Number 32

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

82times drawn · chance expected 97 −1.59σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

39longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

32 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −1.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 32, draw by draw

Drawn 82 times in 789 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 7 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 32 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest5 · chance 3.5
3rd smallest18 · chance 15.1
4th smallest20 · chance 29.3
5th smallest29 · chance 25.6
6th smallest10 · chance 8.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 5 30 9 28 37

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, 32 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 32 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-07-05	8	4th	16 29 30 32 37 44
2017-06-07	6	5th	1 3 13 28 32 45
2017-05-17	1	5th	12 25 27 28 32 41
2017-05-13	2	6th

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

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