In MultiMatch under the 6/43 + 1/0 · Nov 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 296 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).
31times drawn · chance expected 41 −1.73σ
0draws waiting — it came up last time
9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2
41longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 31 times in 296 draws against 41.3 expected, −1.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
2
Number 2, draw by draw
Drawn 31 times in 296 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 41 · drawn in the most recent draw
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.
Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 42 numbers; chance expects about 1 such strangers 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 43. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.