Number 2

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

108times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.31σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

44longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, −0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 17 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 2 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 smallest101 · chance 99.5
2nd smallest7 · chance 8.5
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 46 12 22 5 10

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, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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 model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-12	4	1st	2 8 15 43 52
2026-09-02	17	1st	2 4 16 39 45
2026-07-25	22	1st	2 6 37 49 52
2026-06-03	3	1st	2 5 19

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: 2 is drawn with probability 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-16	8	1st	2 5 45 47 48
2025-03-29	21	1st	2 21 33 46 52
2025-02-08	8	1st	2 5 6 30 50
2025-01-20	2	1st	2 4 22 23 32
2025-01-15	6	1st	2 11 28 40 47
2025-01-01	8	2nd	1 2 8 14 30
2024-12-14	7	1st	2 8 47 51 52
2024-11-27	2	1st	2 20 23 24 29
2024-11-23	12	1st	2 8 10 14 49
2024-10-26	4	1st	2 3 25 42 47
2024-10-16	15	1st	2 16 21 33 52
2024-09-11	22	1st	2 9 10 12 24
2024-07-22	26	1st	2 12 15 43 52
2024-05-22	16	1st	2 5 15 41 43
2024-04-15	2	1st	2 12 18 23 52
2024-04-10	2	1st	2 15 21 33 47
2024-04-06	19	1st	2 23 32 35 42
2024-02-21	3	1st	2 6 26 40 43
2024-02-14	3	1st	2 3 15 16 45
2024-02-07	22	1st	2 5 17 20 25
2023-12-18	38	1st	2 3 12 33 40
2023-09-20	39	1st	2 16 27 32 46
2023-06-21	3	1st	2 13 20 35 48
2023-06-14	8	1st	2 15 26 29 30
2023-05-27	11	1st	2 23 28 40 50
2023-05-01	1	1st	2 17 20 31 45
2023-04-29	1	1st	2 5 8 36 51
2023-04-26	11	1st	2 11 12 27 46
2023-04-01	11	1st	2 38 43 46 51
2023-03-06	1	1st	2 17 25 35 50
2023-03-04	8	1st	2 5 24 32 52
2023-02-13	1	1st	2 17 21 22 26
2023-02-11	5	1st	2 3 24 28 46
2023-01-30	11	1st	2 16 28 32 38
2023-01-04	3	1st	2 12 30 37 46
2022-12-28	8	1st	2 10 21 44 45
2022-12-10	1	1st	2 17 29 31 43
2022-12-07	24	1st	2 19 22 47 48
2022-10-12	16	1st	2 14 20 40 48
2022-09-05	12	1st	2 30 36 39 46
2022-08-08	21	1st	2 15 17 31 48
2022-06-08	24	1st	2 15 29 39 42
2022-03-16	10	1st	2 16 34 40 41
2022-02-09	1	1st	2 18 20 32 36
2022-02-05	1	1st	2 4 22 31 35
2022-02-02	16	1st	2 8 18 25 31
2021-12-08	19	1st	2 11 17 41 46
2021-10-02	16	1st	2 21 45 49 50
2021-08-07	29	1st	2 6 34 38 41
2021-04-28	4	1st	2 33 34 39 46
2021-04-14	7	1st	2 3 6 38 39
2021-03-20	9	2nd	1 2 18 37 47
2021-02-17	25	1st	2 11 16 46 50
2020-11-21	12	1st	2 5 36 45 52
2020-10-10	8	1st	2 10 19 26 31
2020-09-12	42	2nd	1 2 19 22 35
2020-04-18	3	1st	2 15 18 41 48
2020-04-08	3	1st	2 7 18 26 40
2020-03-28	5	1st	2 5 19 31 33
2020-03-11	4	1st	2 11 24 29 50
2020-02-26	5	1st	2 3 29 30 40
2020-02-08	1	1st	2 9 17 36 40
2020-02-05	19	2nd	1 2 18 26 36
2019-11-30	6	1st	2 13 22 39 49
2019-11-09	1	1st	2 27 32 37 39
2019-11-06	44	1st	2 12 15 27 44
2019-06-05	4	1st	2 9 29 38 46
2019-05-22	1	2nd	1 2 8 11 35
2019-05-18	8	1st	2 22 26 28 40
2019-04-20	1	1st	2 27 32 36 50
2019-04-17	13	1st	2 17 24 34 51
2019-03-02	23	1st	2 10 15 26 49
2018-12-12	4	1st	2 3 13 22 49
2018-11-28	35	1st	2 7 10 12 22
2018-07-28	10	1st	2 13 38 39 51
2018-06-23	13	1st	2 17 22 30 37
2018-05-09	9	1st	2 10 28 36 45
2018-04-07	6	1st	2 10 13 37 50
2018-03-17	3	1st	2 12 15 18 19
2018-03-07	6	2nd	1 2 13 20 36
2018-02-14	15	2nd	1 2 13 15 28
2017-12-23	4	1st	2 32 37 39 51
2017-12-09	7	1st	2 5 7 22 25
2017-11-15	—	1st	2 9 18 31 39