In Texas Two Step under the 4/35 + 1/35 · since Sep 2025 rules — 113 draws, 4 from 1–35.
8times drawn · chance expected 13 −1.45σ
1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
13.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8
55longest completed wait · 1.0% chance of one at least that long
7 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 8 times in 113 draws against 12.9 expected, −1.45σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
7
Number 7, draw by draw
Drawn 8 times in 113 draws · average wait 13.4 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 1 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.
Never drawn alongside 17 of the other 34 numbers; chance expects about 17 such strangers 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 35. 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: 7 is drawn with probability 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.