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Number 2 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 100 times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.37σ
3 draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number
7.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
30 longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long
2 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 100 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 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.
2 Number 2, draw by draw Drawn 100 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 3 draws now
5 draws: 2010-03-24 to 2010-04-10 19 draws: 2010-04-10 to 2010-06-16 4 draws: 2010-06-16 to 2010-06-30 3 draws: 2010-06-30 to 2010-07-10 7 draws: 2010-07-10 to 2010-08-04 14 draws: 2010-08-04 to 2010-09-22 3 draws: 2010-09-22 to 2010-10-02 20 draws: 2010-10-02 to 2010-12-11 3 draws: 2010-12-11 to 2010-12-22 8 draws: 2010-12-22 to 2011-01-22 3 draws: 2011-01-22 to 2011-02-02 8 draws: 2011-02-02 to 2011-03-02 9 draws: 2011-03-02 to 2011-04-02 6 draws: 2011-04-02 to 2011-04-23 4 draws: 2011-04-23 to 2011-05-07 2 draws: 2011-05-07 to 2011-05-14 20 draws: 2011-05-14 to 2011-07-23 7 draws: 2011-07-23 to 2011-08-17 5 draws: 2011-08-17 to 2011-09-03 2 draws: 2011-09-03 to 2011-09-10 2 draws: 2011-09-10 to 2011-09-17 7 draws: 2011-09-17 to 2011-10-12 2 draws: 2011-10-12 to 2011-10-19 7 draws: 2011-10-19 to 2011-11-12 4 draws: 2011-11-12 to 2011-11-26 10 draws: 2011-11-26 to 2011-12-31 4 draws: 2011-12-31 to 2012-01-14 10 draws: 2012-01-14 to 2012-02-18 7 draws: 2012-02-18 to 2012-03-14 3 draws: 2012-03-14 to 2012-03-24 2 draws: 2012-03-24 to 2012-03-31 16 draws: 2012-03-31 to 2012-05-26 15 draws: 2012-05-26 to 2012-07-18 7 draws: 2012-07-18 to 2012-08-11 2 draws: 2012-08-11 to 2012-08-18 2 draws: 2012-08-18 to 2012-08-25 16 draws: 2012-08-25 to 2012-10-20 11 draws: 2012-10-20 to 2012-11-28 3 draws: 2012-11-28 to 2012-12-08 2 draws: 2012-12-08 to 2012-12-15 8 draws: 2012-12-15 to 2013-01-12 3 draws: 2013-01-12 to 2013-01-23 6 draws: 2013-01-23 to 2013-02-13 7 draws: 2013-02-13 to 2013-03-09 2 draws: 2013-03-09 to 2013-03-16 14 draws: 2013-03-16 to 2013-05-04 10 draws: 2013-05-04 to 2013-06-08 7 draws: 2013-06-08 to 2013-07-03 4 draws: 2013-07-03 to 2013-07-17 16 draws: 2013-07-17 to 2013-09-11 7 draws: 2013-09-11 to 2013-10-05 30 draws: 2013-10-05 to 2014-01-22 2 draws: 2014-01-22 to 2014-01-29 2 draws: 2014-01-29 to 2014-02-05 4 draws: 2014-02-05 to 2014-02-19 1 draws: 2014-02-19 to 2014-02-22 7 draws: 2014-02-22 to 2014-03-19 6 draws: 2014-03-19 to 2014-04-09 13 draws: 2014-04-09 to 2014-05-24 8 draws: 2014-05-24 to 2014-06-21 9 draws: 2014-06-21 to 2014-07-23 2 draws: 2014-07-23 to 2014-07-30 9 draws: 2014-07-30 to 2014-08-30 21 draws: 2014-08-30 to 2014-11-12 10 draws: 2014-11-12 to 2014-12-17 18 draws: 2014-12-17 to 2015-02-18 17 draws: 2015-02-18 to 2015-04-18 1 draws: 2015-04-18 to 2015-04-22 10 draws: 2015-04-22 to 2015-05-27 11 draws: 2015-05-27 to 2015-07-04 2 draws: 2015-07-04 to 2015-07-11 10 draws: 2015-07-11 to 2015-08-15 1 draws: 2015-08-15 to 2015-08-19 5 draws: 2015-08-19 to 2015-09-05 2 draws: 2015-09-05 to 2015-09-12 2 draws: 2015-09-12 to 2015-09-19 4 draws: 2015-09-19 to 2015-10-03 2 draws: 2015-10-03 to 2015-10-10 9 draws: 2015-10-10 to 2015-11-11 10 draws: 2015-11-11 to 2015-12-16 4 draws: 2015-12-16 to 2015-12-30 3 draws: 2015-12-30 to 2016-01-09 3 draws: 2016-01-09 to 2016-01-20 11 draws: 2016-01-20 to 2016-02-27 13 draws: 2016-02-27 to 2016-04-13 2 draws: 2016-04-13 to 2016-04-20 5 draws: 2016-04-20 to 2016-05-07 23 draws: 2016-05-07 to 2016-07-27 8 draws: 2016-07-27 to 2016-08-24 5 draws: 2016-08-24 to 2016-09-10 2 draws: 2016-09-10 to 2016-09-17 22 draws: 2016-09-17 to 2016-12-03 15 draws: 2016-12-03 to 2017-01-25 6 draws: 2017-01-25 to 2017-02-15 9 draws: 2017-02-15 to 2017-03-18 11 draws: 2017-03-18 to 2017-04-26 3 draws: 2017-04-26 to 2017-05-06 4 draws: 2017-05-06 to 2017-05-20 17 draws: 2017-05-20 to 2017-07-19 Still waiting — at least 3 draws since 2017-07-19 2010-03-24 2010-04-10 2010-06-16 2010-06-30 2010-07-10 2010-08-04 2010-09-22 2010-10-02 2010-12-11 2010-12-22 2011-01-22 2011-02-02 2011-03-02 2011-04-02 2011-04-23 2011-05-07 2011-05-14 2011-07-23 2011-08-17 2011-09-03 2011-09-10 2011-09-17 2011-10-12 2011-10-19 2011-11-12 2011-11-26 2011-12-31 2012-01-14 2012-02-18 2012-03-14 2012-03-24 2012-03-31 2012-05-26 2012-07-18 2012-08-11 2012-08-18 2012-08-25 2012-10-20 2012-11-28 2012-12-08 2012-12-15 2013-01-12 2013-01-23 2013-02-13 2013-03-09 2013-03-16 2013-05-04 2013-06-08 2013-07-03 2013-07-17 2013-09-11 2013-10-05 2014-01-22 2014-01-29 2014-02-05 2014-02-19 2014-02-22 2014-03-19 2014-04-09 2014-05-24 2014-06-21 2014-07-23 2014-07-30 2014-08-30 2014-11-12 2014-12-17 2015-02-18 2015-04-18 2015-04-22 2015-05-27 2015-07-04 2015-07-11 2015-08-15 2015-08-19 2015-09-05 2015-09-12 2015-09-19 2015-10-03 2015-10-10 2015-11-11 2015-12-16 2015-12-30 2016-01-09 2016-01-20 2016-02-27 2016-04-13 2016-04-20 2016-05-07 2016-07-27 2016-08-24 2016-09-10 2016-09-17 2016-12-03 2017-01-25 2017-02-15 2017-03-18 2017-04-26 2017-05-06 2017-05-20 2017-07-19 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 3 times 2 draws: 18 times 3 draws: 10 times 4 draws: 9 times 5 draws: 5 times 6 draws: 4 times 7 draws: 10 times 8 draws: 5 times 9 draws: 5 times 10 draws: 7 times 11 draws: 4 times 12 draws: 0 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 3 times 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 2 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 1 time 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: 1 time 31 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 85 · chance 89.6 2nd smallest 15 · chance 10.4 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 10.4 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, 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 ← number 1 Every number number 3 → 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.