In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/38 · since Apr 2025 rules — 550 draws, 5 from 1–38.
61times drawn · chance expected 72 −1.43σ
5draws waiting · a wait this long: 57% for any number
8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6
41longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 61 times in 550 draws against 72.4 expected, −1.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.
2
Number 2, draw by draw
Drawn 61 times in 550 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 5 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 38. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.