Number 7

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,674 draws, 6 from 1–59.

146times drawn · chance expected 170 −1.96σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number

11.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

61longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 146 times in 1,674 draws against 170.2 expected, −1.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 26 times, counted separately.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 146 times in 1,674 draws · average wait 11.4 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 13 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 smallest80 · chance 82.8
2nd smallest49 · chance 51.8
3rd smallest16 · chance 10.6
4th smallest1 · chance 0.8
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 12.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 43 1 13 19 18

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-16	9	1st	7 12 14 34 41 56
2026-08-15	19	2nd	6 7 23 25 36 37
2026-06-10	5	1st	7 14 41 52 53 56
2026-05-23

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-08-23	7	1st	7 22 24 36 40 53
2023-07-29	2	1st	7 8 18 45 54 55
2023-07-22	15	2nd	3 7 14 19 32 46
2023-05-31	7	1st	7 8 15 39 40 58
2023-05-06	11	1st	7 16 36 44 46 53
2023-03-29	10	3rd	1 2 7 11 13 25
2023-02-22	3	2nd	4 7 8 15 30 41
2023-02-11	17	2nd	2 7 16 50 56 57
2022-12-14	10	1st	7 10 20 23 39 52
2022-11-09	2	1st	7 13 15 19 27 58
2022-11-02	7	1st	7 13 18 22 38 47
2022-10-08	4	2nd	1 7 17 38 44 54
2022-09-24	18	1st	7 12 27 31 35 50
2022-07-23	1	1st	7 13 18 30 41 53
2022-07-20	9	1st	7 17 23 29 48 57
2022-06-18	19	1st	7 19 20 27 31 59
2022-04-13	19	2nd	5 7 8 32 41 50
2022-02-05	5	1st	7 8 16 28 43 53
2022-01-19	3	2nd	6 7 8 10 37 46
2022-01-08	23	2nd	3 7 16 18 27 59
2021-10-20	5	1st	7 12 32 36 52 53
2021-10-02	11	2nd	2 7 8 20 23 57
2021-08-25	13	3rd	4 6 7 12 30 40
2021-07-10	5	3rd	4 6 7 27 56 59
2021-06-23	1	2nd	1 7 8 14 27 29
2021-06-19	14	3rd	1 3 7 11 22 37
2021-05-01	7	1st	7 16 25 33 35 49
2021-04-07	3	3rd	2 6 7 20 24 43
2021-03-27	16	3rd	1 4 7 14 23 52
2021-01-30	11	1st	7 10 12 27 40 45
2020-12-23	3	2nd	1 7 16 21 43 45
2020-12-12	11	1st	7 13 16 29 33 56
2020-11-04	26	1st	7 31 35 42 43 50
2020-08-05	6	1st	7 9 20 29 36 56
2020-07-15	6	2nd	2 7 18 28 33 56
2020-06-24	31	2nd	5 7 12 14 19 27
2020-03-07	6	1st	7 11 18 39 42 43
2020-02-15	8	2nd	2 7 38 41 45 59
2020-01-18	3	1st	7 11 17 25 41 54
2020-01-08	4	1st	7 26 37 47 48 49
2019-12-25	18	1st	7 10 31 32 34 42
2019-10-23	2	1st	7 10 12 40 49 58
2019-10-16	6	2nd	2 7 9 11 40 54
2019-09-25	8	1st	7 24 27 38 55 58
2019-08-28	1	4th	1 5 6 7 16 48
2019-08-24	4	1st	7 24 36 46 52 55
2019-08-10	3	1st	7 16 25 39 47 51
2019-07-31	1	2nd	2 7 20 23 26 47
2019-07-27	3	2nd	5 7 19 25 26 47
2019-07-17	20	2nd	4 7 19 34 36 59
2019-05-08	8	2nd	3 7 14 28 49 54
2019-04-10	5	2nd	4 7 31 39 47 51
2019-03-23	43	1st	7 18 19 33 36 57
2018-10-24	1	1st	7 18 39 42 44 58
2018-10-20	27	2nd	4 7 8 9 41 58
2018-07-18	24	2nd	4 7 19 24 30 45
2018-04-25	17	1st	7 8 13 16 37 41
2018-02-24	3	1st	7 25 26 29 37 43
2018-02-14	4	2nd	2 7 18 23 37 48
2018-01-31	6	1st	7 20 22 24 46 54
2018-01-10	2	1st	7 11 29 43 56 59
2018-01-03	3	1st	7 11 22 28 41 55
2017-12-23	10	1st	7 9 19 37 48 50
2017-11-18	16	1st	7 14 31 48 54 57
2017-09-23	17	1st	7 24 37 40 50 56
2017-07-26	5	1st	7 15 20 25 34 59
2017-07-08	12	1st	7 21 24 33 41 45
2017-05-27	5	1st	7 17 30 34 47 58
2017-05-10	7	3rd	1 4 7 23 43 54
2017-04-15	6	2nd	4 7 12 17 26 55
2017-03-25	7	1st	7 18 39 43 45 46
2017-03-01	26	2nd	5 7 8 13 25 28
2016-11-30	18	1st	7 13 18 19 38 51
2016-09-28	47	1st	7 43 48 54 58 59
2016-04-16	8	1st	7 14 15 30 41 50
2016-03-19	1	1st	7 17 30 46 53 55
2016-03-16	29	2nd	4 7 9 20 52 57
2015-12-05	8	2nd	5 7 13 17 38 42
2015-11-07	5	1st	7 12 14 23 37 53
2015-10-21	8	2nd	1 7 10 12 43 48
2015-09-23	20	2nd	1 7 30 31 42 44
2015-07-15	2	2nd	6 7 8 13 33 55
2015-07-08	1	1st	7 13 19 27 31 52
2015-07-04	3	1st	7 18 19 29 43 51
2015-06-24	61	1st	7 16 32 46 54 55
2014-11-22	3	1st	7 8 19 31 39 52
2014-11-12	15	1st	7 20 26 27 40 52
2014-09-20	4	1st	7 22 23 27 50 58
2014-09-06	17	2nd	5 7 45 48 54 59
2014-07-09	14	1st	7 9 24 26 48 49
2014-05-21	9	1st	7 27 30 45 50 53
2014-04-19	2	1st	7 10 34 38 57 59
2014-04-12	4	1st	7 10 14 41 43 59
2014-03-29	2	1st	7 29 30 37 42 53
2014-03-22	45	2nd	2 7 24 36 53 57
2013-10-16	18	1st	7 15 21 33 35 46
2013-08-14	13	1st	7 11 19 38 51 54
2013-06-29	1	2nd	3 7 12 13 18 20
2013-06-26	3	1st	7 19 23 44 45 56
2013-06-15	7	2nd	2 7 10 33 39 44
2013-05-22	1	2nd	6 7 33 37 48 53
2013-05-18	25	3rd	2 3 7 14 15 43
2013-02-20	8	1st	7 15 18 24 36 41
2013-01-23	1	1st	7 8 12 29 43 51
2013-01-19	27	2nd	4 7 11 44 54 56
2012-10-17	17	3rd	2 5 7 27 28 53
2012-08-18	3	3rd	5 6 7 15 26 42
2012-08-08	2	1st	7 9 27 44 46 56
2012-08-01	15	3rd	1 5 7 32 55 56
2012-06-09	1	1st	7 10 28 43 47 48
2012-06-06	1	1st	7 8 39 44 50 54
2012-06-02	23	1st	7 17 25 28 48 49
2012-03-14	26	1st	7 17 24 39 48 55
2011-12-14	8	3rd	1 6 7 12 14 55
2011-11-16	5	1st	7 23 24 43 50 53
2011-10-29	25	1st	7 8 12 37 38 55
2011-08-03	2	2nd	5 7 10 22 27 54
2011-07-27	17	1st	7 13 14 28 38 43
2011-05-28	1	3rd	2 3 7 9 12 57
2011-05-25	35	2nd	4 7 17 40 42 44
2011-01-22	24	1st	7 16 36 50 52 57
2010-10-30	—	1st	7 9 23 30 38 51