Number 37

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

62times drawn · chance expected 78 −1.85σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 91% for any number

14.2average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2

68longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

37 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 62 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −1.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 37, draw by draw

Drawn 62 times in 869 draws · average wait 14.2 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 2 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 37 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 smallest2 · chance 0.7
2nd smallest7 · chance 6.3
3rd smallest22 · chance 19.6
4th smallest26 · chance 24.7
5th smallest5 · chance 10.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 10 40 53 55 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.6 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 37 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 37 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2013-10-11	3	3rd	3 27 37 45 48
2013-10-01	14	4th	7 10 30 37 53
2013-08-13	19	4th	2 31 32 37 41
2013-06-07	22	3rd	1 10

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

2010-05-18	6	4th	11 13 19 37 40
2010-04-27	1	2nd	23 37 41 50 55
2010-04-23	29	4th	19 26 28 37 52
2010-01-12	13	4th	5 9 31 37 56
2009-11-27	1	3rd	12 25 37 39 45
2009-11-24	4	4th	10 11 35 37 50
2009-11-10	4	5th	8 21 29 34 37
2009-10-27	17	3rd	7 13 37 46 51
2009-08-28	3	4th	1 17 31 37 54
2009-08-18	24	4th	4 5 26 37 56
2009-05-26	10	4th	9 18 21 37 55
2009-04-21	13	3rd	5 24 37 47 52
2009-03-06	2	3rd	11 18 37 46 55
2009-02-27	4	2nd	24 37 44 50 56
2009-02-13	14	3rd	25 36 37 40 51
2008-12-26	68	5th	6 19 29 33 37
2008-05-02	2	3rd	8 28 37 53 55
2008-04-25	5	3rd	19 32 37 45 52
2008-04-08	30	4th	8 9 31 37 44
2007-12-25	23	3rd	19 36 37 48 52
2007-10-05	1	3rd	10 19 37 40 48
2007-10-02	10	2nd	28 37 40 43 44
2007-08-28	8	1st	37 40 48 53 56
2007-07-31	8	3rd	5 18 37 39 43
2007-07-03	27	3rd	21 35 37 39 40
2007-03-30	29	3rd	15 23 37 48 53
2006-12-19	5	3rd	9 32 37 42 48
2006-12-01	27	4th	16 22 23 37 53
2006-08-29	20	3rd	15 25 37 38 52
2006-06-20	16	3rd	11 21 37 53 54
2006-04-25	28	4th	1 20 32 37 39
2006-01-17	2	3rd	24 32 37 39 40
2006-01-10	1	4th	7 27 32 37 38
2006-01-06	4	4th	8 11 28 37 53
2005-12-23	9	2nd	10 37 39 49 54
2005-11-22	29	3rd	9 22 37 41 43
2005-08-12	13	2nd	8 37 38 45 54
2005-06-28	—	3rd	2 20 37 43 46