Number 34

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

156times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.47σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

33longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 156 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 34, draw by draw

Drawn 156 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 8 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 34 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 smallest3 · chance 2.9
4th smallest13 · chance 22.2
5th smallest82 · chance 66.5
6th smallest58 · chance 64.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 22 3 24 9 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 34 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd most popular of 40. 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 34 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2020-07-11	12	4th	5 21 26 34 37 38
2020-05-30	4	6th	1 12 20 22 23 34
2020-05-16	11	6th	13 16 23 27 28 34
2020-04-08

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: 34 is drawn with probability 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-12-01	3	5th	7 10 14 18 34 37
2018-11-21	10	4th	6 26 29 34 36 38
2018-10-17	3	5th	6 17 24 28 34 37
2018-10-06	3	6th	3 5 6 14 23 34
2018-09-26	4	5th	16 17 24 32 34 37
2018-09-12	1	6th	5 9 13 25 33 34
2018-09-08	1	4th	7 8 14 34 39 40
2018-09-05	1	5th	16 21 24 28 34 40
2018-09-01	6	6th	3 7 9 15 22 34
2018-08-11	6	6th	6 15 16 25 26 34
2018-07-21	2	4th	8 19 26 34 37 40
2018-07-14	3	4th	1 27 31 34 35 37
2018-07-04	16	5th	13 14 16 20 34 35
2018-05-09	1	6th	9 18 24 25 31 34
2018-05-05	8	5th	14 16 22 29 34 36
2018-04-07	1	5th	8 23 25 28 34 39
2018-04-04	4	5th	7 20 21 27 34 35
2018-03-21	1	6th	6 14 25 31 32 34
2018-03-17	3	5th	3 20 31 33 34 39
2018-03-07	4	5th	17 18 30 33 34 38
2018-02-21	11	3rd	3 30 34 35 38 39
2018-01-13	1	3rd	6 31 34 35 36 37
2018-01-10	3	5th	3 11 12 14 34 36
2017-12-30	3	6th	1 11 19 23 24 34
2017-12-20	2	5th	15 26 31 32 34 35
2017-12-13	3	5th	4 12 19 22 34 38
2017-12-02	14	6th	4 24 25 30 33 34
2017-10-14	1	5th	5 6 10 33 34 35
2017-10-11	2	6th	3 7 9 27 30 34
2017-10-04	5	5th	12 19 22 26 34 40
2017-09-16	4	5th	3 9 21 22 34 39
2017-09-02	1	6th	2 4 5 12 17 34
2017-08-30	2	6th	16 25 28 31 33 34
2017-08-23	5	5th	2 5 6 32 34 38
2017-08-05	3	6th	18 21 23 27 31 34
2017-07-26	6	6th	10 15 18 24 31 34
2017-07-05	3	5th	5 11 16 22 34 37
2017-06-24	9	5th	16 21 30 33 34 39
2017-05-24	2	5th	6 9 22 33 34 37
2017-05-17	7	5th	14 24 25 28 34 37
2017-04-22	8	4th	5 17 21 34 35 36
2017-03-25	22	5th	2 7 8 28 34 40
2017-01-07	4	6th	6 12 22 24 31 34
2016-12-24	5	5th	26 27 28 31 34 39
2016-12-07	2	5th	2 4 12 28 34 37
2016-11-30	9	6th	10 13 18 25 27 34
2016-10-29	3	4th	1 11 18 34 35 39
2016-10-19	26	5th	9 14 18 25 34 40
2016-07-20	17	5th	2 7 16 21 34 38
2016-05-21	4	6th	3 8 12 17 23 34
2016-05-07	3	5th	5 7 8 16 34 38
2016-04-27	12	4th	1 23 32 34 37 39
2016-03-16	7	5th	9 13 27 30 34 36
2016-02-20	8	6th	9 17 26 29 30 34
2016-01-23	9	6th	10 25 28 30 33 34
2015-12-23	5	5th	8 16 18 32 34 35
2015-12-05	9	4th	17 20 22 34 35 36
2015-11-04	16	6th	1 6 11 17 30 34
2015-09-09	9	6th	9 15 25 32 33 34
2015-08-08	1	5th	4 22 24 30 34 37
2015-08-05	6	6th	4 7 17 22 29 34
2015-07-15	5	4th	11 16 28 34 39 40
2015-06-27	15	5th	12 13 18 21 34 39
2015-05-06	3	6th	3 9 17 24 31 34
2015-04-25	3	5th	9 20 21 26 34 35
2015-04-15	5	5th	1 14 18 31 34 39
2015-03-28	8	4th	5 9 20 34 35 37
2015-02-28	8	5th	9 12 31 32 34 35
2015-01-31	2	5th	5 7 20 24 34 37
2015-01-24	1	3rd	9 19 34 36 37 38
2015-01-21	1	6th	7 23 24 25 30 34
2015-01-17	3	6th	3 19 20 25 28 34
2015-01-07	32	5th	3 20 30 32 34 40
2014-09-17	1	6th	2 15 19 21 23 34
2014-09-13	7	5th	7 12 18 26 34 36
2014-08-20	17	5th	8 23 26 32 34 39
2014-06-21	3	6th	2 4 8 12 23 34
2014-06-11	2	5th	4 23 24 32 34 38
2014-06-04	8	5th	7 21 30 31 34 37
2014-05-07	1	6th	4 6 15 20 21 34
2014-05-03	1	6th	14 19 20 31 33 34
2014-04-30	15	5th	1 4 9 17 34 40
2014-03-08	10	5th	2 4 23 24 34 38
2014-02-01	7	6th	2 12 23 25 30 34
2014-01-08	2	5th	1 6 10 22 34 36
2014-01-01	18	5th	2 13 16 30 34 35
2013-10-26	14	5th	1 11 19 26 34 39
2013-09-07	4	4th	20 29 32 34 37 40
2013-08-24	22	6th	3 14 15 22 23 34
2013-06-08	19	6th	1 19 20 23 24 34
2013-04-03	1	5th	2 22 28 33 34 40
2013-03-30	2	5th	8 9 10 30 34 38
2013-03-23	12	6th	3 13 16 27 30 34
2013-02-09	6	6th	7 15 16 25 29 34
2013-01-19	4	6th	2 5 16 22 32 34
2013-01-05	3	6th	5 9 22 24 25 34
2012-12-26	10	5th	3 8 9 23 34 37
2012-11-21	2	6th	1 15 24 28 32 34
2012-11-14	4	6th	3 5 7 15 19 34
2012-10-31	3	5th	17 22 25 27 34 35
2012-10-20	2	6th	8 9 22 24 32 34
2012-10-13	16	5th	3 10 12 25 34 39
2012-08-18	5	5th	1 10 26 27 34 37
2012-08-01	10	5th	7 22 24 25 34 36
2012-06-27	8	5th	23 26 28 30 34 39
2012-05-30	7	5th	3 14 24 25 34 36
2012-05-05	5	5th	2 7 27 28 34 40
2012-04-18	33	5th	6 14 19 22 34 39
2011-12-24	4	4th	5 11 21 34 36 40
2011-12-10	5	5th	4 19 23 32 34 40
2011-11-23	8	5th	3 9 21 23 34 37
2011-10-26	3	6th	1 3 18 29 33 34
2011-10-15	11	5th	10 11 12 20 34 38
2011-09-07	7	5th	6 8 17 31 34 35
2011-08-13	2	6th	5 16 25 26 29 34
2011-08-06	11	5th	1 15 17 27 34 35
2011-06-29	22	5th	10 12 16 18 34 35
2011-04-13	21	6th	1 22 23 29 33 34
2011-01-29	4	5th	6 8 18 24 34 37
2011-01-15	5	5th	18 22 23 27 34 38
2010-12-29	1	6th	5 6 8 9 13 34
2010-12-22	15	5th	12 14 17 26 34 40
2010-10-30	16	5th	6 12 23 25 34 36
2010-09-04	7	5th	6 8 11 29 34 39
2010-08-11	8	5th	10 14 22 31 34 37
2010-07-14	3	6th	2 11 19 22 26 34
2010-07-03	7	5th	9 14 16 17 34 35
2010-06-09	5	6th	3 10 14 19 21 34
2010-05-22	4	5th	9 15 22 23 34 38
2010-05-08	1	6th	4 19 23 30 33 34
2010-05-05	1	5th	17 21 29 31 34 39
2010-05-01	—	5th	1 3 10 30 34 38