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Number 2 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 92 times drawn · chance expected 78 +1.71σ
11 draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number
9.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
41 longest completed wait · 89% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 92 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +1.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
2 Number 2, draw by draw Drawn 92 times in 869 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 11 draws now
15 draws: 2005-06-28 to 2005-08-19 14 draws: 2005-08-19 to 2005-10-07 11 draws: 2005-10-07 to 2005-11-15 21 draws: 2005-11-15 to 2006-01-27 3 draws: 2006-01-27 to 2006-02-07 6 draws: 2006-02-07 to 2006-02-28 7 draws: 2006-02-28 to 2006-03-24 5 draws: 2006-03-24 to 2006-04-11 3 draws: 2006-04-11 to 2006-04-21 11 draws: 2006-04-21 to 2006-05-30 8 draws: 2006-05-30 to 2006-06-27 9 draws: 2006-06-27 to 2006-07-28 2 draws: 2006-07-28 to 2006-08-04 13 draws: 2006-08-04 to 2006-09-19 31 draws: 2006-09-19 to 2007-01-05 39 draws: 2007-01-05 to 2007-05-22 2 draws: 2007-05-22 to 2007-05-29 23 draws: 2007-05-29 to 2007-08-17 11 draws: 2007-08-17 to 2007-09-25 6 draws: 2007-09-25 to 2007-10-16 2 draws: 2007-10-16 to 2007-10-23 2 draws: 2007-10-23 to 2007-10-30 17 draws: 2007-10-30 to 2007-12-28 41 draws: 2007-12-28 to 2008-05-20 18 draws: 2008-05-20 to 2008-07-22 1 draws: 2008-07-22 to 2008-07-25 5 draws: 2008-07-25 to 2008-08-12 11 draws: 2008-08-12 to 2008-09-19 5 draws: 2008-09-19 to 2008-10-07 7 draws: 2008-10-07 to 2008-10-31 7 draws: 2008-10-31 to 2008-11-25 2 draws: 2008-11-25 to 2008-12-02 9 draws: 2008-12-02 to 2009-01-02 4 draws: 2009-01-02 to 2009-01-16 2 draws: 2009-01-16 to 2009-01-23 4 draws: 2009-01-23 to 2009-02-06 9 draws: 2009-02-06 to 2009-03-10 8 draws: 2009-03-10 to 2009-04-07 12 draws: 2009-04-07 to 2009-05-19 30 draws: 2009-05-19 to 2009-09-01 1 draws: 2009-09-01 to 2009-09-04 7 draws: 2009-09-04 to 2009-09-29 21 draws: 2009-09-29 to 2009-12-11 5 draws: 2009-12-11 to 2009-12-29 12 draws: 2009-12-29 to 2010-02-09 9 draws: 2010-02-09 to 2010-03-12 6 draws: 2010-03-12 to 2010-04-02 10 draws: 2010-04-02 to 2010-05-07 14 draws: 2010-05-07 to 2010-06-25 6 draws: 2010-06-25 to 2010-07-16 3 draws: 2010-07-16 to 2010-07-27 4 draws: 2010-07-27 to 2010-08-10 13 draws: 2010-08-10 to 2010-09-24 1 draws: 2010-09-24 to 2010-09-28 6 draws: 2010-09-28 to 2010-10-19 1 draws: 2010-10-19 to 2010-10-22 9 draws: 2010-10-22 to 2010-11-23 15 draws: 2010-11-23 to 2011-01-14 35 draws: 2011-01-14 to 2011-05-17 15 draws: 2011-05-17 to 2011-07-08 3 draws: 2011-07-08 to 2011-07-19 11 draws: 2011-07-19 to 2011-08-26 1 draws: 2011-08-26 to 2011-08-30 8 draws: 2011-08-30 to 2011-09-27 13 draws: 2011-09-27 to 2011-11-11 10 draws: 2011-11-11 to 2011-12-16 5 draws: 2011-12-16 to 2012-01-03 20 draws: 2012-01-03 to 2012-03-13 5 draws: 2012-03-13 to 2012-03-30 2 draws: 2012-03-30 to 2012-04-06 1 draws: 2012-04-06 to 2012-04-10 5 draws: 2012-04-10 to 2012-04-27 3 draws: 2012-04-27 to 2012-05-08 6 draws: 2012-05-08 to 2012-05-29 1 draws: 2012-05-29 to 2012-06-01 3 draws: 2012-06-01 to 2012-06-12 11 draws: 2012-06-12 to 2012-07-20 2 draws: 2012-07-20 to 2012-07-27 2 draws: 2012-07-27 to 2012-08-03 41 draws: 2012-08-03 to 2012-12-25 3 draws: 2012-12-25 to 2013-01-04 9 draws: 2013-01-04 to 2013-02-05 20 draws: 2013-02-05 to 2013-04-16 5 draws: 2013-04-16 to 2013-05-03 5 draws: 2013-05-03 to 2013-05-21 3 draws: 2013-05-21 to 2013-05-31 4 draws: 2013-05-31 to 2013-06-14 6 draws: 2013-06-14 to 2013-07-05 11 draws: 2013-07-05 to 2013-08-13 7 draws: 2013-08-13 to 2013-09-06 1 draws: 2013-09-06 to 2013-09-10 Still waiting — at least 11 draws since 2013-09-10 2005-06-28 2005-08-19 2005-10-07 2005-11-15 2006-01-27 2006-02-07 2006-02-28 2006-03-24 2006-04-11 2006-04-21 2006-05-30 2006-06-27 2006-07-28 2006-08-04 2006-09-19 2007-01-05 2007-05-22 2007-05-29 2007-08-17 2007-09-25 2007-10-16 2007-10-23 2007-10-30 2007-12-28 2008-05-20 2008-07-22 2008-07-25 2008-08-12 2008-09-19 2008-10-07 2008-10-31 2008-11-25 2008-12-02 2009-01-02 2009-01-16 2009-01-23 2009-02-06 2009-03-10 2009-04-07 2009-05-19 2009-09-01 2009-09-04 2009-09-29 2009-12-11 2009-12-29 2010-02-09 2010-03-12 2010-04-02 2010-05-07 2010-06-25 2010-07-16 2010-07-27 2010-08-10 2010-09-24 2010-09-28 2010-10-19 2010-10-22 2010-11-23 2011-01-14 2011-05-17 2011-07-08 2011-07-19 2011-08-26 2011-08-30 2011-09-27 2011-11-11 2011-12-16 2012-01-03 2012-03-13 2012-03-30 2012-04-06 2012-04-10 2012-04-27 2012-05-08 2012-05-29 2012-06-01 2012-06-12 2012-07-20 2012-07-27 2012-08-03 2012-12-25 2013-01-04 2013-02-05 2013-04-16 2013-05-03 2013-05-21 2013-05-31 2013-06-14 2013-07-05 2013-08-13 2013-09-06 2013-09-10 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
1 draws: 8 times 2 draws: 9 times 3 draws: 8 times 4 draws: 4 times 5 draws: 9 times 6 draws: 7 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 3 times 9 draws: 6 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 7 times 12 draws: 2 times 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 3 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 2 times 21 draws: 2 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 1 time 31 draws: 1 time 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 1 time 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 1 time 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 2 times 42 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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.
1st smallest 86 · chance 85.3 2nd smallest 6 · chance 6.7 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet 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 56. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 1 Every number number 3 → 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: 2 is drawn with probability 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.