Number 39

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

142times drawn · chance expected 153 −0.97σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

39 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 142 times in 1,257 draws against 153.3 expected, −0.97σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 39, draw by draw

Drawn 142 times in 1,257 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 16 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 39 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 smallest2 · chance 1.1
4th smallest24 · chance 26.2
5th smallest116 · chance 114.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 3 8 1 7 12

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, 39 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 39 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-02-26	2	5th	9 15 19 37 39
2022-02-19	3	5th	22 27 28 30 39
2022-02-09	4	5th	9 10 31 37 39
2022-01-26	8	5th	5

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

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