Number 4

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,440 draws, 5 from 1–38.

184times drawn · chance expected 189 −0.43σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

44longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 184 times in 1,440 draws against 189.5 expected, −0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 184 times in 1,440 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 8 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 4 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 smallest125 · chance 129.2
2nd smallest54 · chance 50.0
3rd smallest5 · chance 4.7
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 23 38 15 34 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 4 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.

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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-14	8	1st	4 5 19 20 31
2026-10-06	12	2nd	2 4 6 20 36
2026-09-24	11	1st	4 8 16 17 19
2026-09-13	11	1st	4

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: 4 is drawn with probability 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-09	1	2nd	2 4 16 21 32
2026-05-08	11	1st	4 6 20 24 30
2026-04-27	1	2nd	2 4 7 16 35
2026-04-26	7	1st	4 20 30 32 33
2026-04-19	22	2nd	3 4 15 20 30
2026-03-28	29	2nd	2 4 6 24 27
2026-02-27	4	1st	4 25 27 29 38
2026-02-23	3	1st	4 7 11 12 19
2026-02-20	1	1st	4 17 28 33 38
2026-02-19	3	1st	4 14 16 19 25
2026-02-16	7	2nd	2 4 8 20 37
2026-02-09	19	1st	4 12 22 25 32
2026-01-21	7	1st	4 15 23 25 34
2026-01-14	10	1st	4 8 17 30 35
2026-01-04	3	1st	4 33 34 35 37
2026-01-01	3	2nd	1 4 24 25 38
2025-12-29	3	2nd	3 4 20 21 32
2025-12-26	8	1st	4 7 8 11 34
2025-12-18	17	1st	4 17 26 29 38
2025-12-01	15	1st	4 9 18 20 28
2025-11-16	5	1st	4 6 8 15 31
2025-11-11	15	2nd	3 4 11 13 35
2025-10-27	9	1st	4 6 11 23 27
2025-10-18	4	2nd	3 4 7 24 35
2025-10-14	13	1st	4 5 23 24 32
2025-10-01	8	1st	4 6 13 16 32
2025-09-23	8	1st	4 9 17 25 38
2025-09-15	4	1st	4 13 34 37 38
2025-09-11	9	1st	4 10 16 33 34
2025-09-02	1	1st	4 5 12 22 29
2025-09-01	18	1st	4 9 15 32 34
2025-08-14	23	1st	4 8 18 19 38
2025-07-22	3	1st	4 21 22 35 37
2025-07-19	2	2nd	1 4 18 23 25
2025-07-17	3	2nd	3 4 15 16 36
2025-07-14	8	3rd	1 2 4 19 35
2025-07-06	2	1st	4 16 23 29 30
2025-07-04	4	2nd	2 4 8 10 22
2025-06-30	1	1st	4 15 31 35 38
2025-06-29	2	2nd	1 4 15 35 36
2025-06-27	2	1st	4 8 11 13 34
2025-06-25	3	1st	4 7 24 27 28
2025-06-22	1	1st	4 9 16 17 21
2025-06-21	1	2nd	1 4 11 18 29
2025-06-20	2	2nd	1 4 22 25 27
2025-06-18	3	1st	4 11 17 27 30
2025-06-15	9	3rd	1 3 4 9 12
2025-06-06	12	1st	4 6 21 23 37
2025-05-25	7	1st	4 12 29 32 34
2025-05-18	13	2nd	1 4 8 23 29
2025-05-05	9	1st	4 21 25 32 36
2025-04-26	9	1st	4 7 14 26 27
2025-04-17	12	2nd	2 4 11 22 31
2025-04-05	10	1st	4 6 8 14 35
2025-03-26	2	1st	4 12 15 24 31
2025-03-24	5	1st	4 8 16 29 31
2025-03-19	4	2nd	3 4 10 22 36
2025-03-15	13	2nd	1 4 14 23 34
2025-03-02	11	1st	4 17 20 32 35
2025-02-19	6	2nd	2 4 5 6 9
2025-02-13	5	1st	4 5 12 13 30
2025-02-08	3	3rd	2 3 4 10 36
2025-02-05	8	2nd	1 4 7 9 20
2025-01-28	35	2nd	1 4 6 16 25
2024-12-24	12	2nd	3 4 18 20 38
2024-12-12	2	1st	4 17 35 36 37
2024-12-10	2	1st	4 15 26 30 34
2024-12-08	17	1st	4 9 11 18 35
2024-11-21	2	1st	4 5 18 28 38
2024-11-19	6	2nd	3 4 29 30 33
2024-11-13	9	1st	4 15 17 24 30
2024-11-04	8	1st	4 14 15 26 31
2024-10-27	2	2nd	1 4 30 34 38
2024-10-25	2	1st	4 17 18 22 29
2024-10-23	2	3rd	1 2 4 23 29
2024-10-21	3	2nd	1 4 10 12 27
2024-10-18	11	1st	4 7 10 12 35
2024-10-07	1	2nd	1 4 8 20 34
2024-10-06	8	2nd	1 4 18 21 32
2024-09-28	17	1st	4 23 25 33 36
2024-09-11	3	2nd	3 4 9 21 33
2024-09-08	5	1st	4 6 9 17 32
2024-09-03	6	1st	4 9 23 30 38
2024-08-28	15	1st	4 7 10 17 38
2024-08-13	1	1st	4 12 32 33 38
2024-08-12	19	1st	4 9 11 29 36
2024-07-24	4	1st	4 19 25 33 35
2024-07-20	1	1st	4 6 17 19 38
2024-07-19	2	1st	4 9 11 21 37
2024-07-17	2	2nd	3 4 14 19 28
2024-07-15	3	1st	4 6 9 15 30
2024-07-12	23	2nd	2 4 10 18 19
2024-06-19	5	1st	4 7 13 14 32
2024-06-14	5	1st	4 25 26 27 34
2024-06-09	8	1st	4 18 34 36 38
2024-06-01	8	1st	4 16 28 33 37
2024-05-24	1	2nd	2 4 11 14 21
2024-05-23	21	1st	4 5 23 24 37
2024-05-02	1	1st	4 14 27 28 29
2024-05-01	2	1st	4 12 15 31 35
2024-04-29	1	1st	4 17 27 29 30
2024-04-28	1	1st	4 6 17 21 36
2024-04-27	14	1st	4 10 14 25 36
2024-04-13	3	2nd	1 4 7 13 31
2024-04-10	9	2nd	3 4 8 10 11
2024-04-01	2	1st	4 6 11 13 31
2024-03-30	44	1st	4 23 32 35 38
2024-02-15	5	2nd	3 4 8 13 20
2024-02-10	38	1st	4 9 10 28 32
2024-01-03	5	2nd	2 4 22 27 36
2023-12-29	21	1st	4 5 8 23 30
2023-12-08	11	2nd	1 4 9 23 37
2023-11-27	4	1st	4 5 10 27 38
2023-11-23	15	1st	4 15 16 30 33
2023-11-08	8	1st	4 8 11 28 33
2023-10-31	1	2nd	3 4 20 21 25
2023-10-30	18	1st	4 12 25 30 34
2023-10-12	13	1st	4 7 8 24 31
2023-09-29	7	1st	4 18 28 31 34
2023-09-22	6	1st	4 6 8 31 36
2023-09-16	19	1st	4 16 18 28 36
2023-08-28	7	1st	4 13 22 23 26
2023-08-21	5	1st	4 21 23 34 35
2023-08-16	15	1st	4 8 17 26 37
2023-08-01	14	1st	4 8 15 19 34
2023-07-18	2	2nd	3 4 17 35 37
2023-07-16	9	2nd	3 4 13 24 37
2023-07-07	4	1st	4 5 25 33 36
2023-07-03	12	3rd	1 3 4 7 11
2023-06-21	10	2nd	3 4 13 14 25
2023-06-11	5	1st	4 22 24 31 38
2023-06-06	11	1st	4 12 16 28 37
2023-05-26	8	1st	4 23 28 34 35
2023-05-18	18	1st	4 6 14 27 28
2023-04-30	8	2nd	1 4 20 21 27
2023-04-22	9	1st	4 12 26 31 38
2023-04-13	6	1st	4 5 7 15 36
2023-04-07	12	1st	4 8 10 15 17
2023-03-26	3	2nd	1 4 23 34 36
2023-03-23	10	1st	4 12 23 24 33
2023-03-13	9	1st	4 20 27 30 33
2023-03-04	2	2nd	1 4 11 33 35
2023-03-02	5	1st	4 10 13 17 28
2023-02-25	16	1st	4 15 36 37 38
2023-02-09	5	1st	4 6 16 26 38
2023-02-04	5	1st	4 5 11 21 25
2023-01-30	15	1st	4 5 27 31 34
2023-01-15	2	1st	4 13 18 22 31
2023-01-13	1	1st	4 8 13 24 28
2023-01-12	17	1st	4 19 27 30 36
2022-12-26	2	1st	4 5 8 14 30
2022-12-24	7	1st	4 11 32 35 36
2022-12-17	6	1st	4 11 13 17 37
2022-12-11	2	1st	4 8 10 20 31
2022-12-09	1	2nd	2 4 6 15 27
2022-12-08	9	2nd	2 4 17 28 35
2022-11-29	11	1st	4 7 19 20 38
2022-11-18	4	1st	4 8 20 27 38
2022-11-14	1	1st	4 11 17 26 34
2022-11-13	—	1st	4 11 18 31 38