Number 19

In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

84times drawn · chance expected 97 −1.37σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

19 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −1.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 19, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 789 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 37 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 19 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 smallest5 · chance 7.0
2nd smallest24 · chance 24.2
3rd smallest31 · chance 30.5
4th smallest17 · chance 17.4
5th smallest7 · chance 4.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 8 38 45 1 27

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, 19 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 19 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-07-29	8	2nd	16 19 25 26 35 49
2017-07-01	5	4th	6 12 16 19 25 26
2017-06-14	10	4th	11 12 14 19 33 42
2017-05-10	13	2nd

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: 19 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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