Number 2

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,671 draws, 6 from 1–59.

182times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.98σ

21draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

69longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 182 times in 1,671 draws against 169.9 expected, +0.98σ. Each draw is independent: after 21 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 182 times in 1,671 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 69 · waiting 21 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 smallest169 · chance 166.3
2nd smallest13 · chance 15.7
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 15.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 35 10 23 43 9

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, 2 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 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-08	1	1st	2 9 24 26 28 35
2026-08-05	17	1st	2 9 30 38 42 53
2026-06-06	22	1st	2 11 29 31 32 56
2026-03-21

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-02	16	1st	2 38 39 42 48 51
2024-08-07	3	1st	2 9 20 22 32 46
2024-07-27	11	1st	2 4 6 13 46 51
2024-06-19	26	1st	2 8 9 29 39 49
2024-03-20	3	1st	2 12 46 51 53 55
2024-03-09	1	1st	2 19 23 28 37 48
2024-03-06	11	1st	2 10 28 30 39 52
2024-01-27	25	1st	2 5 14 24 27 30
2023-11-01	10	1st	2 20 35 38 39 47
2023-09-27	28	1st	2 7 13 15 27 42
2023-06-21	8	1st	2 14 25 29 34 58
2023-05-24	14	1st	2 10 21 31 32 46
2023-04-05	2	1st	2 23 25 47 51 54
2023-03-29	2	2nd	1 2 7 11 13 25
2023-03-22	6	1st	2 13 32 38 52 57
2023-03-01	4	2nd	1 2 30 38 49 55
2023-02-15	1	1st	2 22 24 27 29 32
2023-02-11	2	1st	2 7 16 50 56 57
2023-02-04	1	1st	2 14 28 29 49 50
2023-02-01	2	1st	2 4 6 16 23 32
2023-01-25	8	1st	2 17 21 47 55 58
2022-12-28	18	1st	2 14 18 37 38 56
2022-10-26	2	1st	2 24 28 38 45 59
2022-10-19	2	1st	2 17 23 34 49 50
2022-10-12	3	1st	2 11 27 28 40 50
2022-10-01	13	1st	2 6 16 33 35 52
2022-08-17	4	1st	2 35 36 37 43 49
2022-08-03	1	1st	2 11 23 25 44 57
2022-07-30	7	1st	2 10 17 18 21 41
2022-07-06	4	1st	2 10 17 24 26 39
2022-06-22	69	1st	2 26 29 33 34 37
2021-10-23	6	2nd	1 2 8 30 42 45
2021-10-02	1	1st	2 7 8 20 23 57
2021-09-29	1	1st	2 14 19 38 41 53
2021-09-25	12	2nd	1 2 10 21 40 57
2021-08-14	1	2nd	1 2 23 27 38 49
2021-08-11	8	1st	2 25 26 40 43 58
2021-07-14	5	1st	2 20 33 50 56 58
2021-06-26	13	1st	2 11 14 20 23 29
2021-05-12	10	1st	2 39 40 43 53 57
2021-04-07	11	1st	2 6 7 20 24 43
2021-02-27	7	1st	2 10 11 13 18 36
2021-02-03	8	1st	2 11 13 29 42 59
2021-01-06	1	1st	2 4 11 45 48 58
2021-01-02	34	1st	2 29 31 35 39 48
2020-09-05	6	1st	2 19 21 27 36 54
2020-08-15	9	1st	2 6 10 17 23 44
2020-07-15	20	1st	2 7 18 28 33 56
2020-05-06	21	1st	2 4 17 44 46 58
2020-02-22	2	1st	2 8 9 48 57 59
2020-02-15	35	1st	2 7 38 41 45 59
2019-10-16	10	1st	2 7 9 11 40 54
2019-09-11	3	1st	2 9 10 35 58 59
2019-08-31	5	1st	2 11 29 30 43 44
2019-08-14	3	2nd	1 2 33 38 48 55
2019-08-03	1	1st	2 18 21 39 53 58
2019-07-31	9	1st	2 7 20 23 26 47
2019-06-29	19	1st	2 3 14 20 29 37
2019-04-24	1	1st	2 28 37 43 46 49
2019-04-20	1	1st	2 10 16 17 47 58
2019-04-17	17	1st	2 3 18 30 52 53
2019-02-16	9	1st	2 4 39 46 51 58
2019-01-16	5	1st	2 10 40 43 48 52
2018-12-29	1	1st	2 16 18 27 29 35
2018-12-26	5	1st	2 8 16 22 45 46
2018-12-08	3	1st	2 26 30 31 38 59
2018-11-28	19	1st	2 3 21 23 35 57
2018-09-22	11	2nd	1 2 15 17 27 56
2018-08-15	11	1st	2 36 42 53 54 55
2018-07-07	5	1st	2 15 20 53 54 58
2018-06-20	5	1st	2 3 16 27 32 34
2018-06-02	8	1st	2 18 27 29 37 59
2018-05-05	8	1st	2 16 17 38 41 42
2018-04-07	6	1st	2 5 10 23 31 53
2018-03-17	4	1st	2 10 13 23 31 46
2018-03-03	5	1st	2 4 21 34 37 48
2018-02-14	1	1st	2 7 18 23 37 48
2018-02-10	2	1st	2 6 11 19 35 42
2018-02-03	2	1st	2 29 51 54 55 57
2018-01-27	6	1st	2 6 16 37 53 54
2018-01-06	3	2nd	1 2 4 40 55 59
2017-12-27	4	1st	2 12 35 39 43 49
2017-12-13	3	2nd	1 2 36 49 57 59
2017-12-02	2	1st	2 3 26 40 41 55
2017-11-25	5	1st	2 14 21 23 38 44
2017-11-08	7	1st	2 15 20 26 43 44
2017-10-14	9	1st	2 4 14 17 25 49
2017-09-13	1	1st	2 28 35 45 49 54
2017-09-09	43	1st	2 14 19 54 56 58
2017-04-12	21	1st	2 10 38 50 53 57
2017-01-28	21	1st	2 3 18 35 56 58
2016-11-16	8	1st	2 21 25 26 40 57
2016-10-19	3	1st	2 17 25 36 40 46
2016-10-08	23	1st	2 9 29 40 55 57
2016-07-20	12	1st	2 26 32 40 43 59
2016-06-08	29	1st	2 16 22 44 56 59
2016-02-27	2	2nd	1 2 8 17 25 43
2016-02-20	38	1st	2 24 26 36 43 55
2015-10-10	3	1st	2 17 26 39 40 41
2015-09-30	4	1st	2 3 23 31 37 55
2015-09-16	2	1st	2 31 36 40 46 51
2015-09-09	7	1st	2 5 8 24 28 41
2015-08-15	5	1st	2 21 40 42 49 53
2015-07-29	12	1st	2 15 18 20 47 58
2015-06-17	6	1st	2 4 18 39 55 56
2015-05-27	5	1st	2 9 21 25 45 54
2015-05-09	5	1st	2 20 35 37 41 52
2015-04-22	9	1st	2 4 14 20 33 49
2015-03-21	18	1st	2 12 16 22 28 31
2015-01-17	1	1st	2 31 47 48 50 52
2015-01-14	19	1st	2 15 16 29 37 53
2014-11-08	4	1st	2 17 23 26 50 58
2014-10-25	3	1st	2 15 23 29 30 49
2014-10-15	10	1st	2 6 25 35 56 59
2014-09-10	2	1st	2 9 10 22 35 42
2014-09-03	18	1st	2 21 34 41 52 59
2014-07-02	9	1st	2 18 25 28 30 35
2014-05-31	5	1st	2 12 19 29 46 50
2014-05-14	5	1st	2 3 12 14 16 38
2014-04-26	5	1st	2 11 12 47 49 57
2014-04-09	5	1st	2 10 19 27 30 35
2014-03-22	4	1st	2 7 24 36 53 57
2014-03-08	5	1st	2 10 15 31 34 56
2014-02-19	1	1st	2 9 10 31 40 52
2014-02-15	3	1st	2 10 17 31 35 41
2014-02-05	31	1st	2 13 17 19 30 43
2013-10-19	12	1st	2 9 20 22 55 57
2013-09-07	3	1st	2 14 18 29 36 55
2013-08-28	10	1st	2 12 28 43 52 57
2013-07-24	3	1st	2 15 17 39 51 52
2013-07-13	7	1st	2 9 14 16 23 27
2013-06-19	1	1st	2 11 19 20 26 52
2013-06-15	8	1st	2 7 10 33 39 44
2013-05-18	10	1st	2 3 7 14 15 43
2013-04-13	11	2nd	1 2 5 8 45 48
2013-03-06	16	1st	2 13 22 30 47 56
2013-01-09	2	1st	2 21 29 35 40 43
2013-01-02	6	1st	2 3 8 12 31 55
2012-12-12	6	1st	2 5 27 32 38 50
2012-11-21	10	1st	2 3 16 17 23 43
2012-10-17	2	1st	2 5 7 27 28 53
2012-10-10	9	1st	2 6 15 32 50 53
2012-09-08	1	1st	2 9 25 31 39 42
2012-09-05	2	1st	2 14 37 43 44 49
2012-08-29	29	1st	2 11 20 31 48 54
2012-05-19	5	1st	2 17 22 30 35 49
2012-05-02	13	1st	2 8 26 41 47 55
2012-03-17	10	1st	2 6 10 20 43 58
2012-02-11	39	1st	2 18 29 38 46 59
2011-09-28	11	1st	2 11 12 21 36 50
2011-08-20	8	1st	2 9 19 42 43 54
2011-07-23	16	1st	2 39 41 53 54 56
2011-05-28	12	1st	2 3 7 9 12 57
2011-04-16	21	1st	2 8 20 42 54 59
2011-02-02	2	1st	2 12 16 17 40 57
2011-01-26	24	1st	2 10 19 22 23 46
2010-11-03	4	1st	2 15 27 28 31 35
2010-10-20	—	1st	2 43 48 50 53 54