Number 1

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,675 draws, 6 from 1–59.

179times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.70σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

53longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 179 times in 1,675 draws against 170.3 expected, +0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 179 times in 1,675 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 8 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 1 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 smallest179 · chance 179.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 24 22 57 16 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 59. 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 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	4	1st	1 3 4 32 33 48
2026-09-23	1	1st	1 11 15 17 22 38
2026-09-19	5	1st	1 17 26 27 32 49
2026-09-02

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: 1 is drawn with probability 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-06	12	1st	1 7 27 40 52 59
2024-09-25	1	1st	1 9 36 46 51 56
2024-09-21	2	1st	1 8 18 41 48 57
2024-09-14	3	1st	1 5 7 15 31 41
2024-09-04	31	1st	1 7 31 32 42 52
2024-05-18	8	1st	1 14 24 30 38 51
2024-04-20	2	1st	1 4 14 28 31 58
2024-04-13	12	1st	1 16 18 33 51 57
2024-03-02	16	1st	1 13 16 37 47 50
2024-01-06	17	1st	1 10 19 22 32 50
2023-11-08	4	1st	1 4 16 24 27 35
2023-10-25	10	1st	1 29 44 46 50 57
2023-09-20	3	1st	1 16 20 23 34 45
2023-09-09	25	1st	1 9 23 52 53 57
2023-06-14	1	1st	1 9 21 22 31 42
2023-06-10	13	1st	1 4 11 23 33 34
2023-04-26	3	1st	1 18 22 32 33 37
2023-04-15	5	1st	1 10 24 35 38 48
2023-03-29	8	1st	1 2 7 11 13 25
2023-03-01	33	1st	1 2 30 38 49 55
2022-11-05	8	1st	1 8 22 24 44 46
2022-10-08	1	1st	1 7 17 38 44 54
2022-10-05	8	1st	1 42 48 50 52 59
2022-09-07	25	1st	1 4 16 26 35 48
2022-06-11	11	1st	1 12 13 16 17 49
2022-05-04	3	1st	1 5 22 23 45 49
2022-04-23	5	1st	1 11 17 27 49 58
2022-04-06	2	1st	1 5 16 17 21 23
2022-03-30	7	1st	1 16 24 40 56 59
2022-03-05	5	1st	1 11 21 38 39 52
2022-02-16	33	1st	1 8 16 29 39 51
2021-10-23	8	1st	1 2 8 30 42 45
2021-09-25	1	1st	1 2 10 21 40 57
2021-09-22	11	1st	1 12 23 29 49 59
2021-08-14	13	1st	1 2 23 27 38 49
2021-06-30	2	1st	1 12 23 28 29 57
2021-06-23	1	1st	1 7 8 14 27 29
2021-06-19	6	1st	1 3 7 11 22 37
2021-05-29	4	1st	1 32 38 42 45 53
2021-05-15	14	1st	1 6 19 39 49 57
2021-03-27	1	1st	1 4 7 14 23 52
2021-03-24	24	1st	1 10 20 29 48 57
2020-12-30	2	1st	1 10 37 49 53 57
2020-12-23	1	1st	1 7 16 21 43 45
2020-12-19	35	1st	1 9 14 21 56 57
2020-08-19	5	1st	1 3 9 33 35 52
2020-08-01	12	1st	1 13 27 30 49 58
2020-06-20	11	1st	1 10 25 29 53 58
2020-05-13	3	1st	1 33 41 42 43 56
2020-05-02	4	1st	1 22 24 27 37 51
2020-04-18	9	1st	1 19 29 36 45 56
2020-03-18	16	1st	1 14 15 33 38 49
2020-01-22	13	1st	1 15 36 41 44 50
2019-12-07	4	1st	1 14 19 20 29 38
2019-11-23	8	1st	1 8 10 24 32 36
2019-10-26	8	1st	1 12 19 31 41 47
2019-09-28	4	1st	1 13 29 38 46 59
2019-09-14	5	1st	1 9 14 22 24 25
2019-08-28	4	1st	1 5 6 7 16 48
2019-08-14	21	1st	1 2 33 38 48 55
2019-06-01	22	1st	1 10 13 23 31 32
2019-03-16	13	1st	1 4 27 40 44 58
2019-01-30	12	1st	1 22 36 44 49 59
2018-12-19	4	1st	1 20 22 24 34 39
2018-12-05	3	1st	1 11 24 37 44 50
2018-11-24	11	1st	1 10 14 17 46 56
2018-10-17	7	1st	1 5 8 43 50 51
2018-09-22	7	1st	1 2 15 17 27 56
2018-08-29	26	1st	1 15 19 50 52 53
2018-05-30	5	1st	1 25 36 40 56 57
2018-05-12	36	1st	1 26 40 42 47 55
2018-01-06	5	1st	1 2 4 40 55 59
2017-12-20	2	1st	1 9 18 33 45 57
2017-12-13	53	1st	1 2 36 49 57 59
2017-06-10	9	1st	1 29 40 45 52 54
2017-05-10	11	1st	1 4 7 23 43 54
2017-04-01	4	1st	1 4 16 25 29 56
2017-03-18	2	1st	1 3 20 27 30 49
2017-03-11	7	1st	1 17 21 33 44 45
2017-02-15	3	1st	1 3 10 24 35 56
2017-02-04	1	1st	1 8 14 33 48 59
2017-02-01	31	1st	1 13 14 20 41 45
2016-10-15	1	1st	1 8 17 18 24 42
2016-10-12	2	1st	1 12 17 28 46 47
2016-10-05	1	1st	1 28 29 31 55 58
2016-10-01	14	1st	1 4 13 15 30 33
2016-08-13	4	1st	1 5 13 26 35 53
2016-07-30	26	1st	1 6 8 9 18 38
2016-04-30	18	1st	1 20 25 30 31 57
2016-02-27	1	1st	1 2 8 17 25 43
2016-02-24	5	1st	1 12 15 24 35 41
2016-02-06	2	1st	1 14 25 37 41 53
2016-01-30	2	1st	1 24 27 43 48 50
2016-01-23	4	1st	1 17 21 35 51 52
2016-01-09	20	1st	1 10 13 26 33 53
2015-10-31	1	1st	1 3 12 13 26 49
2015-10-28	1	1st	1 16 18 25 28 55
2015-10-24	1	1st	1 9 45 51 55 57
2015-10-21	1	1st	1 7 10 12 43 48
2015-10-17	3	1st	1 9 11 16 19 22
2015-10-07	4	1st	1 9 13 35 49 59
2015-09-23	1	1st	1 7 30 31 42 44
2015-09-19	8	1st	1 4 20 32 41 58
2015-08-22	28	1st	1 12 22 31 50 58
2015-05-16	14	1st	1 20 28 30 34 49
2015-03-28	33	1st	1 3 24 43 48 52
2014-12-03	5	1st	1 27 42 54 56 58
2014-11-15	3	1st	1 12 30 38 39 51
2014-11-05	42	1st	1 11 22 34 35 50
2014-06-11	2	1st	1 22 32 37 57 59
2014-06-04	33	1st	1 28 38 57 58 59
2014-02-08	6	1st	1 5 20 35 36 40
2014-01-18	3	1st	1 6 19 44 48 54
2014-01-08	8	1st	1 3 9 28 53 55
2013-12-11	20	1st	1 8 15 17 26 56
2013-10-02	1	1st	1 5 13 35 51 52
2013-09-28	5	1st	1 3 13 28 36 41
2013-09-11	19	1st	1 12 15 18 41 51
2013-07-06	24	1st	1 11 22 45 57 58
2013-04-13	3	1st	1 2 5 8 45 48
2013-04-03	11	1st	1 18 20 33 35 46
2013-02-23	5	1st	1 13 16 24 32 57
2013-02-06	33	1st	1 16 17 22 27 36
2012-10-13	12	1st	1 6 8 28 35 42
2012-09-01	9	1st	1 11 33 48 50 52
2012-08-01	2	1st	1 5 7 32 55 56
2012-07-25	9	1st	1 4 12 30 40 48
2012-06-23	9	1st	1 11 14 26 28 56
2012-05-23	4	1st	1 6 9 22 35 41
2012-05-09	1	1st	1 6 13 26 40 55
2012-05-05	10	1st	1 4 18 39 42 54
2012-03-31	3	1st	1 14 20 28 35 40
2012-03-21	4	1st	1 3 25 26 49 52
2012-03-07	6	1st	1 4 18 25 33 37
2012-02-15	6	1st	1 13 16 25 40 43
2012-01-25	6	1st	1 6 11 13 23 24
2012-01-04	4	1st	1 20 21 27 37 38
2011-12-21	1	1st	1 15 38 41 50 52
2011-12-17	1	1st	1 17 27 28 39 45
2011-12-14	11	1st	1 6 7 12 14 55
2011-11-05	3	1st	1 13 15 19 20 33
2011-10-26	5	1st	1 5 22 25 35 45
2011-10-08	12	1st	1 23 24 25 36 52
2011-08-27	12	1st	1 14 24 25 50 58
2011-07-16	3	1st	1 10 18 29 43 46
2011-07-06	31	1st	1 3 13 18 41 59
2011-03-19	5	1st	1 14 24 31 42 51
2011-03-02	9	1st	1 5 40 44 56 57
2011-01-29	4	1st	1 16 19 31 34 53
2011-01-15	1	1st	1 11 13 47 51 54
2011-01-12	5	1st	1 15 19 32 46 50
2010-12-24	8	1st	1 4 26 40 44 55
2010-11-27	6	1st	1 10 13 17 21 58
2010-11-06	4	1st	1 13 23 24 45 50
2010-10-23	—	1st	1 8 31 40 49 58