Number 34

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

101times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.48σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

33longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 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 34, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 12 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 34 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 smallest1 · chance 2.7
3rd smallest18 · chance 14.2
4th smallest32 · chance 33.8
5th smallest34 · chance 36.2
6th smallest16 · chance 14.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 21 22 24 14 38

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, 34 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 34 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-06-17	5	5th	7 15 22 31 34 36
2017-05-31	15	3rd	14 30 34 39 44 48
2017-04-08	8	5th	8 9 22 27 34 44
2017-03-11	3	5th

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

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