Number 7

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024 rules — 2,889 draws, 4 from 1–31 (an earlier era).

355times drawn · chance expected 373 −0.99σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

67longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 355 times in 2,889 draws against 372.8 expected, −0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 355 times in 2,889 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 67 · waiting 18 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 7 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 smallest170 · chance 177.0
2nd smallest152 · chance 144.8
3rd smallest31 · chance 31.5
4th smallest2 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 15 20 13 2 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st most popular of 31. 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2024-09-27	1	2nd	2 7 10 17
2024-09-26	4	1st	7 21 28 30
2024-09-22	2	1st	7 14 22 31
2024-09-20	16	3rd	1 4 7 22

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: 7 is drawn with probability 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-18	13	1st	7 9 16 26
2024-02-05	4	1st	7 20 27 31
2024-02-01	9	1st	7 15 17 23
2024-01-23	10	2nd	1 7 8 9
2024-01-13	4	2nd	3 7 11 24
2024-01-09	3	1st	7 8 14 19
2024-01-06	7	1st	7 13 27 29
2023-12-30	8	1st	7 19 21 25
2023-12-22	8	2nd	2 7 12 23
2023-12-14	11	2nd	2 7 27 31
2023-12-03	19	1st	7 8 14 27
2023-11-14	13	1st	7 16 27 28
2023-11-01	5	2nd	6 7 17 22
2023-10-27	10	2nd	5 7 24 27
2023-10-17	3	1st	7 17 20 27
2023-10-14	2	1st	7 10 18 21
2023-10-12	4	2nd	3 7 21 29
2023-10-08	9	1st	7 11 24 31
2023-09-29	5	1st	7 18 22 28
2023-09-24	4	2nd	6 7 12 31
2023-09-20	18	2nd	2 7 8 19
2023-09-02	11	1st	7 9 25 30
2023-08-22	3	2nd	2 7 23 25
2023-08-19	3	1st	7 11 18 28
2023-08-16	4	2nd	5 7 14 21
2023-08-12	13	1st	7 9 18 19
2023-07-30	6	1st	7 13 15 31
2023-07-24	8	3rd	2 3 7 17
2023-07-16	12	1st	7 14 19 23
2023-07-04	2	3rd	2 3 7 24
2023-07-02	29	1st	7 12 26 27
2023-06-03	4	1st	7 11 19 25
2023-05-30	21	1st	7 10 18 27
2023-05-09	28	1st	7 12 19 24
2023-04-11	5	1st	7 15 24 25
2023-04-06	5	1st	7 10 13 26
2023-04-01	3	2nd	5 7 10 16
2023-03-29	9	3rd	3 5 7 9
2023-03-20	11	4th	1 2 5 7
2023-03-09	12	1st	7 15 17 23
2023-02-25	1	2nd	1 7 19 21
2023-02-24	1	1st	7 15 19 22
2023-02-23	7	3rd	1 5 7 19
2023-02-16	1	2nd	1 7 8 28
2023-02-15	5	2nd	3 7 21 28
2023-02-10	25	2nd	2 7 16 22
2023-01-16	6	2nd	2 7 25 28
2023-01-10	10	3rd	3 5 7 22
2022-12-31	5	3rd	1 4 7 9
2022-12-26	19	2nd	2 7 23 31
2022-12-07	21	1st	7 8 11 23
2022-11-16	14	2nd	5 7 29 30
2022-11-02	5	1st	7 9 26 27
2022-10-28	32	1st	7 8 15 20
2022-09-26	4	1st	7 12 20 27
2022-09-22	4	3rd	4 5 7 17
2022-09-18	12	2nd	5 7 19 26
2022-09-06	27	1st	7 13 15 20
2022-08-10	22	3rd	3 6 7 24
2022-07-19	6	2nd	6 7 10 12
2022-07-13	5	1st	7 11 21 30
2022-07-08	49	2nd	2 7 9 29
2022-05-20	3	2nd	2 7 21 27
2022-05-17	1	1st	7 9 20 31
2022-05-16	3	1st	7 13 19 28
2022-05-13	15	1st	7 13 18 23
2022-04-28	5	3rd	3 4 7 24
2022-04-23	10	1st	7 18 19 20
2022-04-13	1	2nd	1 7 15 25
2022-04-12	3	2nd	5 7 13 14
2022-04-09	5	2nd	3 7 27 29
2022-04-04	6	1st	7 14 15 20
2022-03-29	9	2nd	1 7 21 26
2022-03-20	4	1st	7 10 13 19
2022-03-16	33	2nd	2 7 21 25
2022-02-11	1	1st	7 16 24 31
2022-02-10	5	2nd	1 7 15 21
2022-02-05	1	1st	7 11 13 23
2022-02-04	16	1st	7 13 16 20
2022-01-19	6	1st	7 9 15 27
2022-01-13	10	1st	7 8 14 26
2022-01-03	8	2nd	4 7 10 21
2021-12-26	4	1st	7 18 29 31
2021-12-22	9	2nd	5 7 14 27
2021-12-13	4	1st	7 15 19 25
2021-12-09	14	2nd	4 7 23 27
2021-11-25	9	1st	7 10 14 28
2021-11-16	2	1st	7 24 25 30
2021-11-14	38	1st	7 19 25 28
2021-10-07	29	1st	7 8 28 31
2021-09-08	11	2nd	1 7 27 29
2021-08-28	14	1st	7 15 20 24
2021-08-14	6	1st	7 10 15 21
2021-08-08	2	3rd	2 3 7 28
2021-08-06	1	2nd	2 7 20 26
2021-08-05	8	2nd	6 7 8 24
2021-07-28	9	2nd	5 7 17 21
2021-07-19	2	2nd	6 7 11 13
2021-07-17	6	2nd	2 7 10 14
2021-07-11	8	2nd	1 7 13 22
2021-07-03	5	2nd	2 7 9 25
2021-06-28	3	3rd	1 6 7 15
2021-06-25	10	2nd	3 7 9 24
2021-06-15	6	1st	7 16 21 25
2021-06-09	10	2nd	2 7 14 26
2021-05-30	8	1st	7 10 13 20
2021-05-22	3	2nd	6 7 28 30
2021-05-19	10	1st	7 12 19 27
2021-05-09	33	1st	7 16 28 30
2021-04-06	14	1st	7 11 13 28
2021-03-23	9	1st	7 10 22 27
2021-03-14	6	1st	7 10 21 25
2021-03-08	3	2nd	4 7 13 18
2021-03-05	2	3rd	2 6 7 10
2021-03-03	6	2nd	6 7 12 20
2021-02-25	1	2nd	3 7 17 25
2021-02-24	3	2nd	5 7 14 21
2021-02-21	2	1st	7 10 20 27
2021-02-19	10	2nd	1 7 17 19
2021-02-09	5	3rd	3 6 7 18
2021-02-04	3	2nd	2 7 24 27
2021-02-01	4	1st	7 10 12 18
2021-01-28	2	2nd	6 7 15 21
2021-01-26	8	1st	7 18 19 27
2021-01-18	7	1st	7 14 25 27
2021-01-11	2	1st	7 17 24 26
2021-01-09	3	1st	7 10 15 17
2021-01-06	6	2nd	3 7 13 27
2020-12-31	15	1st	7 11 22 25
2020-12-16	11	1st	7 17 19 25
2020-12-05	5	3rd	1 4 7 16
2020-11-30	2	2nd	5 7 14 27
2020-11-28	10	2nd	2 7 18 19
2020-11-18	4	2nd	1 7 14 27
2020-11-14	8	2nd	1 7 11 19
2020-11-06	3	1st	7 10 14 15
2020-11-03	23	1st	7 9 11 12
2020-10-11	5	2nd	3 7 15 16
2020-10-06	19	2nd	2 7 25 28
2020-09-17	4	2nd	5 7 19 20
2020-09-13	6	3rd	5 6 7 16
2020-09-07	4	1st	7 17 19 26
2020-09-03	16	2nd	4 7 9 21
2020-08-18	7	2nd	6 7 17 23
2020-08-11	2	1st	7 22 23 27
2020-08-09	2	2nd	3 7 16 23
2020-08-07	16	1st	7 13 14 24
2020-07-22	8	1st	7 10 22 25
2020-07-14	3	2nd	5 7 15 27
2020-07-11	8	3rd	2 6 7 25
2020-07-03	4	2nd	1 7 18 22
2020-06-29	7	1st	7 15 20 21
2020-06-22	8	1st	7 9 10 17
2020-06-14	10	1st	7 9 13 14
2020-06-04	2	1st	7 10 15 28
2020-06-02	9	2nd	5 7 21 22
2020-05-24	2	1st	7 8 11 26
2020-05-22	2	1st	7 19 20 25
2020-05-20	3	2nd	2 7 10 14
2020-05-17	6	1st	7 21 26 28
2020-05-11	2	1st	7 14 18 27
2020-05-09	40	2nd	1 7 12 13
2020-03-30	5	3rd	2 3 7 16
2020-03-25	10	1st	7 12 17 26
2020-03-15	8	1st	7 11 24 25
2020-03-07	15	2nd	4 7 10 24
2020-02-21	2	2nd	6 7 9 20
2020-02-19	1	1st	7 8 11 25
2020-02-18	3	1st	7 15 16 28
2020-02-15	7	1st	7 9 19 22
2020-02-08	2	1st	7 10 16 20
2020-02-06	4	2nd	4 7 15 26
2020-02-02	17	1st	7 11 14 27
2020-01-16	6	2nd	5 7 19 24
2020-01-10	5	1st	7 8 11 27
2020-01-05	7	2nd	6 7 17 23
2019-12-29	12	2nd	2 7 8 9
2019-12-17	10	2nd	5 7 27 28
2019-12-07	5	1st	7 17 23 27
2019-12-02	14	1st	7 8 19 24
2019-11-18	12	1st	7 11 14 16
2019-11-06	12	1st	7 14 16 23
2019-10-25	3	2nd	1 7 18 25
2019-10-22	5	1st	7 10 11 28
2019-10-17	2	3rd	3 5 7 8
2019-10-15	5	1st	7 8 10 22
2019-10-10	4	1st	7 15 16 20
2019-10-06	3	1st	7 13 15 28
2019-10-03	7	2nd	3 7 8 11
2019-09-26	11	2nd	4 7 22 25
2019-09-15	6	3rd	1 5 7 24
2019-09-09	6	2nd	6 7 9 20
2019-09-03	14	2nd	5 7 10 13
2019-08-20	19	1st	7 11 16 22
2019-08-01	11	2nd	5 7 16 28
2019-07-21	5	3rd	1 4 7 24
2019-07-16	1	2nd	4 7 11 18
2019-07-15	9	2nd	3 7 20 21
2019-07-06	1	1st	7 13 16 20
2019-07-05	14	1st	7 9 16 19
2019-06-21	3	2nd	4 7 10 19
2019-06-18	4	1st	7 16 25 27
2019-06-14	1	2nd	4 7 18 27
2019-06-13	9	3rd	4 5 7 8
2019-06-04	22	2nd	1 7 11 18
2019-05-13	2	2nd	2 7 14 18
2019-05-11	1	2nd	3 7 12 15
2019-05-10	13	1st	7 11 13 18
2019-04-27	3	2nd	2 7 11 12
2019-04-24	1	2nd	2 7 9 23
2019-04-23	1	1st	7 10 15 28
2019-04-22	8	3rd	2 5 7 23
2019-04-14	5	2nd	1 7 17 26
2019-04-09	7	1st	7 11 17 25
2019-04-02	4	1st	7 17 21 28
2019-03-29	29	2nd	2 7 15 17
2019-02-28	7	1st	7 20 22 23
2019-02-21	11	3rd	3 4 7 22
2019-02-10	7	2nd	5 7 13 28
2019-02-03	8	1st	7 14 17 25
2019-01-26	9	4th	3 4 5 7
2019-01-17	4	1st	7 8 13 22
2019-01-13	5	1st	7 19 22 26
2019-01-08	10	2nd	6 7 26 28
2018-12-29	3	1st	7 20 25 27
2018-12-26	16	1st	7 14 15 23
2018-12-10	6	1st	7 10 13 17
2018-12-04	13	1st	7 9 11 23
2018-11-21	4	1st	7 16 17 28
2018-11-17	11	2nd	3 7 15 19
2018-11-06	8	1st	7 8 12 24
2018-10-29	7	1st	7 12 23 27
2018-10-22	1	2nd	3 7 8 19
2018-10-21	4	1st	7 10 11 27
2018-10-17	1	2nd	1 7 8 22
2018-10-16	3	1st	7 14 22 27
2018-10-13	8	3rd	3 5 7 22
2018-10-05	3	1st	7 8 12 28
2018-10-02	2	1st	7 13 15 16
2018-09-30	18	1st	7 17 21 25
2018-09-12	4	1st	7 14 15 23
2018-09-08	6	1st	7 15 20 28
2018-09-02	1	1st	7 8 11 22
2018-09-01	1	1st	7 8 25 26
2018-08-31	4	1st	7 8 14 15
2018-08-27	6	2nd	6 7 8 28
2018-08-21	2	2nd	4 7 8 20
2018-08-19	3	1st	7 9 14 27
2018-08-16	2	1st	7 8 21 24
2018-08-14	8	2nd	2 7 15 23
2018-08-06	6	2nd	6 7 21 22
2018-07-31	22	1st	7 11 21 23
2018-07-09	17	2nd	3 7 12 23
2018-06-22	8	1st	7 17 18 20
2018-06-14	1	1st	7 12 14 20
2018-06-13	6	2nd	1 7 9 26
2018-06-07	1	1st	7 8 17 27
2018-06-06	13	2nd	5 7 13 23
2018-05-24	15	2nd	6 7 13 25
2018-05-09	2	2nd	3 7 8 18
2018-05-07	2	1st	7 13 14 24
2018-05-05	2	2nd	4 7 20 21
2018-05-03	3	1st	7 9 12 23
2018-04-30	4	3rd	4 6 7 19
2018-04-26	19	1st	7 10 13 20
2018-04-07	6	1st	7 14 19 20
2018-04-01	2	1st	7 14 21 28
2018-03-30	8	2nd	3 7 19 22
2018-03-22	12	1st	7 11 21 26
2018-03-10	12	2nd	5 7 18 22
2018-02-26	8	2nd	6 7 23 27
2018-02-18	6	1st	7 13 15 21
2018-02-12	5	1st	7 9 11 22
2018-02-07	2	1st	7 11 20 22
2018-02-05	4	2nd	6 7 15 20
2018-02-01	7	2nd	3 7 9 22
2018-01-25	5	1st	7 11 15 26
2018-01-20	2	2nd	6 7 16 20
2018-01-18	4	2nd	6 7 11 23
2018-01-14	14	1st	7 11 12 14
2017-12-31	3	2nd	3 7 13 25
2017-12-28	2	1st	7 13 16 20
2017-12-26	25	1st	7 8 18 23
2017-12-01	4	3rd	1 3 7 18
2017-11-27	19	1st	7 8 14 20
2017-11-08	16	3rd	2 3 7 27
2017-10-23	19	3rd	1 4 7 19
2017-10-03	2	1st	7 20 22 27
2017-09-30	9	1st	7 9 12 28
2017-09-21	22	1st	7 13 19 26
2017-08-30	9	1st	7 14 22 27
2017-08-21	4	3rd	5 6 7 20
2017-08-17	1	1st	7 10 18 28
2017-08-16	5	1st	7 9 11 12
2017-08-11	1	2nd	4 7 21 26
2017-08-10	2	2nd	2 7 9 21
2017-08-08	1	1st	7 15 17 20
2017-08-07	4	2nd	4 7 8 17
2017-08-03	48	1st	7 10 14 25
2017-06-16	2	2nd	2 7 15 25
2017-06-14	8	2nd	2 7 12 15
2017-06-06	5	2nd	3 7 9 26
2017-06-01	6	2nd	2 7 17 20
2017-05-26	1	2nd	2 7 13 26
2017-05-25	1	2nd	5 7 12 19
2017-05-24	16	2nd	3 7 13 18
2017-05-08	29	2nd	2 7 16 24
2017-04-09	2	1st	7 10 22 24
2017-04-07	5	2nd	1 7 9 14
2017-04-02	1	1st	7 9 14 25
2017-04-01	1	1st	7 8 11 17
2017-03-31	3	2nd	5 7 14 17
2017-03-28	3	2nd	4 7 20 26
2017-03-25	7	2nd	5 7 8 26
2017-03-18	2	2nd	6 7 11 18
2017-03-16	12	2nd	5 7 12 13
2017-03-04	30	2nd	2 7 22 26
2017-02-02	1	1st	7 8 20 21
2017-02-01	10	2nd	3 7 13 27
2017-01-22	3	2nd	3 7 12 15
2017-01-19	4	2nd	4 7 9 16
2017-01-15	2	2nd	4 7 26 28
2017-01-13	8	1st	7 8 24 28
2017-01-05	1	2nd	6 7 15 26
2017-01-04	2	1st	7 12 13 24
2017-01-02	2	2nd	1 7 17 18
2016-12-31	32	1st	7 16 18 22
2016-11-29	2	1st	7 13 22 26
2016-11-27	1	2nd	5 7 9 24
2016-11-26	6	3rd	3 4 7 12
2016-11-20	—	2nd	2 7 18 20