Number 33

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

97times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.04σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

45longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

33 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 12 times, counted separately.

Number 33, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 5 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 33 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 0.2
2nd smallest9 · chance 3.3
3rd smallest19 · chance 15.7
4th smallest27 · chance 33.7
5th smallest33 · chance 32.6
6th smallest9 · chance 11.4

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.

38 40 29 1 8 23

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, 33 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 33 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-07-12	1	4th	1 24 31 33 35 40
2017-07-08	7	2nd	5 33 36 38 40 45
2017-06-14	3	5th	11 12 14 19 33 42
2017-06-03	42	4th

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

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