Number 45

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

114times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.28σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

82longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 114 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, +0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 114 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 82 · waiting 2 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 45 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 smallest1 · chance 0.7
3rd smallest13 · chance 9.1
4th smallest44 · chance 42.3
5th smallest56 · chance 61.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

51 21 12 17 15 30

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, 45 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-17	2	4th	32 39 41 45 52
2026-10-12	6	5th	4 22 26 40 45
2026-09-28	3	4th	7 12 39 45 47
2026-09-21	8	4th	22 23 33

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

2025-05-03	7	4th	21 23 39 45 50
2025-04-16	30	3rd	2 5 45 47 48
2025-02-05	3	5th	4 13 17 44 45
2025-01-29	1	5th	9 20 23 42 45
2025-01-27	9	5th	3 7 21 33 45
2025-01-06	3	3rd	15 34 45 50 51
2024-12-30	8	4th	12 16 38 45 50
2024-12-11	28	4th	4 14 30 45 50
2024-10-07	7	5th	8 26 28 39 45
2024-09-21	1	5th	1 4 8 37 45
2024-09-18	12	5th	7 17 29 42 45
2024-08-21	11	4th	6 25 41 45 46
2024-07-27	21	5th	9 15 17 42 45
2024-06-08	42	5th	5 7 23 37 45
2024-03-02	7	5th	9 19 35 38 45
2024-02-14	16	5th	2 3 15 16 45
2024-01-08	3	5th	12 21 37 39 45
2024-01-01	17	5th	7 9 19 36 45
2023-11-22	6	5th	17 19 37 42 45
2023-11-08	82	4th	1 3 23 45 52
2023-05-01	8	5th	2 17 20 31 45
2023-04-12	6	3rd	18 36 45 48 51
2023-03-29	5	4th	19 24 38 45 46
2023-03-18	1	4th	35 37 44 45 46
2023-03-15	2	4th	31 36 43 45 52
2023-03-11	16	4th	33 39 41 45 48
2023-02-01	6	5th	10 16 33 34 45
2023-01-18	3	5th	12 18 24 27 45
2023-01-11	6	3rd	5 23 45 46 51
2022-12-28	3	5th	2 10 21 44 45
2022-12-21	9	5th	12 14 23 38 45
2022-11-30	27	5th	12 21 35 42 45
2022-09-28	3	5th	13 38 39 44 45
2022-09-21	1	5th	6 32 38 43 45
2022-09-19	27	3rd	12 31 45 47 48
2022-07-18	8	4th	18 30 35 45 46
2022-06-22	5	5th	3 13 33 37 45
2022-06-04	10	4th	9 14 33 45 46
2022-04-30	11	5th	7 14 30 44 45
2022-03-23	20	2nd	36 45 47 51 52
2022-01-12	2	5th	12 19 27 37 45
2022-01-05	5	4th	1 4 17 45 50
2021-12-18	20	4th	15 25 31 45 46
2021-10-09	2	3rd	6 22 45 48 51
2021-10-02	1	3rd	2 21 45 49 50
2021-09-29	12	4th	13 31 32 45 46
2021-08-18	1	4th	27 30 38 45 50
2021-08-14	8	5th	8 19 21 35 45
2021-07-17	8	5th	26 30 37 40 45
2021-06-19	5	5th	24 35 39 42 45
2021-06-02	12	4th	31 34 36 45 50
2021-04-21	14	5th	4 41 42 44 45
2021-03-03	29	5th	16 18 19 28 45
2020-11-21	26	4th	2 5 36 45 52
2020-08-22	1	3rd	1 33 45 48 49
2020-08-19	6	5th	1 8 17 35 45
2020-07-29	4	4th	29 30 38 45 51
2020-07-15	2	4th	11 13 14 45 51
2020-07-08	11	4th	7 33 41 45 51
2020-05-30	9	5th	3 17 31 41 45
2020-04-29	4	5th	11 18 28 43 45
2020-04-15	8	4th	3 19 26 45 51
2020-03-18	23	5th	6 16 24 34 45
2019-12-28	1	3rd	9 31 45 47 51
2019-12-25	6	5th	4 11 20 35 45
2019-12-04	26	3rd	34 38 45 47 51
2019-09-04	1	5th	13 25 35 37 45
2019-08-31	5	4th	14 15 21 45 46
2019-08-14	22	4th	15 21 35 45 52
2019-05-29	1	4th	5 7 27 45 48
2019-05-25	14	4th	4 16 28 45 51
2019-04-06	4	5th	12 28 32 34 45
2019-03-23	5	4th	30 40 42 45 46
2019-03-06	6	5th	12 17 25 34 45
2019-02-13	8	5th	5 6 18 26 45
2019-01-16	13	4th	3 21 42 45 51
2018-12-01	5	5th	1 30 34 40 45
2018-11-14	1	5th	14 21 28 30 45
2018-11-10	22	5th	10 17 21 26 45
2018-08-25	6	4th	9 10 30 45 49
2018-08-04	4	4th	15 16 26 45 52
2018-07-21	21	4th	17 31 42 45 50
2018-05-09	1	5th	2 10 28 36 45
2018-05-05	18	5th	8 15 18 32 45
2018-03-03	7	5th	6 21 30 32 45
2018-02-07	1	4th	15 25 36 45 51
2018-02-03	2	5th	1 4 41 44 45
2018-01-27	2	3rd	31 34 45 49 52
2018-01-20	14	5th	15 23 40 43 45
2017-12-02	—	3rd	22 28 45 47 51