Number 52

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

119times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.78σ

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

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

57longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

52 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 52, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 57 · 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 52 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest119 · chance 119.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 15 16 12 47 4

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, 52 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 52 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-17	14	5th	32 39 41 45 52
2026-09-14	1	5th	1 10 26 47 52
2026-09-12	21	5th	2 8 15 43 52
2026-07-25	2	5th	2 6 37

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

2024-12-23	4	5th	4 21 28 42 52
2024-12-14	14	5th	2 8 47 51 52
2024-11-11	3	5th	15 38 39 50 52
2024-11-04	8	5th	3 9 12 16 52
2024-10-16	9	5th	2 16 21 33 52
2024-09-25	4	5th	5 10 13 31 52
2024-09-16	8	5th	4 16 41 44 52
2024-08-28	7	5th	7 28 41 46 52
2024-08-12	6	5th	9 24 27 28 52
2024-07-29	3	5th	1 26 44 51 52
2024-07-22	38	5th	2 12 15 43 52
2024-04-24	1	5th	7 12 17 22 52
2024-04-22	3	5th	19 28 33 38 52
2024-04-15	7	5th	2 12 18 23 52
2024-03-30	3	5th	9 17 34 48 52
2024-03-23	6	5th	5 7 12 41 52
2024-03-09	6	5th	3 27 33 37 52
2024-02-24	5	5th	10 19 30 33 52
2024-02-12	12	5th	13 14 22 31 52
2024-01-15	8	5th	28 29 38 41 52
2023-12-27	1	5th	3 10 36 47 52
2023-12-25	6	5th	4 10 25 48 52
2023-12-11	14	5th	18 39 42 47 52
2023-11-08	19	5th	1 3 23 45 52
2023-09-25	9	5th	19 23 31 38 52
2023-09-04	12	5th	10 17 33 51 52
2023-08-07	4	5th	4 8 29 33 52
2023-07-29	12	5th	8 14 29 50 52
2023-07-01	9	5th	13 16 23 43 52
2023-06-10	5	5th	4 6 38 46 52
2023-05-29	24	5th	19 34 42 50 52
2023-04-03	3	5th	6 27 30 40 52
2023-03-27	1	5th	20 37 46 49 52
2023-03-25	4	5th	3 17 29 41 52
2023-03-15	5	5th	31 36 43 45 52
2023-03-04	6	5th	2 5 24 32 52
2023-02-18	6	5th	5 17 25 48 52
2023-02-04	3	5th	8 17 18 21 52
2023-01-28	5	5th	1 24 34 37 52
2023-01-16	22	5th	7 20 21 27 52
2022-11-26	7	5th	1 27 31 46 52
2022-11-09	3	5th	1 5 7 15 52
2022-11-02	4	5th	12 19 37 50 52
2022-10-24	1	5th	17 19 22 31 52
2022-10-22	1	5th	5 19 44 49 52
2022-10-19	14	5th	8 30 35 44 52
2022-09-17	3	5th	5 9 14 28 52
2022-09-10	4	5th	19 24 32 33 52
2022-08-31	4	5th	4 22 41 43 52
2022-08-22	1	5th	16 22 34 48 52
2022-08-20	11	5th	20 27 35 37 52
2022-07-25	9	5th	26 31 37 48 52
2022-06-29	9	5th	17 29 33 40 52
2022-05-28	13	5th	7 20 40 42 52
2022-04-13	6	5th	10 25 32 33 52
2022-03-23	8	5th	36 45 47 51 52
2022-02-23	11	5th	3 13 29 47 52
2022-01-15	15	5th	16 22 35 49 52
2021-11-24	21	5th	4 10 34 49 52
2021-09-11	11	5th	3 14 36 38 52
2021-08-04	4	5th	12 15 27 38 52
2021-07-21	5	5th	4 12 17 23 52
2021-07-03	7	5th	7 10 34 48 52
2021-06-09	5	5th	4 39 46 48 52
2021-05-22	5	5th	26 36 47 48 52
2021-05-05	7	5th	1 12 26 36 52
2021-04-10	38	5th	16 24 43 49 52
2020-11-28	2	5th	7 16 23 25 52
2020-11-21	18	5th	2 5 36 45 52
2020-09-19	1	5th	15 34 35 43 52
2020-09-16	2	5th	12 15 21 48 52
2020-09-09	26	5th	6 15 35 38 52
2020-06-10	20	5th	13 16 33 38 52
2020-04-01	56	5th	14 16 28 29 52
2019-09-18	6	5th	10 41 44 51 52
2019-08-28	3	5th	10 11 15 46 52
2019-08-17	1	5th	14 20 22 39 52
2019-08-14	11	5th	15 21 35 45 52
2019-07-06	20	5th	20 22 43 47 52
2019-04-27	13	5th	1 11 44 47 52
2019-03-13	4	5th	18 42 44 48 52
2019-02-27	7	5th	27 33 35 43 52
2019-02-02	6	5th	15 16 28 46 52
2019-01-12	7	5th	14 17 19 32 52
2018-12-19	9	5th	10 12 13 34 52
2018-11-17	20	5th	4 6 11 43 52
2018-09-08	3	5th	4 11 34 50 52
2018-08-29	3	5th	10 17 20 26 52
2018-08-18	4	5th	13 18 39 47 52
2018-08-04	13	5th	15 16 26 45 52
2018-06-20	20	5th	3 10 11 13 52
2018-04-11	13	5th	7 20 29 33 52
2018-02-24	4	5th	14 23 35 50 52
2018-02-10	4	5th	28 42 43 44 52
2018-01-27	—	5th	31 34 45 49 52