Number 33

In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 rules — 776 draws, 5 from 1–70 (an earlier era).

58times drawn · chance expected 55 +0.36σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

13.2average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0

56longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

33 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 58 times in 776 draws against 55.4 expected, +0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 33, draw by draw

Drawn 58 times in 776 draws · average wait 13.2 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 5 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest6 · chance 4.4
2nd smallest15 · chance 16.7
3rd smallest22 · chance 22.2
4th smallest12 · chance 12.3
5th smallest3 · chance 2.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 28 39 68 10 17

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 2 such strangers 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 — 36th most popular of 70. 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
2025-03-18	20	5th	27 28 31 32 33
2025-01-07	9	3rd	20 24 33 39 48
2024-12-06	7	3rd	16 21 33 39 45
2024-11-12	30	3rd	18 31

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 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-08-16	25	1st	33 35 41 45 51
2022-05-20	4	1st	33 40 59 60 69
2022-05-06	5	3rd	16 21 33 52 70
2022-04-19	36	3rd	2 9 33 47 53
2021-12-14	56	1st	33 35 44 55 69
2021-06-01	24	3rd	7 11 33 58 63
2021-03-09	16	2nd	4 33 46 58 65
2021-01-12	10	5th	12 14 26 28 33
2020-12-08	2	3rd	15 19 33 39 68
2020-12-01	3	2nd	7 33 53 61 65
2020-11-20	34	2nd	26 33 45 61 68
2020-07-24	8	2nd	8 33 39 54 58
2020-06-26	3	2nd	19 33 37 56 57
2020-06-16	9	3rd	21 23 33 35 42
2020-05-15	11	4th	11 17 32 33 46
2020-04-07	10	2nd	25 33 43 51 68
2020-03-03	9	3rd	8 12 33 56 64
2020-01-31	53	3rd	28 31 33 57 62
2019-07-30	3	4th	10 24 28 33 38
2019-07-19	7	4th	16 18 28 33 67
2019-06-25	24	2nd	24 33 45 47 61
2019-04-02	9	1st	33 47 58 59 64
2019-03-01	9	2nd	29 33 39 60 66
2019-01-29	15	2nd	10 33 53 54 62
2018-12-07	4	4th	4 10 20 33 57
2018-11-23	2	4th	7 10 30 33 59
2018-11-16	23	1st	33 36 63 68 69
2018-08-28	23	3rd	3 20 33 34 41
2018-06-08	1	3rd	14 30 33 44 56
2018-06-05	17	2nd	22 33 41 48 52
2018-04-06	6	2nd	16 33 51 54 67
2018-03-16	18	4th	1 13 26 33 52
2018-01-12	6	3rd	17 18 33 46 60
2017-12-22	—	4th	1 20 30 33 42