Number 2

In Jersey Cash 5 under the 5/43 · Sep 2014 – Jun 2020 rules — 2,104 draws, 5 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

243times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.11σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

43longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 243 times in 2,104 draws against 244.7 expected, −0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 243 times in 2,104 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 1 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 2 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 smallest217 · chance 219.9
2nd smallest26 · chance 23.1
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 28 42 12 17 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 43. 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 model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2020-06-27	21	1st	2 7 29 33 41
2020-06-06	2	1st	2 8 15 32 38
2020-06-04	23	1st	2 8 29 31 40
2020-05-12	5	1st	2 25

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: 2 is drawn with probability 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

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