Number 33

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 · Apr 2010 – Apr 2022 rules — 1,257 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

175times drawn · chance expected 153 +1.87σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

36longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

33 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 175 times in 1,257 draws against 153.3 expected, +1.87σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 33, draw by draw

Drawn 175 times in 1,257 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 3 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 33 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 0.1
2nd smallest5 · chance 3.4
3rd smallest26 · chance 26.6
4th smallest65 · chance 76.0
5th smallest79 · chance 68.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 5 40 18 31 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 33 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd most popular of 41. 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 33 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-04-13	5	5th	9 14 15 23 33
2022-03-26	2	5th	5 7 19 22 33
2022-03-19	1	5th	8 10 18 30 33
2022-03-16	1	5th	7

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: 33 is drawn with probability 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

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