Number 7

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

197times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.82σ

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

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

42longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +0.82σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 197 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 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 smallest115 · chance 102.5
2nd smallest67 · chance 75.0
3rd smallest12 · chance 17.9
4th smallest3 · chance 1.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 20 21 23 36 40

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-04-24	42	1st	7 12 14 26 31 42
2025-01-16	5	1st	7 17 31 32 43 44
2025-01-04	6	1st	7 8 23 24 45 48
2024-12-21

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-05	29	1st	7 9 19 29 42 45
2023-11-30	3	1st	7 13 24 29 38 39
2023-11-23	2	3rd	3 5 7 29 33 50
2023-11-18	5	1st	7 16 22 24 41 44
2023-11-06	3	1st	7 8 13 15 25 36
2023-10-30	4	1st	7 33 40 41 45 50
2023-10-21	15	2nd	4 7 22 27 38 48
2023-09-16	2	1st	7 8 21 24 30 32
2023-09-11	4	1st	7 10 20 26 32 43
2023-09-02	6	2nd	3 7 14 23 26 44
2023-08-19	1	1st	7 14 18 19 25 30
2023-08-17	13	1st	7 18 24 28 43 48
2023-07-17	5	2nd	3 7 15 17 24 42
2023-07-06	3	2nd	1 7 25 43 44 46
2023-06-29	7	1st	7 8 30 32 36 44
2023-06-12	12	2nd	1 7 26 30 32 41
2023-05-15	12	1st	7 16 21 27 33 40
2023-04-17	11	1st	7 9 15 19 22 31
2023-03-23	1	2nd	1 7 12 13 15 21
2023-03-20	5	2nd	6 7 13 17 23 41
2023-03-09	7	1st	7 13 16 17 40 42
2023-02-20	8	2nd	1 7 9 12 21 36
2023-02-02	2	1st	7 20 24 28 37 50
2023-01-28	7	2nd	2 7 8 21 34 40
2023-01-12	4	1st	7 9 16 21 38 46
2023-01-02	14	3rd	4 6 7 10 12 38
2022-12-01	7	1st	7 10 24 27 46 48
2022-11-14	4	4th	2 3 6 7 25 47
2022-11-05	1	1st	7 14 16 23 25 28
2022-11-03	27	4th	1 2 4 7 8 19
2022-09-01	4	2nd	5 7 15 26 27 37
2022-08-22	2	1st	7 15 16 27 35 39
2022-08-18	8	1st	7 10 16 20 25 50
2022-07-30	4	1st	7 8 15 16 32 45
2022-07-21	14	1st	7 14 23 30 33 44
2022-06-18	12	3rd	4 6 7 24 28 29
2022-05-21	2	1st	7 26 31 32 42 46
2022-05-16	12	1st	7 15 28 32 34 49
2022-04-18	29	1st	7 11 36 43 46 50
2022-02-10	6	3rd	5 6 7 11 18 19
2022-01-27	8	2nd	4 7 8 40 44 47
2022-01-08	7	2nd	4 7 28 36 40 44
2021-12-23	8	1st	7 21 25 38 48 49
2021-12-04	19	2nd	2 7 16 25 33 40
2021-10-21	3	2nd	4 7 8 24 41 44
2021-10-14	11	1st	7 10 14 16 20 38
2021-09-18	4	2nd	2 7 11 12 15 18
2021-09-09	2	2nd	6 7 28 31 40 50
2021-09-04	12	3rd	1 4 7 15 16 17
2021-08-07	4	1st	7 15 18 31 39 50
2021-07-29	22	1st	7 11 19 21 23 42
2021-06-07	9	1st	7 19 21 23 29 44
2021-05-17	13	1st	7 19 23 27 45 47
2021-04-17	2	1st	7 15 20 28 42 44
2021-04-12	18	2nd	1 7 15 27 42 44
2021-03-01	4	2nd	4 7 28 39 47 50
2021-02-20	24	1st	7 20 26 32 36 52
2020-12-26	3	1st	7 10 17 19 34 52
2020-12-19	8	2nd	6 7 11 29 36 44
2020-11-30	9	2nd	6 7 11 15 17 47
2020-11-09	5	1st	7 19 21 30 38 44
2020-10-29	6	1st	7 13 27 29 32 48
2020-10-15	5	2nd	4 7 8 20 49 50
2020-10-03	10	2nd	3 7 26 28 31 39
2020-09-10	2	1st	7 21 25 34 40 49
2020-09-05	10	2nd	1 7 10 29 40 41
2020-08-13	3	1st	7 19 23 24 32 51
2020-08-06	4	1st	7 11 14 37 39 46
2020-07-27	19	2nd	3 7 12 25 35 36
2020-06-13	1	1st	7 10 16 21 40 44
2020-06-11	6	1st	7 10 36 39 44 45
2020-05-28	1	1st	7 17 22 24 34 42
2020-05-25	4	1st	7 12 16 23 38 40
2020-05-16	12	4th	2 3 6 7 18 33
2020-04-18	7	2nd	5 7 12 26 34 40
2020-04-02	7	2nd	3 7 16 24 34 42
2020-03-16	4	1st	7 22 26 31 37 39
2020-03-07	10	2nd	2 7 17 18 31 51
2020-02-13	8	1st	7 12 14 25 29 38
2020-01-25	2	2nd	1 7 13 26 41 42
2020-01-20	2	1st	7 11 12 14 34 39
2020-01-16	8	2nd	4 7 13 20 35 39
2019-12-28	4	1st	7 20 21 30 48 49
2019-12-19	7	2nd	6 7 27 29 34 46
2019-12-02	7	1st	7 28 32 36 39 45
2019-11-16	24	1st	7 14 15 17 26 36
2019-09-21	13	1st	7 9 20 29 33 48
2019-08-22	14	1st	7 10 15 34 40 52
2019-07-20	11	2nd	5 7 17 25 34 44
2019-06-24	36	2nd	1 7 10 17 33 42
2019-04-01	25	2nd	1 7 19 24 30 49
2019-02-02	2	1st	7 11 36 39 43 50
2019-01-28	15	2nd	6 7 28 32 45 50
2018-12-24	16	1st	7 17 19 33 43 46
2018-11-17	18	1st	7 9 30 31 42 46
2018-10-06	6	2nd	1 7 8 27 38 44
2018-09-22	1	3rd	2 3 7 10 37 47
2018-09-20	18	1st	7 10 15 18 46 50
2018-08-09	25	2nd	1 7 25 31 44 52
2018-06-11	16	1st	7 14 20 21 26 39
2018-05-05	7	2nd	6 7 24 39 44 46
2018-04-19	4	2nd	2 7 23 31 32 37
2018-04-09	9	1st	7 18 38 43 49 50
2018-03-19	1	2nd	6 7 13 42 49 51
2018-03-17	2	1st	7 12 21 27 36 37
2018-03-12	1	1st	7 8 11 21 22 34
2018-03-10	6	1st	7 18 33 43 47 52
2018-02-24	7	1st	7 11 22 27 35 43
2018-02-08	18	1st	7 17 21 36 40 48
2017-12-28	7	1st	7 31 38 41 43 47
2017-12-11	5	1st	7 15 17 27 32 42
2017-11-30	4	1st	7 11 13 28 37 45
2017-11-20	1	1st	7 23 24 31 50 51
2017-11-18	4	1st	7 11 15 31 39 50
2017-11-09	2	1st	7 9 16 24 46 51
2017-11-04	1	1st	7 9 11 36 47 52
2017-11-02	1	1st	7 9 12 41 43 44
2017-10-30	12	1st	7 24 27 36 40 44
2017-10-02	19	3rd	2 3 7 21 31 36
2017-08-19	7	1st	7 20 24 25 40 44
2017-08-03	20	2nd	6 7 13 29 41 43
2017-06-17	16	1st	7 19 20 25 36 38
2017-05-11	1	2nd	1 7 9 17 28 30
2017-05-08	14	1st	7 10 23 29 35 40
2017-04-06	14	1st	7 22 23 24 26 49
2017-03-04	4	2nd	5 7 8 16 26 32
2017-02-23	1	2nd	6 7 33 34 39 50
2017-02-20	1	1st	7 10 13 22 34 43
2017-02-18	5	1st	7 18 24 33 39 47
2017-02-06	1	1st	7 20 25 29 33 47
2017-02-04	1	2nd	5 7 15 23 44 45
2017-02-02	8	1st	7 23 42 46 48 50
2017-01-14	8	1st	7 10 14 28 37 38
2016-12-26	3	2nd	2 7 8 23 27 34
2016-12-19	2	2nd	5 7 21 28 35 51
2016-12-15	13	3rd	1 6 7 20 51 52
2016-11-14	1	2nd	4 7 21 24 40 42
2016-11-12	13	2nd	1 7 10 13 28 46
2016-10-13	4	3rd	2 6 7 22 30 44
2016-10-03	3	2nd	5 7 8 22 40 49
2016-09-26	5	1st	7 19 21 26 34 38
2016-09-15	24	2nd	2 7 12 33 43 47
2016-07-21	1	1st	7 23 27 43 45 46
2016-07-18	21	2nd	6 7 17 19 45 52
2016-05-30	8	2nd	1 7 17 23 34 35
2016-05-12	12	2nd	2 7 10 20 25 36
2016-04-14	10	3rd	1 2 7 14 39 44
2016-03-21	14	2nd	1 7 35 36 42 43
2016-02-18	17	1st	7 16 17 31 34 46
2016-01-09	4	1st	7 16 26 30 51 52
2015-12-31	1	1st	7 11 20 28 40 52
2015-12-28	2	1st	7 10 16 17 23 51
2015-12-24	5	2nd	5 7 23 29 49 50
2015-12-12	13	1st	7 21 28 41 44 45
2015-11-12	2	1st	7 9 11 20 36 51
2015-11-07	1	1st	7 12 18 19 31 37
2015-11-05	1	1st	7 15 25 34 46 49
2015-11-02	2	1st	7 10 11 22 34 46
2015-10-29	5	2nd	1 7 17 39 46 49
2015-10-17	4	3rd	1 3 7 16 36 52
2015-10-08	17	1st	7 9 16 20 23 48
2015-08-29	2	2nd	2 7 26 40 48 49
2015-08-24	3	1st	7 31 33 36 42 51
2015-08-17	8	1st	7 16 18 49 51 52
2015-07-30	8	2nd	5 7 19 36 39 42
2015-07-11	10	1st	7 12 19 38 45 48
2015-06-18	3	1st	7 16 22 29 30 37
2015-06-11	10	1st	7 10 20 25 41 50
2015-05-18	5	1st	7 10 19 20 35 43
2015-05-07	13	1st	7 9 25 33 35 49
2015-04-06	14	2nd	4 7 13 42 45 49
2015-03-05	18	1st	7 14 17 30 38 44
2015-01-22	—	1st	7 19 22 47 48 49