Number 49

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,908 draws, 6 from 1–49.

176times drawn · chance expected 234 −4.02σ

462draws waiting · a wait this long: <0.1% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

43longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

49 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 49

Drawn 176 times in 1,908 draws against 233.6 expected, −4.02σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 49, draw by draw

Drawn 176 times in 1,908 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 462 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 49 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest176 · chance 176.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 35 36 3 40 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 49 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd most popular of 49. 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 49 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2023-11-08	7	6th	4 11 26 38 46 49
2023-10-14	8	6th	20 28 30 40 46 49
2023-09-16	43	6th	2 19 34 40 47 49
2023-04-19	5	6th

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: 49 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 49 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0

6th smallest176 · chance 176.0

How many people play it

Numbers above 31 ×0.86

Date

Wait

Position

The draw

2023-11-08

6th

4 11 26 38 46 49

2023-10-14

6th

20 28 30 40 46 49

2023-09-16

6th

2 19 34 40 47 49

2023-04-19

6th

2021-02-06	3	6th	2 13 27 44 47 49
2021-01-27	26	6th	1 16 39 45 48 49
2020-10-28	1	6th	4 7 13 18 36 49
2020-10-24	3	6th	13 26 28 42 46 49
2020-10-14	2	6th	10 19 24 36 42 49
2020-10-07	1	6th	3 11 27 32 36 49
2020-10-03	2	6th	1 2 15 20 38 49
2020-09-26	7	6th	18 28 32 33 37 49
2020-09-02	1	6th	28 39 40 41 47 49
2020-08-29	1	6th	3 8 12 36 47 49
2020-08-26	4	6th	3 5 20 36 40 49
2020-08-12	7	6th	4 6 9 37 40 49
2020-07-18	27	6th	16 20 38 45 47 49
2020-04-15	2	6th	5 28 36 37 44 49
2020-04-08	3	6th	13 21 24 25 30 49
2020-03-28	12	6th	6 7 15 34 40 49
2020-02-15	18	6th	10 15 30 40 42 49
2019-12-14	26	6th	10 32 35 43 44 49
2019-09-14	8	6th	14 25 35 41 44 49
2019-08-17	1	6th	2 5 10 20 26 49
2019-08-14	3	6th	3 10 28 32 35 49
2019-08-03	10	6th	12 17 20 25 40 49
2019-06-29	2	6th	7 22 31 35 37 49
2019-06-22	4	6th	18 24 28 39 42 49
2019-06-08	19	6th	4 21 23 44 45 49
2019-04-03	8	6th	5 6 7 23 26 49
2019-03-06	7	6th	8 9 25 34 40 49
2019-02-09	3	6th	1 28 34 39 44 49
2019-01-30	2	6th	12 21 37 38 44 49
2019-01-23	3	6th	6 10 16 20 44 49
2019-01-12	6	6th	15 20 26 27 41 49
2018-12-22	3	6th	18 23 24 26 38 49
2018-12-12	37	6th	8 12 14 41 46 49
2018-08-04	18	6th	5 13 17 24 35 49
2018-06-02	1	6th	9 15 38 39 42 49
2018-05-30	10	6th	5 7 34 46 48 49
2018-04-25	6	6th	11 12 15 33 42 49
2018-04-04	1	6th	5 13 34 42 45 49
2018-03-31	3	6th	11 19 29 37 39 49
2018-03-21	16	6th	18 25 32 42 46 49
2018-01-24	1	6th	1 10 20 23 28 49
2018-01-20	10	6th	2 17 29 36 41 49
2017-12-16	3	6th	1 9 12 25 32 49
2017-12-06	10	6th	7 8 30 37 43 49
2017-11-01	4	6th	10 11 38 43 47 49
2017-10-18	8	6th	4 26 27 28 29 49
2017-09-20	1	6th	4 17 21 35 39 49
2017-09-16	7	6th	10 23 24 35 45 49
2017-08-23	3	6th	17 21 27 28 40 49
2017-08-12	7	6th	6 8 12 16 32 49
2017-07-19	3	6th	5 25 34 35 42 49
2017-07-08	13	6th	1 3 31 36 45 49
2017-05-24	10	6th	3 7 22 32 43 49
2017-04-19	7	6th	13 31 33 39 40 49
2017-03-25	15	6th	4 25 29 42 44 49
2017-02-01	5	6th	9 11 25 26 30 49
2017-01-14	13	6th	2 10 13 31 38 49
2016-11-30	9	6th	4 7 8 21 38 49
2016-10-29	7	6th	9 18 29 40 47 49
2016-10-05	2	6th	3 8 12 29 32 49
2016-09-28	10	6th	22 28 34 36 40 49
2016-08-24	13	6th	9 14 17 29 38 49
2016-07-09	12	6th	5 11 15 32 44 49
2016-05-28	9	6th	7 30 31 36 48 49
2016-04-27	3	6th	2 15 21 36 44 49
2016-04-16	12	6th	5 14 33 43 44 49
2016-03-05	5	6th	21 23 30 36 40 49
2016-02-17	2	6th	16 18 29 46 48 49
2016-02-10	10	6th	9 24 27 31 32 49
2016-01-06	12	6th	8 12 17 33 37 49
2015-11-25	8	6th	5 6 17 29 47 49
2015-10-28	1	6th	9 19 35 40 43 49
2015-10-24	4	6th	15 18 28 30 34 49
2015-10-10	3	6th	4 12 14 18 28 49
2015-09-30	5	6th	1 23 33 36 41 49
2015-09-12	1	6th	7 14 18 21 46 49
2015-09-09	4	6th	9 12 15 37 41 49
2015-08-26	1	6th	12 16 27 36 47 49
2015-08-22	7	6th	5 18 29 36 44 49
2015-07-29	4	6th	1 3 5 8 47 49
2015-07-15	9	6th	7 18 25 35 44 49
2015-06-13	3	6th	3 13 31 34 37 49
2015-06-03	12	6th	3 9 16 24 29 49
2015-04-22	13	6th	13 16 20 29 44 49
2015-03-07	1	6th	10 29 31 44 47 49
2015-03-04	3	6th	5 7 11 36 46 49
2015-02-21	3	6th	2 29 33 36 42 49
2015-02-11	5	6th	6 22 23 30 42 49
2015-01-24	10	6th	2 15 27 32 38 49
2014-12-20	2	6th	9 11 30 38 40 49
2014-12-13	26	6th	11 13 15 17 33 49
2014-09-13	17	6th	13 23 31 32 44 49
2014-07-16	22	6th	15 26 30 37 42 49
2014-04-30	5	6th	12 13 23 34 38 49
2014-04-12	4	6th	1 7 18 35 37 49
2014-03-29	5	6th	1 7 16 28 35 49
2014-03-12	6	6th	3 12 13 36 40 49
2014-02-19	15	6th	24 36 43 45 48 49
2013-12-28	1	6th	2 7 23 29 43 49
2013-12-25	2	6th	3 4 8 43 45 49
2013-12-18	20	6th	8 15 18 41 42 49
2013-10-09	7	6th	9 10 19 23 31 49
2013-09-14	9	6th	3 4 13 28 45 49
2013-08-14	3	6th	7 16 18 32 35 49
2013-08-03	8	6th	1 21 24 40 41 49
2013-07-06	24	6th	8 23 26 34 40 49
2013-04-13	16	6th	1 10 20 31 35 49
2013-02-16	9	6th	3 24 36 41 47 49
2013-01-16	4	6th	3 18 28 35 44 49
2013-01-02	3	6th	6 15 16 17 42 49
2012-12-22	4	6th	1 14 24 25 27 49
2012-12-08	11	6th	2 4 27 42 48 49
2012-10-31	6	6th	24 26 35 39 48 49
2012-10-10	3	6th	5 18 23 32 44 49
2012-09-29	4	6th	9 12 22 37 46 49
2012-09-15	3	6th	2 9 26 30 34 49
2012-09-05	11	6th	3 12 31 38 39 49
2012-07-28	1	6th	1 19 35 43 46 49
2012-07-25	4	6th	12 28 29 32 46 49
2012-07-11	13	6th	5 18 19 33 48 49
2012-05-26	5	6th	13 23 28 30 45 49
2012-05-09	9	6th	12 15 23 36 45 49
2012-04-07	4	6th	1 5 17 22 48 49
2012-03-24	22	6th	36 43 44 47 48 49
2012-01-07	9	6th	1 3 28 47 48 49
2011-12-07	4	6th	25 28 35 42 46 49
2011-11-23	1	6th	3 17 25 32 45 49
2011-11-19	8	6th	4 23 25 27 28 49
2011-10-22	6	6th	1 3 19 23 36 49
2011-10-01	20	6th	6 12 22 45 46 49
2011-07-23	9	6th	10 11 14 16 26 49
2011-06-22	4	6th	3 6 11 30 40 49
2011-06-08	15	6th	5 8 24 26 33 49
2011-04-16	1	6th	4 12 18 41 47 49
2011-04-13	7	6th	10 20 32 35 48 49
2011-03-19	1	6th	5 23 27 28 30 49
2011-03-16	15	6th	3 6 15 43 48 49
2011-01-22	10	6th	6 28 32 40 48 49
2010-12-18	1	6th	8 19 23 41 42 49
2010-12-15	10	6th	17 37 38 40 48 49
2010-11-10	2	6th	21 38 40 45 47 49
2010-11-03	11	6th	1 2 12 34 48 49
2010-09-25	18	6th	1 6 14 35 46 49
2010-07-24	4	6th	4 22 41 42 48 49
2010-07-10	26	6th	2 4 12 37 43 49
2010-04-10	5	6th	1 13 20 28 42 49
2010-03-24	2	6th	7 20 21 30 37 49
2010-03-17	1	6th	8 15 21 26 42 49
2010-03-13	4	6th	3 13 16 35 36 49
2010-02-27	3	6th	2 20 23 36 47 49
2010-02-17	12	6th	13 16 19 28 31 49
2010-01-06	—	6th	21 22 27 30 43 49