Number 39

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

117times drawn · chance expected 97 +2.21σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

25longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

39 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 117 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +2.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 39, draw by draw

Drawn 117 times in 789 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 25 · waiting 17 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 39 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 0.0
2nd smallest2 · chance 0.5
3rd smallest8 · chance 5.8
4th smallest31 · chance 25.9
5th smallest36 · chance 50.4
6th smallest40 · chance 34.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 1 44 47 34 12

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, 39 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 39 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2017-05-31	1	4th	14 30 34 39 44 48
2017-05-27	11	5th	6 10 11 21 39 47
2017-04-19	16	5th	13 20 26 35 39 48
2017-02-22	5	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: 39 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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