Number 34

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,299 draws, 5 from 1–45.

139times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.47σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

42longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 1,299 draws against 144.3 expected, −0.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 34, draw by draw

Drawn 139 times in 1,299 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 34 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 smallest0 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest9 · chance 5.6
3rd smallest32 · chance 29.7
4th smallest66 · chance 61.5
5th smallest32 · chance 41.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 23 37 13 41 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 34 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd most popular of 45. 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 34 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	24	4th	6 12 21 34 41
2026-07-11	6	4th	4 30 32 34 37
2026-06-20	3	5th	5 22 28 30 34
2026-06-10	7	4th	6 13 33

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: 34 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-24	23	4th	18 20 24 34 39
2023-12-06	3	3rd	15 21 34 42 43
2023-11-25	3	3rd	9 22 34 36 38
2023-11-15	10	2nd	7 34 35 38 45
2023-10-11	10	5th	4 7 18 23 34
2023-09-06	1	4th	10 24 29 34 41
2023-09-02	9	4th	8 21 22 34 37
2023-08-02	15	4th	11 14 18 34 43
2023-06-10	1	3rd	2 7 34 38 41
2023-06-07	1	5th	9 10 14 32 34
2023-06-03	3	5th	13 23 30 32 34
2023-05-24	19	3rd	2 24 34 43 44
2023-03-18	4	3rd	3 20 34 38 43
2023-03-04	7	4th	8 15 27 34 35
2023-02-08	18	4th	21 27 29 34 45
2022-12-07	1	3rd	3 6 34 39 40
2022-12-03	7	5th	6 7 9 30 34
2022-11-09	4	4th	9 19 25 34 36
2022-10-26	1	4th	21 23 27 34 37
2022-10-22	4	4th	7 12 17 34 44
2022-10-08	25	2nd	28 34 37 44 45
2022-07-13	2	3rd	11 15 34 35 41
2022-07-06	6	5th	3 7 18 27 34
2022-06-15	15	4th	1 3 11 34 39
2022-04-23	1	5th	5 12 23 32 34
2022-04-20	11	4th	2 6 21 34 45
2022-03-12	14	5th	15 18 20 27 34
2022-01-22	5	2nd	9 34 38 39 40
2022-01-05	17	5th	13 17 30 31 34
2021-11-06	31	4th	15 24 31 34 45
2021-07-21	29	4th	7 9 28 34 41
2021-04-10	3	3rd	14 28 34 44 45
2021-03-31	9	4th	1 10 29 34 45
2021-02-27	5	3rd	15 31 34 36 38
2021-02-10	5	3rd	3 19 34 39 42
2021-01-23	6	3rd	16 25 34 38 45
2021-01-02	2	4th	12 20 31 34 35
2020-12-26	2	2nd	12 34 35 40 44
2020-12-19	9	4th	1 22 31 34 44
2020-11-18	35	4th	1 15 31 34 45
2020-07-18	5	3rd	7 8 34 35 43
2020-07-01	8	4th	3 24 32 34 43
2020-06-03	21	4th	3 10 22 34 40
2020-03-21	14	4th	5 9 16 34 36
2020-02-01	4	4th	11 13 31 34 36
2020-01-18	1	3rd	14 25 34 35 43
2020-01-15	17	4th	5 16 33 34 44
2019-11-16	23	4th	13 19 21 34 38
2019-08-28	3	4th	1 25 30 34 44
2019-08-17	1	3rd	1 5 34 39 41
2019-08-14	26	4th	4 15 27 34 44
2019-05-15	14	5th	4 11 13 16 34
2019-03-27	37	5th	2 9 26 27 34
2018-11-17	1	4th	12 23 29 34 35
2018-11-14	23	4th	1 14 23 34 36
2018-08-25	1	5th	1 17 26 27 34
2018-08-22	3	4th	1 2 21 34 40
2018-08-11	9	3rd	26 29 34 36 41
2018-07-11	2	5th	15 16 24 33 34
2018-07-04	7	2nd	10 34 37 41 44
2018-06-09	2	4th	8 29 33 34 42
2018-06-02	10	5th	12 18 19 23 34
2018-04-28	1	5th	6 16 21 24 34
2018-04-25	6	4th	5 14 26 34 38
2018-04-04	5	3rd	7 15 34 37 40
2018-03-17	7	5th	6 8 14 31 34
2018-02-21	10	4th	7 11 28 34 43
2018-01-17	9	4th	5 23 29 34 41
2017-12-16	1	4th	1 17 28 34 41
2017-12-13	8	2nd	10 34 38 43 45
2017-11-15	9	5th	4 15 17 22 34
2017-10-14	7	3rd	13 24 34 36 37
2017-09-20	3	5th	3 19 23 32 34
2017-09-09	1	5th	17 28 29 31 34
2017-09-06	9	4th	3 14 26 34 41
2017-08-05	11	4th	7 11 21 34 41
2017-06-28	5	4th	19 27 30 34 40
2017-06-10	20	4th	5 13 32 34 41
2017-04-01	2	5th	1 2 20 27 34
2017-03-25	9	4th	1 17 32 34 45
2017-02-22	5	2nd	15 34 37 40 42
2017-02-04	1	4th	8 13 31 34 35
2017-02-01	6	4th	15 25 31 34 38
2017-01-11	2	4th	11 16 23 34 37
2017-01-04	7	4th	7 17 30 34 36
2016-12-10	2	3rd	17 20 34 39 40
2016-12-03	10	4th	9 20 33 34 37
2016-10-29	38	3rd	5 32 34 38 40
2016-06-18	17	3rd	4 24 34 43 45
2016-04-20	5	3rd	2 13 34 37 43
2016-04-02	4	4th	14 20 27 34 35
2016-03-19	5	4th	23 25 27 34 41
2016-03-02	9	5th	5 11 24 29 34
2016-01-30	17	4th	5 23 24 34 35
2015-12-02	1	3rd	21 30 34 41 42
2015-11-28	4	3rd	8 13 34 37 40
2015-11-14	11	4th	9 30 33 34 42
2015-10-07	1	4th	22 31 33 34 45
2015-10-03	22	4th	2 10 12 34 38
2015-07-18	2	2nd	29 34 37 43 44
2015-07-11	7	5th	7 19 26 30 34
2015-06-17	10	3rd	4 11 34 42 43
2015-05-13	6	5th	15 24 27 33 34
2015-04-22	9	4th	3 23 31 34 43
2015-03-21	22	4th	4 15 32 34 42
2015-01-03	1	4th	12 16 25 34 39
2014-12-31	7	4th	6 13 21 34 37
2014-12-06	13	5th	6 11 21 26 34
2014-10-22	3	5th	5 25 26 30 34
2014-10-11	11	3rd	1 6 34 43 45
2014-09-03	16	4th	7 10 19 34 40
2014-07-09	4	4th	13 20 24 34 42
2014-06-25	6	5th	9 12 14 26 34
2014-06-04	5	5th	14 15 24 27 34
2014-05-17	—	3rd	1 21 34 38 42