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Number 41 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 96 times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.07σ
20 draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number
8.1 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
48 longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long
41 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 96 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 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.
41 Number 41, draw by draw Drawn 96 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 20 draws now
4 draws: 2010-01-09 to 2010-01-23 10 draws: 2010-01-23 to 2010-02-27 9 draws: 2010-02-27 to 2010-03-31 2 draws: 2010-03-31 to 2010-04-07 6 draws: 2010-04-07 to 2010-04-28 6 draws: 2010-04-28 to 2010-05-19 18 draws: 2010-05-19 to 2010-07-21 1 draws: 2010-07-21 to 2010-07-24 11 draws: 2010-07-24 to 2010-09-01 19 draws: 2010-09-01 to 2010-11-06 3 draws: 2010-11-06 to 2010-11-17 11 draws: 2010-11-17 to 2010-12-29 1 draws: 2010-12-29 to 2011-01-01 20 draws: 2011-01-01 to 2011-03-12 5 draws: 2011-03-12 to 2011-03-30 17 draws: 2011-03-30 to 2011-05-28 1 draws: 2011-05-28 to 2011-06-01 1 draws: 2011-06-01 to 2011-06-04 1 draws: 2011-06-04 to 2011-06-08 14 draws: 2011-06-08 to 2011-07-27 7 draws: 2011-07-27 to 2011-08-20 11 draws: 2011-08-20 to 2011-09-28 5 draws: 2011-09-28 to 2011-10-15 3 draws: 2011-10-15 to 2011-10-26 4 draws: 2011-10-26 to 2011-11-09 1 draws: 2011-11-09 to 2011-11-12 32 draws: 2011-11-12 to 2012-03-03 17 draws: 2012-03-03 to 2012-05-02 2 draws: 2012-05-02 to 2012-05-09 3 draws: 2012-05-09 to 2012-05-19 7 draws: 2012-05-19 to 2012-06-13 12 draws: 2012-06-13 to 2012-07-25 11 draws: 2012-07-25 to 2012-09-01 15 draws: 2012-09-01 to 2012-10-24 3 draws: 2012-10-24 to 2012-11-03 15 draws: 2012-11-03 to 2012-12-26 5 draws: 2012-12-26 to 2013-01-12 4 draws: 2013-01-12 to 2013-01-26 8 draws: 2013-01-26 to 2013-02-23 2 draws: 2013-02-23 to 2013-03-02 11 draws: 2013-03-02 to 2013-04-10 13 draws: 2013-04-10 to 2013-05-25 15 draws: 2013-05-25 to 2013-07-17 2 draws: 2013-07-17 to 2013-07-24 3 draws: 2013-07-24 to 2013-08-03 1 draws: 2013-08-03 to 2013-08-07 4 draws: 2013-08-07 to 2013-08-21 3 draws: 2013-08-21 to 2013-08-31 2 draws: 2013-08-31 to 2013-09-07 4 draws: 2013-09-07 to 2013-09-21 1 draws: 2013-09-21 to 2013-09-25 3 draws: 2013-09-25 to 2013-10-05 4 draws: 2013-10-05 to 2013-10-19 5 draws: 2013-10-19 to 2013-11-06 2 draws: 2013-11-06 to 2013-11-13 27 draws: 2013-11-13 to 2014-02-19 2 draws: 2014-02-19 to 2014-02-26 17 draws: 2014-02-26 to 2014-04-26 4 draws: 2014-04-26 to 2014-05-10 17 draws: 2014-05-10 to 2014-07-09 7 draws: 2014-07-09 to 2014-08-02 9 draws: 2014-08-02 to 2014-09-03 31 draws: 2014-09-03 to 2014-12-20 6 draws: 2014-12-20 to 2015-01-10 1 draws: 2015-01-10 to 2015-01-14 8 draws: 2015-01-14 to 2015-02-11 3 draws: 2015-02-11 to 2015-02-21 4 draws: 2015-02-21 to 2015-03-07 48 draws: 2015-03-07 to 2015-08-22 5 draws: 2015-08-22 to 2015-09-09 7 draws: 2015-09-09 to 2015-10-03 13 draws: 2015-10-03 to 2015-11-18 6 draws: 2015-11-18 to 2015-12-09 5 draws: 2015-12-09 to 2015-12-26 12 draws: 2015-12-26 to 2016-02-06 5 draws: 2016-02-06 to 2016-02-24 4 draws: 2016-02-24 to 2016-03-09 5 draws: 2016-03-09 to 2016-03-26 10 draws: 2016-03-26 to 2016-04-30 3 draws: 2016-04-30 to 2016-05-11 3 draws: 2016-05-11 to 2016-05-21 18 draws: 2016-05-21 to 2016-07-23 5 draws: 2016-07-23 to 2016-08-10 20 draws: 2016-08-10 to 2016-10-19 3 draws: 2016-10-19 to 2016-10-29 1 draws: 2016-10-29 to 2016-11-02 6 draws: 2016-11-02 to 2016-11-23 12 draws: 2016-11-23 to 2017-01-04 5 draws: 2017-01-04 to 2017-01-21 4 draws: 2017-01-21 to 2017-02-04 7 draws: 2017-02-04 to 2017-03-01 1 draws: 2017-03-01 to 2017-03-04 19 draws: 2017-03-04 to 2017-05-10 2 draws: 2017-05-10 to 2017-05-17 1 draws: 2017-05-17 to 2017-05-20 Still waiting — at least 20 draws since 2017-05-20 2010-01-09 2010-01-23 2010-02-27 2010-03-31 2010-04-07 2010-04-28 2010-05-19 2010-07-21 2010-07-24 2010-09-01 2010-11-06 2010-11-17 2010-12-29 2011-01-01 2011-03-12 2011-03-30 2011-05-28 2011-06-01 2011-06-04 2011-06-08 2011-07-27 2011-08-20 2011-09-28 2011-10-15 2011-10-26 2011-11-09 2011-11-12 2012-03-03 2012-05-02 2012-05-09 2012-05-19 2012-06-13 2012-07-25 2012-09-01 2012-10-24 2012-11-03 2012-12-26 2013-01-12 2013-01-26 2013-02-23 2013-03-02 2013-04-10 2013-05-25 2013-07-17 2013-07-24 2013-08-03 2013-08-07 2013-08-21 2013-08-31 2013-09-07 2013-09-21 2013-09-25 2013-10-05 2013-10-19 2013-11-06 2013-11-13 2014-02-19 2014-02-26 2014-04-26 2014-05-10 2014-07-09 2014-08-02 2014-09-03 2014-12-20 2015-01-10 2015-01-14 2015-02-11 2015-02-21 2015-03-07 2015-08-22 2015-09-09 2015-10-03 2015-11-18 2015-12-09 2015-12-26 2016-02-06 2016-02-24 2016-03-09 2016-03-26 2016-04-30 2016-05-11 2016-05-21 2016-07-23 2016-08-10 2016-10-19 2016-10-29 2016-11-02 2016-11-23 2017-01-04 2017-01-21 2017-02-04 2017-03-01 2017-03-04 2017-05-10 2017-05-17 2017-05-20 2010-01-02 2017-07-29 a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap
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1st smallest 0 · chance 0.0 2nd smallest 0 · chance 0.2 3rd smallest 1 · chance 2.4 4th smallest 16 · chance 15.5 5th smallest 41 · chance 41.0 6th smallest 38 · chance 36.9 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
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, 41 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.
The model and its sources → · What people believe about 41 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 40 Every number number 42 → 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: 41 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.