Number 4

In Hoosier Lotto under the 6/48 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,754 draws, 6 from 1–48.

240times drawn · chance expected 219 +1.50σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 34% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

32longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 240 times in 1,754 draws against 219.3 expected, +1.50σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 240 times in 1,754 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 9 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 4 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 smallest168 · chance 169.9
2nd smallest65 · chance 63.7
3rd smallest7 · chance 6.2
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
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 25.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 9 8 24 41 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 4 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 48. 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	4	1st	4 16 19 21 29 31
2026-09-05	9	1st	4 7 9 20 34 37
2026-08-05	4	1st	4 7 18 26 29 36
2026-07-22

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: 4 is drawn with probability 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-22	9	2nd	2 4 18 28 44 46
2025-01-22	2	2nd	1 4 10 19 40 42
2025-01-15	4	2nd	3 4 6 7 9 32
2025-01-01	3	1st	4 15 25 27 44 45
2024-12-21	16	1st	4 13 19 39 41 46
2024-10-26	2	2nd	3 4 6 13 14 27
2024-10-19	1	2nd	2 4 7 19 34 41
2024-10-16	1	1st	4 6 15 21 32 46
2024-10-12	8	2nd	3 4 9 40 41 45
2024-09-14	2	2nd	2 4 14 30 35 44
2024-09-07	8	1st	4 8 30 37 39 43
2024-08-10	9	1st	4 9 13 23 38 46
2024-07-10	23	1st	4 10 15 30 34 42
2024-04-20	6	1st	4 8 12 21 33 43
2024-03-30	2	2nd	1 4 11 13 17 24
2024-03-23	18	1st	4 9 34 41 42 46
2024-01-20	2	2nd	2 4 13 23 29 42
2024-01-13	27	1st	4 8 10 14 21 43
2023-10-11	15	1st	4 8 13 24 41 42
2023-08-19	5	1st	4 14 16 23 33 44
2023-08-02	4	2nd	2 4 8 20 28 38
2023-07-19	1	1st	4 18 20 21 28 29
2023-07-15	3	1st	4 10 17 21 24 32
2023-07-05	5	2nd	3 4 7 26 28 33
2023-06-17	2	1st	4 8 17 25 30 32
2023-06-10	5	1st	4 7 10 28 39 46
2023-05-24	10	1st	4 10 24 26 33 41
2023-04-19	8	1st	4 15 30 32 38 42
2023-03-22	6	1st	4 6 12 14 37 40
2023-03-01	1	1st	4 11 19 23 37 42
2023-02-25	4	2nd	3 4 17 24 41 42
2023-02-11	23	1st	4 6 13 19 21 41
2022-11-23	6	2nd	3 4 16 22 23 25
2022-11-02	1	1st	4 8 12 14 17 38
2022-10-29	5	1st	4 5 22 23 40 46
2022-10-12	1	2nd	1 4 9 18 20 34
2022-10-08	15	1st	4 8 13 14 22 28
2022-08-17	9	1st	4 9 13 24 29 46
2022-07-16	7	2nd	3 4 5 9 20 36
2022-06-22	6	1st	4 9 19 22 29 37
2022-06-01	8	1st	4 30 33 37 38 40
2022-05-04	3	2nd	3 4 7 9 25 31
2022-04-23	4	1st	4 8 13 16 39 44
2022-04-09	1	2nd	1 4 10 18 23 27
2022-04-06	1	2nd	3 4 19 20 26 39
2022-04-02	6	1st	4 20 21 22 25 39
2022-03-12	6	2nd	3 4 13 22 32 33
2022-02-19	2	1st	4 9 13 17 26 38
2022-02-12	18	1st	4 5 17 20 24 31
2021-12-11	1	1st	4 9 17 21 33 34
2021-12-08	3	1st	4 5 10 20 36 41
2021-11-27	3	1st	4 6 15 26 40 43
2021-11-17	9	1st	4 8 16 22 39 44
2021-10-16	2	1st	4 13 16 23 28 35
2021-10-09	1	1st	4 12 17 26 29 45
2021-10-06	10	1st	4 6 10 11 33 46
2021-09-01	9	2nd	3 4 7 33 39 45
2021-07-31	7	1st	4 9 20 27 31 37
2021-07-07	2	1st	4 5 19 22 30 45
2021-06-30	3	1st	4 15 17 34 41 44
2021-06-19	1	2nd	1 4 30 39 45 46
2021-06-16	4	2nd	2 4 8 13 15 38
2021-06-02	28	1st	4 22 28 29 42 46
2021-02-24	16	1st	4 21 34 38 42 44
2020-12-30	2	1st	4 5 26 30 40 45
2020-12-23	9	1st	4 6 24 30 34 37
2020-11-21	5	2nd	2 4 14 21 27 30
2020-11-04	16	3rd	1 3 4 6 9 30
2020-09-09	5	2nd	3 4 26 29 37 39
2020-08-22	19	2nd	2 4 6 11 13 23
2020-06-17	20	2nd	2 4 23 41 42 44
2020-04-08	4	1st	4 8 13 19 38 45
2020-03-25	10	2nd	2 4 26 27 33 40
2020-02-19	3	1st	4 13 22 33 35 46
2020-02-08	14	1st	4 23 25 27 33 44
2019-12-21	22	1st	4 8 12 17 24 45
2019-10-05	3	3rd	1 2 4 5 40 42
2019-09-25	6	1st	4 6 12 13 39 43
2019-09-04	7	2nd	2 4 9 10 16 39
2019-08-10	2	1st	4 5 7 12 15 35
2019-08-03	2	1st	4 24 27 34 44 45
2019-07-27	22	2nd	1 4 14 29 38 42
2019-05-11	6	1st	4 8 10 28 31 41
2019-04-20	9	1st	4 10 14 16 18 28
2019-03-20	2	1st	4 8 16 18 20 28
2019-03-13	3	1st	4 6 9 17 27 30
2019-03-02	3	1st	4 30 31 38 44 46
2019-02-20	8	1st	4 14 22 35 40 43
2019-01-23	3	2nd	3 4 15 24 40 41
2019-01-12	11	1st	4 13 15 24 27 41
2018-12-05	11	1st	4 5 7 16 28 39
2018-10-27	2	1st	4 29 34 35 37 44
2018-10-20	2	1st	4 10 11 21 22 41
2018-10-13	10	1st	4 7 15 16 27 33
2018-09-08	1	2nd	2 4 10 12 33 38
2018-09-05	1	1st	4 12 14 16 24 29
2018-09-01	27	2nd	2 4 8 11 20 24
2018-05-30	2	1st	4 7 19 29 31 43
2018-05-23	4	2nd	1 4 18 21 45 46
2018-05-09	5	1st	4 7 8 15 22 26
2018-04-21	5	1st	4 9 10 19 20 37
2018-04-04	1	1st	4 9 12 17 19 31
2018-03-31	2	2nd	3 4 6 9 13 42
2018-03-24	1	1st	4 11 12 22 35 42
2018-03-21	32	1st	4 13 27 28 37 44
2017-11-29	5	1st	4 8 12 16 33 45
2017-11-11	1	1st	4 5 10 20 21 35
2017-11-08	2	2nd	3 4 6 39 43 45
2017-11-01	11	1st	4 11 27 28 39 46
2017-09-23	7	3rd	1 2 4 12 42 45
2017-08-30	6	1st	4 14 19 32 41 43
2017-08-09	9	3rd	1 3 4 8 13 34
2017-07-08	2	1st	4 36 39 41 44 46
2017-07-01	12	1st	4 15 30 31 32 46
2017-05-20	1	2nd	3 4 15 26 33 38
2017-05-17	10	1st	4 6 17 19 22 44
2017-04-12	4	1st	4 5 11 15 34 46
2017-03-29	4	1st	4 8 9 20 33 44
2017-03-15	2	2nd	1 4 20 21 23 34
2017-03-08	6	1st	4 13 20 22 32 37
2017-02-15	4	1st	4 19 21 32 41 44
2017-02-01	18	1st	4 13 15 22 34 38
2016-11-30	6	1st	4 7 9 27 41 43
2016-11-09	14	1st	4 13 30 35 45 46
2016-09-21	3	2nd	2 4 6 7 9 15
2016-09-10	5	1st	4 11 18 41 45 46
2016-08-24	9	1st	4 6 9 13 16 42
2016-07-23	1	1st	4 19 21 31 40 45
2016-07-20	16	1st	4 13 21 30 31 35
2016-05-25	2	1st	4 9 14 37 41 42
2016-05-18	8	2nd	3 4 11 18 20 25
2016-04-20	2	2nd	3 4 10 22 29 42
2016-04-13	7	2nd	3 4 7 12 34 36
2016-03-19	5	1st	4 6 11 19 30 31
2016-03-02	10	2nd	1 4 14 23 42 47
2016-01-27	15	1st	4 11 12 13 24 40
2015-12-05	20	1st	4 11 13 15 16 18
2015-09-26	23	2nd	2 4 7 8 19 43
2015-07-08	30	1st	4 22 29 40 47 48
2015-03-25	5	1st	4 7 11 24 26 34
2015-03-07	6	1st	4 11 16 34 38 43
2015-02-14	6	1st	4 5 6 17 21 40
2015-01-24	2	1st	4 12 14 16 19 28
2015-01-17	6	1st	4 18 23 32 46 48
2014-12-27	10	1st	4 22 26 27 31 48
2014-11-22	19	1st	4 15 16 28 31 46
2014-09-17	1	1st	4 7 20 23 40 42
2014-09-13	1	1st	4 5 10 13 14 41
2014-09-10	14	1st	4 15 19 26 37 47
2014-07-23	6	1st	4 13 28 36 37 42
2014-07-02	7	2nd	1 4 7 10 25 48
2014-06-07	7	2nd	2 4 15 27 34 46
2014-05-14	6	1st	4 14 17 24 33 44
2014-04-23	2	1st	4 7 10 11 42 44
2014-04-16	8	1st	4 9 16 19 33 45
2014-03-19	10	2nd	1 4 17 19 21 36
2014-02-12	5	2nd	1 4 29 32 35 47
2014-01-25	1	1st	4 5 15 22 29 37
2014-01-22	20	1st	4 21 22 23 26 31
2013-11-13	2	1st	4 31 37 40 44 45
2013-11-06	10	3rd	1 2 4 5 24 45
2013-10-02	2	1st	4 8 14 24 25 35
2013-09-25	5	2nd	1 4 15 21 23 33
2013-09-07	8	1st	4 33 34 35 36 48
2013-08-10	12	1st	4 9 12 22 27 33
2013-06-29	1	2nd	3 4 13 24 28 40
2013-06-26	1	1st	4 13 28 36 45 47
2013-06-22	19	1st	4 5 7 14 24 31
2013-04-17	12	1st	4 9 24 30 37 48
2013-03-06	2	1st	4 7 14 22 41 42
2013-02-27	9	2nd	1 4 8 32 42 46
2013-01-26	6	2nd	3 4 10 20 28 30
2013-01-05	2	1st	4 11 19 20 27 37
2012-12-29	3	1st	4 10 11 16 38 40
2012-12-19	12	2nd	2 4 8 32 37 47
2012-11-07	13	1st	4 24 28 39 43 46
2012-09-22	9	1st	4 13 16 27 42 46
2012-08-22	2	1st	4 6 20 25 33 34
2012-08-15	4	1st	4 10 14 24 34 43
2012-08-01	23	2nd	3 4 26 33 35 37
2012-05-12	1	1st	4 10 21 37 43 44
2012-05-09	1	1st	4 16 22 27 28 41
2012-05-05	5	1st	4 13 19 24 34 47
2012-04-18	3	1st	4 8 11 30 45 47
2012-04-07	1	1st	4 5 6 28 33 48
2012-04-04	17	1st	4 5 18 24 32 43
2012-02-04	4	1st	4 8 11 12 28 36
2012-01-21	5	1st	4 20 25 30 35 42
2012-01-04	3	1st	4 7 9 22 24 32
2011-12-24	8	1st	4 17 33 36 39 47
2011-11-26	6	1st	4 10 11 18 31 35
2011-11-05	23	1st	4 5 9 22 34 36
2011-08-17	21	1st	4 8 14 18 27 48
2011-06-04	1	1st	4 8 9 13 14 18
2011-06-01	9	1st	4 12 16 19 37 45
2011-04-30	4	1st	4 10 14 36 44 48
2011-04-16	5	2nd	1 4 26 33 39 44
2011-03-30	3	1st	4 5 18 24 39 46
2011-03-19	1	2nd	1 4 13 22 31 32
2011-03-16	6	3rd	1 3 4 19 29 48
2011-02-23	1	1st	4 23 29 39 44 46
2011-02-19	1	2nd	2 4 25 26 32 46
2011-02-16	25	2nd	3 4 20 35 44 45
2010-11-20	4	2nd	1 4 38 41 43 48
2010-11-06	24	1st	4 5 12 24 32 35
2010-08-14	5	1st	4 16 28 32 38 42
2010-07-28	2	1st	4 9 19 28 32 46
2010-07-21	6	2nd	3 4 9 10 37 47
2010-06-30	15	1st	4 23 24 27 29 45
2010-05-08	7	1st	4 5 9 21 30 48
2010-04-14	2	1st	4 7 9 21 31 36
2010-04-07	4	1st	4 7 8 15 38 41
2010-03-24	20	1st	4 16 25 30 41 43
2010-01-13	1	2nd	3 4 20 26 45 48
2010-01-09	2	2nd	3 4 13 28 32 47
2010-01-02	—	1st	4 11 12 25 38 44