Number 15

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,589 draws, 6 from 1–48.

329times drawn · chance expected 324 +0.32σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

74longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

15 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 329 times in 2,589 draws against 323.6 expected, +0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 15, draw by draw

Drawn 329 times in 2,589 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 74 · waiting 14 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 15 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 smallest55 · chance 50.9
2nd smallest113 · chance 122.9
3rd smallest110 · chance 106.5
4th smallest44 · chance 41.2
5th smallest7 · chance 7.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 33 11 37 13 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 15 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 48. 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 15 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	11	1st	15 20 29 33 36 43
2026-08-24	2	3rd	5 6 15 17 24 27
2026-08-19	29	2nd	4 15 33 34 38 48
2026-06-13	5	3rd

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: 15 is drawn with probability 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-17	3	4th	1 2 10 15 22 31
2025-05-10	5	1st	15 27 31 41 43 48
2025-04-28	13	2nd	8 15 21 22 33 48
2025-03-29	4	3rd	5 11 15 32 42 45
2025-03-19	6	2nd	10 15 22 26 46 47
2025-03-05	3	1st	15 16 27 34 38 45
2025-02-26	6	2nd	8 15 16 19 22 31
2025-02-12	3	2nd	9 15 19 25 28 41
2025-02-05	1	3rd	1 3 15 17 27 42
2025-02-03	9	4th	4 10 12 15 30 31
2025-01-13	33	3rd	3 12 15 21 40 43
2024-10-28	1	1st	15 19 20 35 45 48
2024-10-26	8	3rd	6 10 15 27 30 44
2024-10-07	3	2nd	11 15 22 23 28 39
2024-09-30	2	5th	2 3 13 14 15 36
2024-09-25	2	2nd	9 15 16 22 31 45
2024-09-21	6	1st	15 20 23 27 45 48
2024-09-07	9	2nd	12 15 16 21 24 47
2024-08-17	1	2nd	13 15 16 17 23 47
2024-08-14	1	1st	15 18 20 23 29 34
2024-08-12	2	1st	15 23 31 32 35 44
2024-08-07	18	2nd	2 15 31 36 42 45
2024-06-26	13	2nd	8 15 19 33 37 41
2024-05-27	1	3rd	10 14 15 18 28 35
2024-05-25	7	3rd	7 11 15 18 38 45
2024-05-08	2	4th	3 4 5 15 35 47
2024-05-04	6	3rd	9 10 15 26 30 44
2024-04-20	1	3rd	2 6 15 32 38 40
2024-04-17	2	2nd	10 15 20 27 33 35
2024-04-13	19	2nd	3 15 21 32 41 48
2024-02-28	2	3rd	4 5 15 16 20 28
2024-02-24	4	2nd	13 15 20 28 42 43
2024-02-14	9	2nd	1 15 18 26 28 44
2024-01-24	2	2nd	11 15 19 24 27 38
2024-01-20	5	2nd	7 15 20 21 24 46
2024-01-08	12	1st	15 21 22 25 33 42
2023-12-11	3	3rd	8 10 15 20 33 40
2023-12-04	1	3rd	3 10 15 16 21 26
2023-12-02	5	3rd	1 14 15 17 18 37
2023-11-20	4	3rd	3 6 15 41 45 48
2023-11-11	14	2nd	8 15 16 34 41 43
2023-10-09	22	4th	1 6 8 15 25 38
2023-08-19	15	3rd	3 11 15 21 33 42
2023-07-15	7	2nd	6 15 20 27 40 47
2023-06-28	5	3rd	8 10 15 22 23 31
2023-06-17	24	5th	4 5 7 10 15 40
2023-04-22	10	3rd	5 9 15 27 29 36
2023-03-29	15	3rd	2 11 15 20 35 41
2023-02-22	15	2nd	14 15 16 28 36 42
2023-01-18	3	4th	5 7 13 15 22 31
2023-01-11	10	1st	15 17 29 32 33 37
2022-12-19	74	1st	15 17 28 34 41 47
2022-06-29	10	3rd	3 13 15 24 29 39
2022-06-06	4	2nd	7 15 30 37 38 46
2022-05-28	8	3rd	11 13 15 35 47 48
2022-05-09	9	3rd	7 13 15 21 32 43
2022-04-18	11	3rd	10 14 15 33 37 47
2022-03-23	1	2nd	3 15 16 28 33 42
2022-03-21	15	1st	15 32 38 39 41 46
2022-02-14	6	2nd	3 15 22 24 26 35
2022-01-31	1	3rd	11 12 15 20 25 30
2022-01-29	6	1st	15 33 34 40 42 47
2022-01-15	3	3rd	8 11 15 39 45 48
2022-01-08	2	3rd	2 6 15 22 43 46
2022-01-03	6	2nd	11 15 16 23 24 34
2021-12-20	7	2nd	10 15 16 22 36 42
2021-12-04	2	2nd	13 15 18 23 25 44
2021-11-29	5	3rd	6 8 15 25 34 43
2021-11-17	2	2nd	13 15 16 28 35 43
2021-11-13	14	1st	15 18 23 24 34 36
2021-10-11	7	3rd	2 8 15 23 31 36
2021-09-25	4	2nd	14 15 29 39 43 48
2021-09-15	4	3rd	6 11 15 16 24 46
2021-09-06	1	1st	15 17 19 20 28 37
2021-09-04	3	4th	7 9 12 15 26 35
2021-08-28	6	4th	8 9 13 15 26 41
2021-08-14	4	3rd	7 9 15 24 28 32
2021-08-04	7	3rd	1 9 15 19 31 43
2021-07-19	9	2nd	8 15 16 18 29 36
2021-06-28	4	2nd	6 15 16 18 20 44
2021-06-19	2	2nd	11 15 16 21 44 46
2021-06-14	5	2nd	12 15 23 29 38 45
2021-06-02	2	3rd	3 11 15 25 32 46
2021-05-29	2	4th	5 9 14 15 18 44
2021-05-24	4	3rd	6 13 15 19 20 33
2021-05-15	4	1st	15 28 31 37 40 47
2021-05-05	13	3rd	4 12 15 36 41 44
2021-04-05	16	5th	2 11 12 13 15 34
2021-02-27	4	3rd	2 6 15 17 23 24
2021-02-17	6	3rd	5 8 15 20 30 39
2021-02-03	3	3rd	4 13 15 18 37 38
2021-01-27	18	2nd	14 15 18 37 43 47
2020-12-16	7	2nd	13 15 18 31 34 42
2020-11-30	15	3rd	6 12 15 23 31 36
2020-10-26	22	2nd	6 15 27 39 44 45
2020-09-05	9	2nd	2 15 22 33 37 48
2020-08-15	2	4th	7 12 13 15 26 37
2020-08-10	12	2nd	4 15 21 38 43 48
2020-07-13	1	3rd	3 12 15 22 24 37
2020-07-11	17	3rd	8 14 15 19 29 41
2020-06-01	14	3rd	5 8 15 16 21 29
2020-04-29	5	2nd	13 15 18 28 44 46
2020-04-18	13	3rd	8 11 15 17 31 45
2020-03-18	9	2nd	5 15 33 35 40 41
2020-02-26	2	2nd	13 15 30 31 32 34
2020-02-22	10	2nd	13 15 25 29 43 47
2020-01-29	11	2nd	12 15 17 19 23 27
2020-01-04	3	3rd	11 14 15 26 33 43
2019-12-28	3	4th	2 6 11 15 37 39
2019-12-21	8	4th	8 11 12 15 20 23
2019-12-02	3	1st	15 20 23 27 33 38
2019-11-25	40	2nd	14 15 32 37 40 45
2019-08-24	11	2nd	11 15 28 30 33 45
2019-07-29	8	3rd	12 13 15 18 23 30
2019-07-10	10	2nd	1 15 25 31 32 35
2019-06-17	5	1st	15 20 37 45 47 48
2019-06-05	8	3rd	3 13 15 33 38 41
2019-05-18	3	4th	3 5 13 15 24 39
2019-05-11	24	2nd	12 15 21 23 28 46
2019-03-16	4	2nd	11 15 23 24 40 48
2019-03-06	10	4th	2 9 12 15 34 39
2019-02-11	4	3rd	7 13 15 19 31 46
2019-02-02	8	2nd	8 15 25 36 37 46
2019-01-14	1	2nd	12 15 16 25 31 45
2019-01-12	5	3rd	4 8 15 23 33 46
2018-12-31	2	4th	1 3 8 15 33 46
2018-12-26	3	1st	15 23 29 33 41 42
2018-12-19	5	2nd	12 15 26 27 37 43
2018-12-08	32	4th	4 6 8 15 17 35
2018-09-24	6	2nd	14 15 22 29 32 37
2018-09-10	10	1st	15 16 17 19 36 45
2018-08-18	3	2nd	11 15 17 25 29 33
2018-08-11	12	4th	4 8 9 15 20 43
2018-07-14	7	3rd	7 11 15 19 23 43
2018-06-27	6	2nd	2 15 23 27 43 46
2018-06-13	4	1st	15 18 37 39 44 47
2018-06-04	7	3rd	6 7 15 21 39 48
2018-05-19	1	1st	15 26 28 33 39 45
2018-05-16	3	3rd	5 12 15 18 37 45
2018-05-09	1	3rd	1 4 15 26 27 37
2018-05-07	3	2nd	3 15 23 25 43 48
2018-04-30	6	3rd	9 12 15 18 27 35
2018-04-16	22	1st	15 28 30 45 46 47
2018-02-24	3	1st	15 27 34 36 44 48
2018-02-17	11	2nd	11 15 18 19 24 47
2018-01-22	6	3rd	4 6 15 21 31 43
2018-01-08	4	3rd	4 13 15 24 30 44
2017-12-30	1	3rd	11 13 15 35 44 47
2017-12-27	4	3rd	7 11 15 36 40 44
2017-12-18	11	3rd	4 9 15 29 33 46
2017-11-22	4	3rd	8 9 15 21 24 32
2017-11-13	4	1st	15 23 32 37 38 48
2017-11-04	14	3rd	9 10 15 34 36 45
2017-10-02	1	2nd	3 15 16 38 43 44
2017-09-30	1	3rd	1 11 15 27 38 42
2017-09-27	4	4th	10 12 14 15 17 26
2017-09-18	12	3rd	1 2 15 29 35 42
2017-08-21	4	2nd	7 15 18 20 29 42
2017-08-12	2	4th	2 6 10 15 40 42
2017-08-07	3	3rd	11 14 15 16 27 44
2017-07-31	2	2nd	9 15 16 17 23 36
2017-07-26	9	3rd	8 11 15 32 34 35
2017-07-05	7	5th	2 3 8 14 15 33
2017-06-19	11	4th	3 8 12 15 29 36
2017-05-24	4	4th	5 9 12 15 22 23
2017-05-15	6	2nd	1 15 17 24 33 39
2017-05-01	5	3rd	8 11 15 21 28 32
2017-04-19	7	3rd	2 8 15 34 36 39
2017-04-03	5	2nd	8 15 20 21 31 41
2017-03-22	3	2nd	10 15 23 26 39 40
2017-03-15	6	2nd	7 15 28 42 43 45
2017-03-01	11	3rd	9 10 15 17 18 44
2017-02-04	11	2nd	12 15 37 38 40 46
2017-01-09	4	4th	1 4 6 15 20 36
2016-12-31	11	1st	15 21 25 29 33 47
2016-12-05	2	2nd	7 15 19 31 38 41
2016-11-30	12	2nd	9 15 16 17 18 42
2016-11-02	14	1st	15 30 34 40 43 47
2016-10-01	2	3rd	2 6 15 31 37 47
2016-09-26	1	1st	15 19 29 42 44 46
2016-09-24	10	2nd	10 15 19 20 36 46
2016-08-31	17	3rd	4 6 15 21 38 40
2016-07-23	8	3rd	2 3 15 35 39 45
2016-07-04	19	3rd	7 9 15 24 33 40
2016-05-21	6	1st	15 16 24 29 33 39
2016-05-07	5	2nd	4 15 19 24 28 30
2016-04-25	15	5th	1 4 5 10 15 33
2016-03-21	20	1st	15 16 19 21 47 48
2016-02-03	1	4th	1 3 14 15 30 34
2016-02-01	9	4th	3 9 13 15 28 47
2016-01-11	13	1st	15 17 24 34 40 43
2015-12-12	8	1st	15 30 32 33 39 41
2015-11-23	11	1st	15 16 29 33 36 48
2015-10-28	1	4th	3 9 13 15 33 36
2015-10-26	13	2nd	2 15 17 36 37 44
2015-09-26	4	2nd	11 15 33 34 39 40
2015-09-16	1	3rd	2 10 15 32 37 45
2015-09-14	9	3rd	8 11 15 23 39 43
2015-08-24	5	1st	15 27 32 39 44 45
2015-08-12	14	2nd	13 15 20 24 31 36
2015-07-11	3	1st	15 17 30 31 34 45
2015-07-04	24	2nd	13 15 30 43 44 48
2015-05-09	7	1st	15 20 21 24 28 32
2015-04-22	3	2nd	7 15 22 30 32 44
2015-04-15	20	2nd	9 15 34 36 40 48
2015-02-28	14	3rd	6 10 15 19 33 41
2015-01-26	7	1st	15 21 27 32 43 47
2015-01-10	59	4th	4 9 13 15 33 35
2014-08-25	3	4th	5 7 13 15 23 27
2014-08-18	13	3rd	1 5 15 31 37 40
2014-07-19	2	4th	3 4 7 15 21 41
2014-07-14	3	3rd	6 11 15 32 41 43
2014-07-07	5	3rd	10 12 15 27 34 46
2014-06-25	11	4th	2 5 10 15 23 31
2014-05-31	9	2nd	11 15 41 42 44 47
2014-05-10	5	3rd	13 14 15 24 27 47
2014-04-28	14	1st	15 20 22 35 41 46
2014-03-26	2	2nd	4 15 29 39 40 47
2014-03-22	13	3rd	1 5 15 17 23 27
2014-02-19	3	1st	15 16 20 22 23 44
2014-02-12	2	3rd	2 9 15 18 32 35
2014-02-08	12	3rd	1 9 15 25 27 28
2014-01-11	7	2nd	6 15 20 46 47 48
2013-12-25	12	3rd	5 11 15 20 21 30
2013-11-27	4	2nd	14 15 20 22 24 33
2013-11-18	7	1st	15 18 19 21 34 36
2013-11-02	1	2nd	10 15 16 18 33 43
2013-10-30	3	2nd	8 15 26 36 42 47
2013-10-23	13	2nd	6 15 23 28 43 47
2013-09-23	3	3rd	11 13 15 23 29 44
2013-09-16	10	4th	9 11 12 15 28 33
2013-08-24	5	4th	7 10 14 15 37 44
2013-08-12	9	3rd	5 14 15 36 38 44
2013-07-22	11	2nd	6 15 19 22 24 39
2013-06-26	1	1st	15 17 27 29 32 35
2013-06-24	11	2nd	2 15 23 35 38 39
2013-05-29	13	1st	15 18 23 29 38 46
2013-04-29	11	2nd	14 15 16 32 35 37
2013-04-03	2	2nd	10 15 24 25 34 44
2013-03-30	21	3rd	1 13 15 23 28 30
2013-02-09	9	4th	1 4 5 15 23 45
2013-01-19	2	2nd	11 15 19 23 31 39
2013-01-14	1	3rd	7 10 15 25 33 39
2013-01-12	7	4th	7 10 13 15 21 24
2012-12-26	23	3rd	4 7 15 17 37 46
2012-11-03	2	3rd	8 10 15 18 37 42
2012-10-29	5	4th	2 7 13 15 22 45
2012-10-17	2	5th	2 4 5 7 15 42
2012-10-13	3	2nd	6 15 17 39 47 48
2012-10-06	6	1st	15 17 23 27 28 31
2012-09-22	12	2nd	2 15 24 35 42 44
2012-08-25	1	2nd	9 15 21 22 40 45
2012-08-22	11	2nd	3 15 17 24 38 41
2012-07-28	6	1st	15 16 24 37 38 45
2012-07-14	8	4th	1 2 3 15 24 35
2012-06-25	2	3rd	5 14 15 18 23 46
2012-06-20	3	4th	2 5 13 15 16 47
2012-06-13	8	1st	15 17 21 24 37 42
2012-05-26	14	1st	15 18 27 31 35 39
2012-04-21	12	2nd	14 15 29 37 38 43
2012-03-24	4	2nd	12 15 23 32 40 47
2012-03-14	5	3rd	5 11 15 27 28 41
2012-03-03	27	2nd	13 15 19 24 39 48
2011-12-31	1	2nd	6 15 23 25 39 43
2011-12-28	7	4th	1 6 12 15 29 37
2011-12-12	5	1st	15 19 31 32 34 35
2011-11-30	5	3rd	2 5 15 38 42 48
2011-11-19	2	3rd	6 7 15 23 42 43
2011-11-14	13	3rd	3 8 15 23 33 41
2011-10-15	10	2nd	12 15 17 28 29 32
2011-09-21	6	3rd	9 12 15 39 43 44
2011-09-07	9	4th	4 6 10 15 32 33
2011-08-17	1	3rd	12 14 15 21 32 34
2011-08-15	4	4th	3 7 9 15 17 25
2011-08-06	3	1st	15 17 25 34 36 39
2011-07-30	12	3rd	3 10 15 16 23 27
2011-07-02	4	1st	15 24 25 26 28 42
2011-06-22	2	2nd	9 15 20 26 30 46
2011-06-18	8	2nd	11 15 34 37 41 47
2011-05-30	2	2nd	12 15 16 17 18 39
2011-05-25	7	1st	15 25 38 39 41 43
2011-05-09	20	2nd	5 15 16 24 26 43
2011-03-23	4	2nd	5 15 23 31 35 39
2011-03-14	11	2nd	11 15 21 27 28 47
2011-02-16	3	3rd	8 14 15 18 28 35
2011-02-09	6	4th	3 11 14 15 19 37
2011-01-26	1	4th	4 8 9 15 23 35
2011-01-24	15	2nd	13 15 19 22 32 34
2010-12-20	3	2nd	1 15 18 25 37 43
2010-12-13	24	5th	3 8 9 14 15 39
2010-10-18	5	1st	15 20 24 33 35 45
2010-10-06	11	3rd	8 13 15 42 45 47
2010-09-11	8	4th	1 8 10 15 31 47
2010-08-23	6	3rd	10 12 15 19 22 27
2010-08-09	2	2nd	6 15 19 27 40 47
2010-08-04	3	2nd	2 15 16 19 20 21
2010-07-28	6	1st	15 19 20 25 36 45
2010-07-14	1	2nd	1 15 19 39 45 47
2010-07-12	1	3rd	2 13 15 28 30 38
2010-07-10	7	2nd	4 15 18 30 36 42
2010-06-23	7	1st	15 16 25 37 38 46
2010-06-07	2	4th	3 4 5 15 25 26
2010-06-02	18	4th	7 11 12 15 23 45
2010-04-21	3	2nd	5 15 22 32 35 47
2010-04-14	—	1st	15 18 20 28 34 43