Number 2

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,631 draws, 6 from 1–49.

283times drawn · chance expected 322 −2.33σ

22draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

67longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 283 times in 2,631 draws against 322.2 expected, −2.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 283 times in 2,631 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 67 · waiting 22 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 smallest255 · chance 253.5
2nd smallest28 · chance 29.5
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 29.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 29 45 48 9 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-08-31	3	1st	2 10 19 32 44 48
2026-08-24	24	1st	2 5 15 22 34 47
2026-06-29	7	1st	2 14 26 36 43 48
2026-06-13

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-09	6	1st	2 22 31 33 37 41
2025-03-26	8	1st	2 31 32 34 36 43
2025-03-08	9	1st	2 5 14 27 35 41
2025-02-15	7	1st	2 5 18 19 30 48
2025-01-29	1	1st	2 21 24 25 40 47
2025-01-27	8	1st	2 3 23 25 26 28
2025-01-08	8	1st	2 13 15 21 22 41
2024-12-21	6	2nd	1 2 9 33 38 39
2024-12-07	1	1st	2 12 17 18 24 49
2024-12-04	12	1st	2 4 12 16 42 46
2024-11-06	5	2nd	1 2 5 13 41 49
2024-10-26	19	2nd	1 2 20 28 29 38
2024-09-11	5	1st	2 12 16 21 42 48
2024-08-31	23	1st	2 6 15 17 18 29
2024-07-08	18	1st	2 8 18 23 28 39
2024-05-27	3	2nd	1 2 36 38 47 49
2024-05-20	11	1st	2 17 22 41 44 49
2024-04-24	67	1st	2 10 12 24 28 39
2023-11-20	19	1st	2 16 19 30 36 44
2023-10-07	1	1st	2 15 19 40 44 48
2023-10-04	9	1st	2 15 23 27 38 49
2023-09-13	41	1st	2 8 31 36 37 40
2023-06-10	5	1st	2 13 34 36 47 49
2023-05-29	3	1st	2 7 16 19 28 41
2023-05-22	16	1st	2 4 6 10 36 43
2023-04-15	11	1st	2 9 21 33 38 48
2023-03-20	6	1st	2 7 23 27 37 45
2023-03-06	14	1st	2 5 16 17 37 41
2023-02-01	6	1st	2 10 14 24 35 41
2023-01-18	4	1st	2 12 17 20 23 31
2023-01-09	1	1st	2 9 17 20 33 49
2023-01-07	12	1st	2 19 34 38 46 47
2022-12-10	5	1st	2 6 13 26 34 40
2022-11-28	4	1st	2 22 23 35 42 48
2022-11-19	3	2nd	1 2 3 13 46 48
2022-11-12	5	1st	2 5 28 41 44 46
2022-10-31	13	1st	2 18 24 31 32 48
2022-10-01	3	1st	2 4 10 14 17 47
2022-09-24	3	1st	2 9 16 28 41 47
2022-09-17	10	1st	2 8 15 17 38 40
2022-08-24	27	1st	2 9 10 23 42 45
2022-06-22	11	1st	2 6 7 17 34 44
2022-05-28	8	1st	2 10 15 29 39 44
2022-05-09	4	1st	2 11 15 18 28 33
2022-04-30	8	1st	2 11 13 26 28 45
2022-04-11	2	1st	2 5 10 13 17 33
2022-04-06	15	1st	2 7 13 22 29 31
2022-03-02	6	1st	2 12 19 40 45 49
2022-02-16	11	1st	2 11 30 38 46 49
2022-01-22	5	1st	2 15 24 31 33 49
2022-01-10	2	1st	2 17 35 39 42 47
2022-01-05	1	1st	2 9 36 38 39 43
2022-01-03	15	1st	2 9 18 36 44 49
2021-11-29	11	1st	2 20 30 31 34 48
2021-11-03	4	1st	2 18 30 45 47 49
2021-10-25	9	1st	2 12 30 34 38 47
2021-10-04	21	2nd	1 2 19 30 43 46
2021-08-16	21	1st	2 3 25 35 39 44
2021-06-28	1	1st	2 11 14 19 38 44
2021-06-26	1	1st	2 16 20 32 43 45
2021-06-23	3	2nd	1 2 10 19 39 43
2021-06-16	6	1st	2 8 17 19 47 48
2021-06-02	2	1st	2 15 17 24 30 34
2021-05-29	6	1st	2 6 24 26 28 29
2021-05-15	1	1st	2 18 30 38 40 46
2021-05-12	17	1st	2 6 28 29 32 48
2021-04-03	18	1st	2 9 11 23 24 46
2021-02-20	16	2nd	1 2 15 17 32 43
2021-01-13	3	1st	2 4 12 29 30 44
2021-01-06	8	1st	2 16 17 23 44 45
2020-12-19	17	1st	2 5 12 14 34 38
2020-11-09	13	1st	2 7 20 31 37 39
2020-10-10	13	1st	2 6 10 22 35 36
2020-09-09	12	2nd	1 2 3 6 21 37
2020-08-12	6	1st	2 14 23 24 37 40
2020-07-29	3	1st	2 3 7 11 19 25
2020-07-22	61	2nd	1 2 13 25 35 42
2020-03-02	3	1st	2 5 13 20 23 45
2020-02-24	44	1st	2 6 12 16 18 36
2019-11-13	3	1st	2 11 12 17 33 39
2019-11-06	1	1st	2 9 15 28 40 47
2019-11-04	5	1st	2 24 37 39 40 49
2019-10-23	1	1st	2 11 15 30 32 44
2019-10-21	2	1st	2 23 35 38 41 49
2019-10-16	3	1st	2 27 30 32 38 40
2019-10-09	20	1st	2 8 29 33 37 40
2019-08-24	13	1st	2 9 26 38 44 48
2019-07-24	2	1st	2 6 12 27 37 38
2019-07-20	6	1st	2 5 9 14 23 24
2019-07-06	15	1st	2 10 11 24 35 37
2019-06-01	3	1st	2 20 35 39 45 47
2019-05-25	4	1st	2 8 24 31 35 49
2019-05-15	5	1st	2 7 29 30 33 41
2019-05-04	16	1st	2 5 12 17 19 39
2019-03-27	4	1st	2 18 29 35 36 48
2019-03-18	3	1st	2 5 28 45 46 48
2019-03-11	5	1st	2 5 30 36 38 41
2019-02-27	5	1st	2 17 20 30 31 36
2019-02-16	24	1st	2 3 28 43 47 49
2018-12-22	13	1st	2 6 24 28 45 49
2018-11-21	6	2nd	1 2 9 16 20 31
2018-11-07	5	1st	2 4 30 37 39 41
2018-10-27	6	1st	2 18 22 30 38 41
2018-10-13	6	1st	2 6 7 30 31 41
2018-09-29	3	1st	2 9 16 22 24 40
2018-09-22	11	2nd	1 2 14 21 35 41
2018-08-27	6	1st	2 10 19 21 25 37
2018-08-13	24	1st	2 3 8 16 20 42
2018-06-18	11	1st	2 10 27 30 32 40
2018-05-23	5	1st	2 13 38 39 47 48
2018-05-12	44	1st	2 9 38 39 45 48
2018-01-29	2	1st	2 7 21 30 35 39
2018-01-24	1	1st	2 3 6 13 33 38
2018-01-22	15	1st	2 6 22 25 40 42
2017-12-18	2	1st	2 7 8 15 16 33
2017-12-13	3	2nd	1 2 9 11 24 39
2017-12-06	12	1st	2 7 8 36 40 42
2017-11-08	2	1st	2 4 9 20 31 47
2017-11-04	2	1st	2 7 8 12 26 29
2017-10-30	14	1st	2 5 22 29 35 47
2017-09-27	8	1st	2 17 24 28 37 44
2017-09-09	20	1st	2 14 26 30 34 49
2017-07-24	20	1st	2 20 21 32 43 45
2017-06-07	22	1st	2 9 31 34 40 45
2017-04-17	19	1st	2 12 17 26 28 48
2017-03-04	20	1st	2 7 26 37 45 46
2017-01-16	14	1st	2 5 19 25 27 46
2016-12-14	13	1st	2 8 10 18 34 46
2016-11-14	45	1st	2 4 12 34 38 45
2016-08-01	3	2nd	1 2 5 7 32 42
2016-07-25	21	1st	2 25 31 33 37 43
2016-06-06	1	1st	2 3 12 17 25 37
2016-06-04	1	1st	2 11 17 18 28 46
2016-06-01	13	1st	2 24 29 31 42 43
2016-05-02	5	2nd	1 2 9 24 30 39
2016-04-20	5	1st	2 6 24 29 39 40
2016-04-09	2	1st	2 9 19 27 28 29
2016-04-04	11	2nd	1 2 6 21 47 48
2016-03-09	10	1st	2 6 11 18 26 32
2016-02-15	12	2nd	1 2 16 17 19 40
2016-01-18	2	1st	2 6 14 23 26 48
2016-01-13	3	1st	2 9 11 24 31 48
2016-01-06	6	1st	2 20 30 32 39 49
2015-12-23	2	1st	2 3 19 25 43 49
2015-12-19	10	1st	2 4 6 18 34 49
2015-11-25	3	1st	2 8 10 13 34 35
2015-11-18	3	1st	2 4 11 29 36 42
2015-11-11	2	1st	2 6 8 11 33 46
2015-11-07	2	1st	2 16 31 35 43 48
2015-11-02	5	1st	2 9 17 24 45 47
2015-10-21	6	1st	2 7 9 14 16 43
2015-10-07	7	1st	2 23 31 32 33 39
2015-09-21	1	1st	2 6 16 21 29 37
2015-09-19	5	1st	2 14 22 25 27 36
2015-09-07	8	1st	2 12 19 25 37 44
2015-08-19	3	1st	2 6 17 19 22 34
2015-08-12	1	1st	2 29 30 33 36 46
2015-08-10	3	2nd	1 2 7 12 19 35
2015-08-03	1	1st	2 4 15 20 29 37
2015-08-01	14	2nd	1 2 5 9 20 44
2015-06-29	4	1st	2 4 16 29 32 49
2015-06-20	11	1st	2 9 10 30 38 47
2015-05-25	4	1st	2 10 22 27 35 47
2015-05-16	5	1st	2 9 12 20 44 48
2015-05-04	2	1st	2 10 20 27 29 35
2015-04-29	3	1st	2 7 10 11 18 29
2015-04-22	1	1st	2 23 26 27 29 38
2015-04-20	20	1st	2 8 29 32 34 44
2015-03-04	16	1st	2 9 32 34 38 45
2015-01-26	7	2nd	1 2 5 6 9 33
2015-01-10	7	1st	2 5 6 7 27 36
2014-12-24	1	2nd	1 2 7 15 29 42
2014-12-22	1	1st	2 21 28 33 44 45
2014-12-20	3	2nd	1 2 3 15 22 45
2014-12-13	29	1st	2 11 21 43 44 45
2014-10-06	2	1st	2 12 13 23 25 43
2014-10-01	19	1st	2 5 17 35 45 48
2014-08-18	2	1st	2 20 21 24 25 43
2014-08-13	10	1st	2 11 16 21 25 28
2014-07-21	1	1st	2 6 18 28 34 43
2014-07-19	17	1st	2 4 14 23 45 48
2014-06-09	6	1st	2 11 12 29 43 47
2014-05-26	3	1st	2 15 30 31 42 45
2014-05-19	15	1st	2 4 6 16 39 46
2014-04-14	11	1st	2 3 4 37 40 42
2014-03-19	6	1st	2 6 8 13 24 45
2014-03-05	22	1st	2 3 4 18 23 48
2014-01-13	1	2nd	1 2 22 24 34 36
2014-01-11	8	1st	2 10 22 23 27 31
2013-12-23	13	1st	2 9 17 26 37 38
2013-11-23	5	1st	2 4 11 23 25 39
2013-11-11	5	1st	2 20 26 30 40 42
2013-10-30	11	1st	2 3 6 8 20 28
2013-10-05	12	1st	2 27 32 33 41 45
2013-09-07	11	1st	2 8 16 27 31 39
2013-08-12	5	1st	2 16 20 23 34 38
2013-07-31	26	1st	2 11 27 40 48 49
2013-06-01	5	2nd	1 2 10 12 16 29
2013-05-20	10	1st	2 5 12 16 24 45
2013-04-27	1	1st	2 13 14 22 23 36
2013-04-24	4	1st	2 16 24 29 43 47
2013-04-15	17	1st	2 9 16 17 29 48
2013-03-06	5	1st	2 5 6 12 13 48
2013-02-23	10	1st	2 12 15 33 41 47
2013-01-30	19	1st	2 24 29 31 32 49
2012-12-17	5	1st	2 11 24 31 36 38
2012-12-05	13	1st	2 4 18 21 28 38
2012-11-05	2	1st	2 22 28 42 47 49
2012-10-31	12	2nd	1 2 16 19 24 32
2012-10-03	7	1st	2 4 13 17 18 38
2012-09-17	3	1st	2 26 36 39 42 43
2012-09-10	6	1st	2 7 30 32 42 49
2012-08-27	2	1st	2 4 9 21 24 29
2012-08-22	23	1st	2 9 10 28 31 41
2012-06-30	3	1st	2 33 35 44 45 49
2012-06-23	4	1st	2 17 22 25 37 43
2012-06-13	2	1st	2 5 8 12 28 31
2012-06-09	17	1st	2 3 15 20 28 33
2012-04-30	11	1st	2 11 25 33 42 44
2012-04-04	4	1st	2 23 24 29 45 48
2012-03-26	9	1st	2 14 32 37 45 49
2012-03-05	2	1st	2 3 18 23 25 26
2012-02-29	1	2nd	1 2 10 17 22 41
2012-02-27	7	1st	2 4 9 25 27 33
2012-02-11	1	1st	2 3 18 26 33 35
2012-02-08	5	1st	2 3 27 32 33 42
2012-01-28	1	1st	2 9 13 22 40 48
2012-01-25	26	2nd	1 2 6 24 29 42
2011-11-26	19	1st	2 20 21 26 33 41
2011-10-12	18	1st	2 5 18 24 35 46
2011-08-31	2	1st	2 10 11 18 42 44
2011-08-27	9	1st	2 5 21 37 45 47
2011-08-06	6	1st	2 12 22 36 44 46
2011-07-23	11	1st	2 17 28 35 37 42
2011-06-27	14	1st	2 15 21 36 41 49
2011-05-25	9	1st	2 5 9 13 20 41
2011-05-04	8	1st	2 4 5 40 41 44
2011-04-16	11	1st	2 17 20 34 47 48
2011-03-21	1	1st	2 4 10 14 20 40
2011-03-19	15	1st	2 3 7 18 29 40
2011-02-12	9	1st	2 12 13 17 35 45
2011-01-22	3	1st	2 12 19 21 47 48
2011-01-15	1	1st	2 6 9 24 29 44
2011-01-12	23	1st	2 11 19 24 26 49
2010-11-20	20	1st	2 8 16 31 37 39
2010-10-04	3	1st	2 8 16 27 38 41
2010-09-27	10	1st	2 8 12 14 36 45
2010-09-04	6	1st	2 16 27 29 42 45
2010-08-21	2	1st	2 5 10 23 32 40
2010-08-16	18	1st	2 21 31 35 41 45
2010-07-05	2	1st	2 5 6 32 36 41
2010-06-30	1	1st	2 6 24 30 43 48
2010-06-28	11	1st	2 7 15 33 34 47
2010-06-02	9	1st	2 4 8 28 34 42
2010-05-12	16	1st	2 20 21 23 27 45
2010-04-05	13	1st	2 3 19 29 31 47
2010-03-06	4	1st	2 28 34 39 43 47
2010-02-24	10	1st	2 4 25 31 34 44
2010-02-01	—	1st	2 8 30 31 39 40