Number 7

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

154times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.64σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

37longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 154 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 154 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 18 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 smallest69 · chance 63.5
2nd smallest57 · chance 65.7
3rd smallest24 · chance 21.9
4th smallest4 · chance 2.8
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 19.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 16 24 37 5 25

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 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
2020-06-06	3	4th	2 3 4 7 11 36
2020-05-27	2	1st	7 20 23 29 39 40
2020-05-20	7	1st	7 8 15 20 25 27
2020-04-25	9

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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