Number 7

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

99times drawn · chance expected 111 −1.21σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 60% for any number

11.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

47longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, −1.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 11.7 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 6 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 smallest61 · chance 59.0
2nd smallest32 · chance 33.7
3rd smallest6 · chance 5.9
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 5 40 12 31 41

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	4	1st	7 10 19 20 43
2026-09-28	13	1st	7 12 39 45 47
2026-08-29	2	1st	7 10 25 30 33
2026-08-24	18	1st	7 13 23

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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