Number 2

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,727 draws, 6 from 1–49.

217times drawn · chance expected 211 +0.41σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

49longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 217 times in 1,727 draws against 211.5 expected, +0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 217 times in 1,727 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 2 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 smallest187 · chance 194.4
2nd smallest30 · chance 22.6
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 22.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 44 19 35 49 1

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
2026-10-14	24	1st	2 11 18 40 41 44
2026-07-22	13	2nd	1 2 34 35 38 49
2026-06-06	5	1st	2 5 13 32 43 47
2026-05-20	3	1st

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.

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