Number 37

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

90times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.83σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 78% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

32longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

37 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.83σ. 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 14 times, counted separately.

Number 37, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 847 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 3 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 37 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 0.1
2nd smallest1 · chance 1.9
3rd smallest9 · chance 11.0
4th smallest29 · chance 28.7
5th smallest38 · chance 33.9
6th smallest13 · chance 14.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 12 10 24 28 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 37 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 52. 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 37 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-09-10	31	5th	19 26 28 35 37 46
2025-05-24	14	5th	3 7 29 33 37 46
2025-04-05	5	4th	7 11 34 37 39 42
2025-03-19	4	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: 37 is drawn with probability 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-15	5	4th	8 12 27 37 47 48
2023-06-28	8	4th	11 18 25 37 38 49
2023-05-31	3	5th	2 14 23 33 37 49
2023-05-20	12	5th	1 17 22 30 37 42
2023-04-08	1	5th	2 8 16 17 37 41
2023-04-05	14	6th	5 12 14 26 33 37
2023-02-15	10	5th	4 7 14 30 37 46
2023-01-11	6	5th	4 10 21 25 37 46
2022-12-21	3	4th	7 20 21 37 38 46
2022-12-10	6	3rd	11 23 37 39 43 44
2022-11-19	8	4th	6 8 12 37 43 51
2022-10-22	16	4th	12 14 33 37 47 48
2022-08-27	1	6th	4 10 14 24 31 37
2022-08-24	7	4th	8 11 12 37 41 48
2022-07-30	8	6th	1 9 13 34 35 37
2022-07-02	4	4th	4 17 22 37 38 46
2022-06-18	2	4th	13 25 35 37 38 44
2022-06-11	6	6th	6 15 18 23 34 37
2022-05-21	23	6th	2 3 7 20 28 37
2022-03-02	12	4th	5 10 15 37 43 45
2022-01-19	1	5th	1 14 21 33 37 49
2022-01-15	6	6th	7 12 13 19 25 37
2021-12-22	21	5th	15 23 32 34 37 45
2021-10-09	19	5th	3 5 10 32 37 40
2021-08-04	1	5th	21 26 27 30 37 51
2021-07-31	6	4th	24 29 36 37 39 45
2021-07-10	3	5th	1 9 13 32 37 39
2021-06-30	4	4th	8 10 29 37 38 50
2021-06-16	9	4th	7 8 29 37 49 51
2021-05-15	11	4th	7 13 29 37 38 42
2021-04-07	6	4th	7 13 30 37 39 46
2021-03-17	23	5th	4 11 25 31 37 47
2020-12-26	4	4th	8 24 33 37 44 49
2020-12-12	3	4th	8 12 19 37 43 47
2020-12-02	1	4th	9 27 34 37 38 48
2020-11-28	25	6th	6 12 15 24 36 37
2020-09-02	3	5th	9 16 21 28 37 48
2020-08-22	22	3rd	18 29 37 43 48 51
2020-06-06	23	5th	15 16 23 36 37 38
2020-03-18	1	2nd	7 37 42 45 48 50
2020-03-14	10	5th	15 16 17 29 37 39
2020-02-08	3	3rd	3 28 37 41 42 51
2020-01-29	2	5th	13 15 28 34 37 50
2020-01-22	15	5th	12 19 24 31 37 52
2019-11-27	9	6th	12 14 17 20 34 37
2019-10-26	7	6th	14 18 24 30 33 37
2019-10-02	5	5th	8 16 18 35 37 40
2019-09-14	23	5th	4 25 27 28 37 47
2019-06-26	14	4th	10 14 26 37 42 44
2019-05-08	11	5th	1 27 28 31 37 50
2019-03-30	3	6th	10 16 22 28 36 37
2019-03-20	28	3rd	12 35 37 42 47 50
2018-12-12	11	4th	6 24 34 37 38 50
2018-11-03	9	3rd	11 33 37 41 45 49
2018-10-03	2	3rd	3 35 37 43 44 49
2018-09-26	13	4th	1 3 29 37 40 41
2018-08-11	9	5th	17 24 25 36 37 51
2018-07-11	4	5th	5 6 17 30 37 40
2018-06-27	18	4th	2 4 6 37 39 40
2018-04-25	32	3rd	7 13 37 43 44 51
2018-01-03	14	5th	3 24 31 35 37 43
2017-11-15	7	4th	2 22 36 37 42 49
2017-10-21	9	5th	20 23 27 36 37 44
2017-09-20	1	6th	3 7 22 24 34 37
2017-09-16	2	5th	2 7 10 33 37 44
2017-09-09	—	5th	9 16 27 35 37 51