Number 46

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

182times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.35σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

49longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 182 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 182 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 4 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 46 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 0.1
3rd smallest2 · chance 1.5
4th smallest12 · chance 16.5
5th smallest64 · chance 69.3
6th smallest104 · chance 94.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 38 39 3 7 16

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, 46 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-04-17	19	5th	28 34 35 39 46 48
2025-03-03	1	6th	9 17 25 43 45 46
2025-03-01	21	5th	8 12 20 22 46 47
2025-01-11

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

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