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Number 1 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
5 draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number
8.1 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
34 longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long
1 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 97 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.
1 Number 1, draw by draw Drawn 97 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 5 draws now
20 draws: 2010-02-03 to 2010-04-14 3 draws: 2010-04-14 to 2010-04-24 11 draws: 2010-04-24 to 2010-06-02 9 draws: 2010-06-02 to 2010-07-03 11 draws: 2010-07-03 to 2010-08-11 4 draws: 2010-08-11 to 2010-08-25 9 draws: 2010-08-25 to 2010-09-25 1 draws: 2010-09-25 to 2010-09-29 1 draws: 2010-09-29 to 2010-10-02 1 draws: 2010-10-02 to 2010-10-06 6 draws: 2010-10-06 to 2010-10-27 9 draws: 2010-10-27 to 2010-11-27 1 draws: 2010-11-27 to 2010-12-01 9 draws: 2010-12-01 to 2011-01-05 3 draws: 2011-01-05 to 2011-01-15 7 draws: 2011-01-15 to 2011-02-09 8 draws: 2011-02-09 to 2011-03-09 7 draws: 2011-03-09 to 2011-04-02 29 draws: 2011-04-02 to 2011-07-13 10 draws: 2011-07-13 to 2011-08-17 24 draws: 2011-08-17 to 2011-11-09 3 draws: 2011-11-09 to 2011-11-19 23 draws: 2011-11-19 to 2012-02-08 20 draws: 2012-02-08 to 2012-04-18 34 draws: 2012-04-18 to 2012-08-15 10 draws: 2012-08-15 to 2012-09-19 1 draws: 2012-09-19 to 2012-09-22 1 draws: 2012-09-22 to 2012-09-26 7 draws: 2012-09-26 to 2012-10-20 2 draws: 2012-10-20 to 2012-10-27 5 draws: 2012-10-27 to 2012-11-14 13 draws: 2012-11-14 to 2012-12-29 10 draws: 2012-12-29 to 2013-02-02 8 draws: 2013-02-02 to 2013-03-02 13 draws: 2013-03-02 to 2013-04-17 2 draws: 2013-04-17 to 2013-04-24 11 draws: 2013-04-24 to 2013-06-01 7 draws: 2013-06-01 to 2013-06-26 22 draws: 2013-06-26 to 2013-09-11 3 draws: 2013-09-11 to 2013-09-21 2 draws: 2013-09-21 to 2013-09-28 6 draws: 2013-09-28 to 2013-10-19 4 draws: 2013-10-19 to 2013-11-02 3 draws: 2013-11-02 to 2013-11-13 4 draws: 2013-11-13 to 2013-11-27 8 draws: 2013-11-27 to 2013-12-28 7 draws: 2013-12-28 to 2014-01-22 8 draws: 2014-01-22 to 2014-02-19 6 draws: 2014-02-19 to 2014-03-12 8 draws: 2014-03-12 to 2014-04-09 9 draws: 2014-04-09 to 2014-05-10 11 draws: 2014-05-10 to 2014-06-18 9 draws: 2014-06-18 to 2014-07-19 8 draws: 2014-07-19 to 2014-08-16 2 draws: 2014-08-16 to 2014-08-23 6 draws: 2014-08-23 to 2014-09-13 15 draws: 2014-09-13 to 2014-11-05 6 draws: 2014-11-05 to 2014-11-26 10 draws: 2014-11-26 to 2014-12-31 34 draws: 2014-12-31 to 2015-04-29 18 draws: 2015-04-29 to 2015-07-01 14 draws: 2015-07-01 to 2015-08-19 1 draws: 2015-08-19 to 2015-08-22 4 draws: 2015-08-22 to 2015-09-05 4 draws: 2015-09-05 to 2015-09-19 5 draws: 2015-09-19 to 2015-10-07 1 draws: 2015-10-07 to 2015-10-10 6 draws: 2015-10-10 to 2015-10-31 2 draws: 2015-10-31 to 2015-11-07 13 draws: 2015-11-07 to 2015-12-23 8 draws: 2015-12-23 to 2016-01-20 5 draws: 2016-01-20 to 2016-02-06 1 draws: 2016-02-06 to 2016-02-10 13 draws: 2016-02-10 to 2016-03-26 2 draws: 2016-03-26 to 2016-04-02 6 draws: 2016-04-02 to 2016-04-23 1 draws: 2016-04-23 to 2016-04-27 7 draws: 2016-04-27 to 2016-05-21 2 draws: 2016-05-21 to 2016-05-28 2 draws: 2016-05-28 to 2016-06-04 1 draws: 2016-06-04 to 2016-06-08 17 draws: 2016-06-08 to 2016-08-06 7 draws: 2016-08-06 to 2016-08-31 11 draws: 2016-08-31 to 2016-10-08 3 draws: 2016-10-08 to 2016-10-19 1 draws: 2016-10-19 to 2016-10-22 9 draws: 2016-10-22 to 2016-11-23 4 draws: 2016-11-23 to 2016-12-07 14 draws: 2016-12-07 to 2017-01-25 14 draws: 2017-01-25 to 2017-03-15 3 draws: 2017-03-15 to 2017-03-25 10 draws: 2017-03-25 to 2017-04-29 6 draws: 2017-04-29 to 2017-05-20 1 draws: 2017-05-20 to 2017-05-24 4 draws: 2017-05-24 to 2017-06-07 10 draws: 2017-06-07 to 2017-07-12 Still waiting — at least 5 draws since 2017-07-12 2010-02-03 2010-04-14 2010-04-24 2010-06-02 2010-07-03 2010-08-11 2010-08-25 2010-09-25 2010-09-29 2010-10-02 2010-10-06 2010-10-27 2010-11-27 2010-12-01 2011-01-05 2011-01-15 2011-02-09 2011-03-09 2011-04-02 2011-07-13 2011-08-17 2011-11-09 2011-11-19 2012-02-08 2012-04-18 2012-08-15 2012-09-19 2012-09-22 2012-09-26 2012-10-20 2012-10-27 2012-11-14 2012-12-29 2013-02-02 2013-03-02 2013-04-17 2013-04-24 2013-06-01 2013-06-26 2013-09-11 2013-09-21 2013-09-28 2013-10-19 2013-11-02 2013-11-13 2013-11-27 2013-12-28 2014-01-22 2014-02-19 2014-03-12 2014-04-09 2014-05-10 2014-06-18 2014-07-19 2014-08-16 2014-08-23 2014-09-13 2014-11-05 2014-11-26 2014-12-31 2015-04-29 2015-07-01 2015-08-19 2015-08-22 2015-09-05 2015-09-19 2015-10-07 2015-10-10 2015-10-31 2015-11-07 2015-12-23 2016-01-20 2016-02-06 2016-02-10 2016-03-26 2016-04-02 2016-04-23 2016-04-27 2016-05-21 2016-05-28 2016-06-04 2016-06-08 2016-08-06 2016-08-31 2016-10-08 2016-10-19 2016-10-22 2016-11-23 2016-12-07 2017-01-25 2017-03-15 2017-03-25 2017-04-29 2017-05-20 2017-05-24 2017-06-07 2017-07-12 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 13 times 2 draws: 8 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 7 times 5 draws: 3 times 6 draws: 8 times 7 draws: 7 times 8 draws: 7 times 9 draws: 7 times 10 draws: 6 times 11 draws: 5 times 12 draws: 0 times 13 draws: 4 times 14 draws: 3 times 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 2 times 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 2 times 35 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 1 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 97 · chance 97.0 2nd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 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, 1 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 1 →
Every draw it appeared in Lowest in the pool Every number number 2 → 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: 1 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.