1st	2 10 17 25 27 49
2022-08-11	1	1st	2 10 12 13 14 30
2022-08-08	5	1st	2 12 25 28 45 50
2022-07-28	11	2nd	1 2 15 31 39 48
2022-07-02	1	1st	2 10 13 15 25 47
2022-06-30	4	1st	2 9 15 18 22 32
2022-06-20	8	1st	2 4 19 26 28 43
2022-06-02	1	1st	2 8 25 30 31 49
2022-05-30	7	1st	2 12 27 40 45 46
2022-05-14	8	2nd	1 2 16 18 23 47
2022-04-25	24	1st	2 8 10 12 34 47
2022-02-28	2	1st	2 9 13 16 19 48
2022-02-24	4	2nd	1 2 21 26 34 42
2022-02-14	3	1st	2 3 5 20 42 44
2022-02-07	2	1st	2 9 20 23 34 38
2022-02-03	2	2nd	1 2 11 26 38 40
2022-01-29	4	1st	2 11 22 27 31 43
2022-01-20	4	1st	2 6 13 14 20 38
2022-01-10	13	1st	2 12 27 33 39 43
2021-12-11	3	1st	2 3 30 33 37 44
2021-12-04	13	1st	2 7 16 25 33 40
2021-11-04	5	1st	2 10 22 36 38 50
2021-10-23	5	1st	2 10 28 31 33 47
2021-10-11	5	1st	2 3 16 17 23 31
2021-09-30	5	1st	2 17 19 23 24 43
2021-09-18	7	1st	2 7 11 12 15 18
2021-09-02	2	1st	2 13 22 23 40 41
2021-08-28	1	1st	2 19 28 36 38 39
2021-08-26	17	1st	2 11 16 36 41 47
2021-07-17	4	1st	2 10 16 29 35 41
2021-07-08	1	1st	2 12 20 27 41 47
2021-07-05	8	1st	2 3 15 29 45 50
2021-06-17	11	1st	2 8 27 30 42 44
2021-05-22	5	1st	2 4 11 20 26 50
2021-05-10	7	1st	2 6 8 20 37 48
2021-04-24	6	1st	2 4 13 16 45 49
2021-04-10	6	1st	2 9 11 22 23 38
2021-03-27	9	1st	2 11 34 36 47 52
2021-03-06	10	1st	2 3 16 19 29 33
2021-02-11	18	1st	2 5 21 26 34 41
2020-12-31	1	1st	2 11 15 24 27 42
2020-12-28	7	1st	2 6 13 27 28 35
2020-12-12	17	1st	2 12 16 36 40 42
2020-11-02	18	1st	2 14 15 23 24 44
2020-09-21	28	1st	2 6 9 19 39 45
2020-07-18	8	2nd	1 2 20 26 43 44
2020-06-29	6	1st	2 4 12 30 31 35
2020-06-15	13	1st	2 4 5 14 38 44
2020-05-16	16	1st	2 3 6 7 18 33
2020-04-09	11	1st	2 5 10 12 38 51
2020-03-14	3	1st	2 11 14 26 28 37
2020-03-07	1	1st	2 7 17 18 31 51
2020-03-05	12	1st	2 12 25 28 31 32
2020-02-06	4	1st	2 25 27 28 30 37
2020-01-27	2	1st	2 5 8 16 51 52
2020-01-23	5	1st	2 5 24 30 33 39
2020-01-11	12	1st	2 16 18 23 31 51
2019-12-14	2	2nd	1 2 17 21 44 49
2019-12-09	15	1st	2 15 34 41 43 44
2019-11-04	7	1st	2 9 17 27 32 47
2019-10-19	2	1st	2 14 30 41 50 52
2019-10-14	8	1st	2 23 28 33 50 51
2019-09-26	18	1st	2 8 19 29 32 52
2019-08-15	1	1st	2 6 17 23 37 38
2019-08-12	2	1st	2 19 25 29 40 52
2019-08-08	15	1st	2 8 10 16 31 33
2019-07-04	20	1st	2 4 19 20 28 42
2019-05-18	53	1st	2 17 24 41 46 47
2019-01-14	4	1st	2 6 20 32 37 38
2019-01-05	11	2nd	1 2 9 21 22 52
2018-12-10	3	1st	2 4 21 38 41 49
2018-12-03	2	2nd	1 2 20 22 41 51
2018-11-29	3	1st	2 3 36 40 46 48
2018-11-22	5	1st	2 4 6 32 43 46
2018-11-10	17	1st	2 15 17 21 40 46
2018-10-01	4	1st	2 16 21 30 43 50
2018-09-22	4	1st	2 3 7 10 37 47
2018-09-13	2	1st	2 13 23 25 29 31
2018-09-08	1	1st	2 3 8 13 33 49
2018-09-06	7	1st	2 24 30 35 43 44
2018-08-20	1	1st	2 15 27 30 43 47
2018-08-18	12	1st	2 9 16 31 39 47
2018-07-21	3	1st	2 4 13 17 18 49
2018-07-14	1	1st	2 5 10 13 18 30
2018-07-12	6	1st	2 23 32 35 38 46
2018-06-28	18	1st	2 18 20 35 41 51
2018-05-17	1	1st	2 18 38 42 43 49
2018-05-14	6	1st	2 6 10 11 14 52
2018-04-30	3	1st	2 13 14 15 28 39
2018-04-23	2	1st	2 14 25 26 38 49
2018-04-19	12	1st	2 7 23 31 32 37
2018-03-22	12	1st	2 12 21 26 36 51
2018-02-22	7	1st	2 11 19 22 24 32
2018-02-05	20	1st	2 15 19 24 49 50
2017-12-21	11	1st	2 8 13 26 34 51
2017-11-25	16	1st	2 6 9 33 38 48
2017-10-19	7	1st	2 9 31 34 43 45
2017-10-02	3	1st	2 3 7 21 31 36
2017-09-25	7	1st	2 6 16 28 34 50
2017-09-09	3	1st	2 10 21 27 36 37
2017-09-02	4	1st	2 6 10 21 27 41
2017-08-24	10	1st	2 16 17 43 47 52
2017-07-31	2	1st	2 6 8 10 12 15
2017-07-27	7	1st	2 11 12 15 39 42
2017-07-10	5	1st	2 3 11 25 27 50
2017-06-29	11	1st	2 28 30 32 43 49
2017-06-03	7	1st	2 20 28 35 36 40
2017-05-18	1	1st	2 5 9 19 24 47
2017-05-15	18	1st	2 18 28 31 40 50
2017-04-03	4	1st	2 8 20 39 43 51
2017-03-25	6	1st	2 23 26 28 38 42
2017-03-11	11	1st	2 20 30 36 42 49
2017-02-13	2	1st	2 21 33 36 37 41
2017-02-09	4	1st	2 3 8 11 14 15
2017-01-30	5	1st	2 4 10 15 23 47
2017-01-19	7	1st	2 14 15 42 51 52
2017-01-02	3	1st	2 11 16 18 20 46
2016-12-26	4	1st	2 7 8 23 27 34
2016-12-17	2	1st	2 15 27 31 41 46
2016-12-12	9	1st	2 11 30 42 43 51
2016-11-21	2	1st	2 17 19 28 32 33
2016-11-17	13	1st	2 11 31 36 37 48
2016-10-17	2	1st	2 16 22 47 48 52
2016-10-13	12	1st	2 6 7 22 30 44
2016-09-15	21	1st	2 7 12 33 43 47
2016-07-28	18	1st	2 3 10 23 25 29
2016-06-16	5	1st	2 3 9 21 27 34
2016-06-04	3	1st	2 12 17 32 33 42
2016-05-28	7	1st	2 4 5 20 35 51
2016-05-12	1	1st	2 7 10 20 25 36
2016-05-09	3	1st	2 6 10 20 31 38
2016-05-02	8	1st	2 3 5 17 18 34
2016-04-14	6	2nd	1 2 7 14 39 44
2016-03-31	16	2nd	1 2 5 15 26 43
2016-02-22	4	1st	2 5 8 30 39 40
2016-02-13	24	1st	2 5 14 17 19 48
2015-12-19	5	1st	2 15 23 36 46 50
2015-12-07	3	1st	2 5 19 37 48 52
2015-11-30	3	1st	2 5 10 31 38 48
2015-11-23	18	1st	2 4 9 15 32 45
2015-10-12	1	1st	2 16 18 30 46 49
2015-10-10	17	1st	2 10 22 24 26 27
2015-08-31	1	1st	2 6 13 20 33 51
2015-08-29	1	1st	2 7 26 40 48 49
2015-08-27	2	1st	2 29 32 36 41 46
2015-08-22	3	1st	2 11 14 18 26 48
2015-08-15	6	1st	2 23 29 30 33 35
2015-08-01	2	1st	2 13 14 39 48 49
2015-07-27	3	1st	2 8 18 23 42 45
2015-07-20	50	1st	2 6 18 30 31 33
2015-03-26	1	1st	2 6 14 32 39 51
2015-03-23	2	1st	2 30 33 38 39 44
2015-03-19	10	2nd	1 2 3 13 16 26
2015-02-23	20	1st	2 15 36 37 42 50
2015-01-08	—	1st	2 14 16 25 29 39