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Number 14 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 97 times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.04σ
13 draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number
8.1 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
38 longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long
14 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 97 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 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.
14 Number 14, draw by draw Drawn 97 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 13 draws now
17 draws: 2010-01-02 to 2010-03-03 2 draws: 2010-03-03 to 2010-03-10 16 draws: 2010-03-10 to 2010-05-05 5 draws: 2010-05-05 to 2010-05-22 19 draws: 2010-05-22 to 2010-07-28 1 draws: 2010-07-28 to 2010-07-31 3 draws: 2010-07-31 to 2010-08-11 3 draws: 2010-08-11 to 2010-08-21 7 draws: 2010-08-21 to 2010-09-15 4 draws: 2010-09-15 to 2010-09-29 16 draws: 2010-09-29 to 2010-11-24 8 draws: 2010-11-24 to 2010-12-22 20 draws: 2010-12-22 to 2011-03-05 4 draws: 2011-03-05 to 2011-03-19 2 draws: 2011-03-19 to 2011-03-26 9 draws: 2011-03-26 to 2011-04-27 4 draws: 2011-04-27 to 2011-05-11 5 draws: 2011-05-11 to 2011-05-28 6 draws: 2011-05-28 to 2011-06-18 38 draws: 2011-06-18 to 2011-10-29 3 draws: 2011-10-29 to 2011-11-09 1 draws: 2011-11-09 to 2011-11-12 17 draws: 2011-11-12 to 2012-01-11 16 draws: 2012-01-11 to 2012-03-07 3 draws: 2012-03-07 to 2012-03-17 1 draws: 2012-03-17 to 2012-03-21 11 draws: 2012-03-21 to 2012-04-28 6 draws: 2012-04-28 to 2012-05-19 7 draws: 2012-05-19 to 2012-06-13 34 draws: 2012-06-13 to 2012-10-10 2 draws: 2012-10-10 to 2012-10-17 4 draws: 2012-10-17 to 2012-10-31 10 draws: 2012-10-31 to 2012-12-05 1 draws: 2012-12-05 to 2012-12-08 3 draws: 2012-12-08 to 2012-12-19 5 draws: 2012-12-19 to 2013-01-05 1 draws: 2013-01-05 to 2013-01-09 15 draws: 2013-01-09 to 2013-03-02 14 draws: 2013-03-02 to 2013-04-20 11 draws: 2013-04-20 to 2013-05-29 31 draws: 2013-05-29 to 2013-09-14 6 draws: 2013-09-14 to 2013-10-05 5 draws: 2013-10-05 to 2013-10-23 15 draws: 2013-10-23 to 2013-12-14 6 draws: 2013-12-14 to 2014-01-08 1 draws: 2014-01-08 to 2014-01-11 4 draws: 2014-01-11 to 2014-01-25 19 draws: 2014-01-25 to 2014-04-02 3 draws: 2014-04-02 to 2014-04-12 3 draws: 2014-04-12 to 2014-04-23 3 draws: 2014-04-23 to 2014-05-03 6 draws: 2014-05-03 to 2014-05-24 14 draws: 2014-05-24 to 2014-07-12 10 draws: 2014-07-12 to 2014-08-16 4 draws: 2014-08-16 to 2014-08-30 5 draws: 2014-08-30 to 2014-09-17 8 draws: 2014-09-17 to 2014-10-15 3 draws: 2014-10-15 to 2014-10-25 3 draws: 2014-10-25 to 2014-11-05 2 draws: 2014-11-05 to 2014-11-12 14 draws: 2014-11-12 to 2014-12-31 16 draws: 2014-12-31 to 2015-02-25 10 draws: 2015-02-25 to 2015-04-01 11 draws: 2015-04-01 to 2015-05-09 11 draws: 2015-05-09 to 2015-06-17 7 draws: 2015-06-17 to 2015-07-11 14 draws: 2015-07-11 to 2015-08-29 7 draws: 2015-08-29 to 2015-09-23 8 draws: 2015-09-23 to 2015-10-21 6 draws: 2015-10-21 to 2015-11-11 2 draws: 2015-11-11 to 2015-11-18 2 draws: 2015-11-18 to 2015-11-25 4 draws: 2015-11-25 to 2015-12-09 8 draws: 2015-12-09 to 2016-01-06 12 draws: 2016-01-06 to 2016-02-17 3 draws: 2016-02-17 to 2016-02-27 17 draws: 2016-02-27 to 2016-04-27 4 draws: 2016-04-27 to 2016-05-11 3 draws: 2016-05-11 to 2016-05-21 3 draws: 2016-05-21 to 2016-06-01 10 draws: 2016-06-01 to 2016-07-06 9 draws: 2016-07-06 to 2016-08-06 2 draws: 2016-08-06 to 2016-08-13 16 draws: 2016-08-13 to 2016-10-08 1 draws: 2016-10-08 to 2016-10-12 21 draws: 2016-10-12 to 2016-12-24 4 draws: 2016-12-24 to 2017-01-07 2 draws: 2017-01-07 to 2017-01-14 4 draws: 2017-01-14 to 2017-01-28 1 draws: 2017-01-28 to 2017-02-01 5 draws: 2017-02-01 to 2017-02-18 7 draws: 2017-02-18 to 2017-03-15 9 draws: 2017-03-15 to 2017-04-15 11 draws: 2017-04-15 to 2017-05-24 2 draws: 2017-05-24 to 2017-05-31 4 draws: 2017-05-31 to 2017-06-14 Still waiting — at least 13 draws since 2017-06-14 2010-01-02 2010-03-03 2010-03-10 2010-05-05 2010-05-22 2010-07-28 2010-07-31 2010-08-11 2010-08-21 2010-09-15 2010-09-29 2010-11-24 2010-12-22 2011-03-05 2011-03-19 2011-03-26 2011-04-27 2011-05-11 2011-05-28 2011-06-18 2011-10-29 2011-11-09 2011-11-12 2012-01-11 2012-03-07 2012-03-17 2012-03-21 2012-04-28 2012-05-19 2012-06-13 2012-10-10 2012-10-17 2012-10-31 2012-12-05 2012-12-08 2012-12-19 2013-01-05 2013-01-09 2013-03-02 2013-04-20 2013-05-29 2013-09-14 2013-10-05 2013-10-23 2013-12-14 2014-01-08 2014-01-11 2014-01-25 2014-04-02 2014-04-12 2014-04-23 2014-05-03 2014-05-24 2014-07-12 2014-08-16 2014-08-30 2014-09-17 2014-10-15 2014-10-25 2014-11-05 2014-11-12 2014-12-31 2015-02-25 2015-04-01 2015-05-09 2015-06-17 2015-07-11 2015-08-29 2015-09-23 2015-10-21 2015-11-11 2015-11-18 2015-11-25 2015-12-09 2016-01-06 2016-02-17 2016-02-27 2016-04-27 2016-05-11 2016-05-21 2016-06-01 2016-07-06 2016-08-06 2016-08-13 2016-10-08 2016-10-12 2016-12-24 2017-01-07 2017-01-14 2017-01-28 2017-02-01 2017-02-18 2017-03-15 2017-04-15 2017-05-24 2017-05-31 2017-06-14 2010-01-02 2017-07-29 a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap
1 draws: 8 times 2 draws: 9 times 3 draws: 13 times 4 draws: 11 times 5 draws: 6 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 4 times 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 5 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 0 times 14 draws: 4 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 5 times 17 draws: 3 times 18 draws: 0 times 19 draws: 2 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 1 time 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 1 time 39 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 14 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 smallest 21 · chance 18.4 2nd smallest 32 · chance 38.6 3rd smallest 28 · chance 28.9 4th smallest 15 · chance 9.6 5th smallest 1 · chance 1.4 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.1 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
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, 14 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 14 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 13 Every number number 15 → 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: 14 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.