Number 34

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

162times drawn · chance expected 153 +0.75σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

32longest completed wait · 94% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,257 draws against 153.3 expected, +0.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 34, draw by draw

Drawn 162 times in 1,257 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 17 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 34 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 smallest0 · chance 2.0
3rd smallest23 · chance 19.7
4th smallest68 · chance 67.7
5th smallest71 · chance 72.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 10 37 19 21 4

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, 34 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 34 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-02-23	3	4th	6 19 30 34 38
2022-02-12	2	4th	6 18 29 34 35
2022-02-05	16	5th	16 21 24 27 34
2021-12-11	28	5th	12

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

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