Number 35

In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).

78times drawn · chance expected 78 +0.05σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

10.9average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2

91longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

35 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 78 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +0.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 35, draw by draw

Drawn 78 times in 869 draws · average wait 10.9 draws · longest completed wait 91 · 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 35 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 smallest1 · chance 1.4
2nd smallest12 · chance 10.3
3rd smallest31 · chance 26.9
4th smallest21 · chance 28.7
5th smallest13 · chance 10.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

52 14 13 36 2 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 35 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 35 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2013-08-20	8	3rd	3 28 35 38 41
2013-07-23	7	3rd	5 32 35 50 51
2013-06-28	12	3rd	8 15 35 46 52
2013-05-17	20	3rd	11 15

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: 35 is drawn with probability 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.

2011-02-15	2	4th	17 18 24 35 39
2011-02-08	2	2nd	25 35 36 47 48
2011-02-01	3	5th	16 22 23 26 35
2011-01-21	2	4th	5 9 21 35 38
2011-01-14	4	5th	2 15 17 33 35
2010-12-31	11	4th	10 12 13 35 56
2010-11-23	3	5th	2 6 12 34 35
2010-11-12	91	4th	9 26 28 35 38
2009-12-29	2	4th	2 5 29 35 51
2009-12-22	8	3rd	3 33 35 39 45
2009-11-24	20	3rd	10 11 35 37 50
2009-09-15	9	4th	29 30 32 35 41
2009-08-14	2	5th	8 22 25 33 35
2009-08-07	2	3rd	7 18 35 45 56
2009-07-31	5	2nd	17 35 44 52 56
2009-07-14	2	3rd	20 29 35 45 53
2009-07-07	10	3rd	25 27 35 38 39
2009-06-02	13	5th	9 13 26 30 35
2009-04-17	13	4th	5 13 26 35 45
2009-03-03	2	3rd	26 32 35 43 52
2009-02-24	10	4th	1 27 28 35 40
2009-01-20	28	4th	1 9 10 35 46
2008-10-14	2	2nd	14 35 41 42 51
2008-10-07	2	3rd	2 25 35 38 42
2008-09-30	5	3rd	9 30 35 39 49
2008-09-12	14	5th	1 12 14 25 35
2008-07-25	25	4th	2 16 19 35 52
2008-04-29	14	3rd	19 24 35 44 51
2008-03-11	52	3rd	4 13 35 41 47
2007-09-11	13	5th	9 10 17 21 35
2007-07-27	7	3rd	7 12 35 54 55
2007-07-03	8	2nd	21 35 37 39 40
2007-06-05	12	2nd	27 35 38 49 56
2007-04-24	8	3rd	8 10 35 36 43
2007-03-27	1	4th	18 25 34 35 42
2007-03-23	6	3rd	18 21 35 51 53
2007-03-02	4	4th	14 21 33 35 51
2007-02-16	3	2nd	17 35 40 46 48
2007-02-06	1	3rd	16 21 35 36 46
2007-02-02	4	3rd	22 33 35 40 53
2007-01-19	11	5th	4 28 30 31 35
2006-12-12	5	4th	20 30 31 35 49
2006-11-24	13	2nd	14 35 40 47 48
2006-10-10	13	3rd	14 30 35 40 43
2006-08-25	8	3rd	17 24 35 46 54
2006-07-28	2	5th	2 13 23 32 35
2006-07-21	13	3rd	18 26 35 36 43
2006-06-06	20	3rd	5 29 35 52 53
2006-03-28	8	3rd	14 18 35 39 49
2006-02-28	8	3rd	2 4 35 36 48
2006-01-31	38	2nd	1 35 53 54 56
2005-09-20	12	1st	35 36 40 42 52
2005-08-09	5	2nd	13 35 36 43 52
2005-07-22	—	4th	7 18 27 35 54