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Number 44 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 94 times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.28σ
7 draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number
8.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
33 longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long
44 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 94 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.
44 Number 44, draw by draw Drawn 94 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 7 draws now
3 draws: 2010-01-16 to 2010-01-27 8 draws: 2010-01-27 to 2010-02-24 1 draws: 2010-02-24 to 2010-02-27 8 draws: 2010-02-27 to 2010-03-27 10 draws: 2010-03-27 to 2010-05-01 2 draws: 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-08 2 draws: 2010-05-08 to 2010-05-15 3 draws: 2010-05-15 to 2010-05-26 6 draws: 2010-05-26 to 2010-06-16 11 draws: 2010-06-16 to 2010-07-24 10 draws: 2010-07-24 to 2010-08-28 15 draws: 2010-08-28 to 2010-10-20 4 draws: 2010-10-20 to 2010-11-03 18 draws: 2010-11-03 to 2011-01-08 11 draws: 2011-01-08 to 2011-02-16 26 draws: 2011-02-16 to 2011-05-18 4 draws: 2011-05-18 to 2011-06-01 9 draws: 2011-06-01 to 2011-07-02 7 draws: 2011-07-02 to 2011-07-27 2 draws: 2011-07-27 to 2011-08-03 7 draws: 2011-08-03 to 2011-08-27 1 draws: 2011-08-27 to 2011-08-31 4 draws: 2011-08-31 to 2011-09-14 10 draws: 2011-09-14 to 2011-10-19 8 draws: 2011-10-19 to 2011-11-16 1 draws: 2011-11-16 to 2011-11-19 3 draws: 2011-11-19 to 2011-11-30 2 draws: 2011-11-30 to 2011-12-07 1 draws: 2011-12-07 to 2011-12-10 16 draws: 2011-12-10 to 2012-02-04 1 draws: 2012-02-04 to 2012-02-08 8 draws: 2012-02-08 to 2012-03-07 1 draws: 2012-03-07 to 2012-03-10 9 draws: 2012-03-10 to 2012-04-11 5 draws: 2012-04-11 to 2012-04-28 14 draws: 2012-04-28 to 2012-06-16 4 draws: 2012-06-16 to 2012-06-30 4 draws: 2012-06-30 to 2012-07-14 3 draws: 2012-07-14 to 2012-07-25 2 draws: 2012-07-25 to 2012-08-01 5 draws: 2012-08-01 to 2012-08-18 18 draws: 2012-08-18 to 2012-10-20 5 draws: 2012-10-20 to 2012-11-07 23 draws: 2012-11-07 to 2013-01-26 11 draws: 2013-01-26 to 2013-03-06 5 draws: 2013-03-06 to 2013-03-23 24 draws: 2013-03-23 to 2013-06-15 1 draws: 2013-06-15 to 2013-06-19 1 draws: 2013-06-19 to 2013-06-22 33 draws: 2013-06-22 to 2013-10-16 30 draws: 2013-10-16 to 2014-02-01 4 draws: 2014-02-01 to 2014-02-15 11 draws: 2014-02-15 to 2014-03-26 3 draws: 2014-03-26 to 2014-04-05 4 draws: 2014-04-05 to 2014-04-19 9 draws: 2014-04-19 to 2014-05-21 4 draws: 2014-05-21 to 2014-06-04 2 draws: 2014-06-04 to 2014-06-11 8 draws: 2014-06-11 to 2014-07-09 2 draws: 2014-07-09 to 2014-07-16 2 draws: 2014-07-16 to 2014-07-23 22 draws: 2014-07-23 to 2014-10-08 2 draws: 2014-10-08 to 2014-10-15 11 draws: 2014-10-15 to 2014-11-22 9 draws: 2014-11-22 to 2014-12-24 10 draws: 2014-12-24 to 2015-01-28 2 draws: 2015-01-28 to 2015-02-04 33 draws: 2015-02-04 to 2015-05-30 6 draws: 2015-05-30 to 2015-06-20 29 draws: 2015-06-20 to 2015-09-30 1 draws: 2015-09-30 to 2015-10-03 8 draws: 2015-10-03 to 2015-10-31 4 draws: 2015-10-31 to 2015-11-14 3 draws: 2015-11-14 to 2015-11-25 12 draws: 2015-11-25 to 2016-01-06 2 draws: 2016-01-06 to 2016-01-13 3 draws: 2016-01-13 to 2016-01-23 10 draws: 2016-01-23 to 2016-02-27 21 draws: 2016-02-27 to 2016-05-11 1 draws: 2016-05-11 to 2016-05-14 2 draws: 2016-05-14 to 2016-05-21 1 draws: 2016-05-21 to 2016-05-25 9 draws: 2016-05-25 to 2016-06-25 11 draws: 2016-06-25 to 2016-08-03 10 draws: 2016-08-03 to 2016-09-07 19 draws: 2016-09-07 to 2016-11-12 31 draws: 2016-11-12 to 2017-03-01 2 draws: 2017-03-01 to 2017-03-08 9 draws: 2017-03-08 to 2017-04-08 9 draws: 2017-04-08 to 2017-05-10 6 draws: 2017-05-10 to 2017-05-31 6 draws: 2017-05-31 to 2017-06-21 4 draws: 2017-06-21 to 2017-07-05 Still waiting — at least 7 draws since 2017-07-05 2010-01-16 2010-01-27 2010-02-24 2010-02-27 2010-03-27 2010-05-01 2010-05-08 2010-05-15 2010-05-26 2010-06-16 2010-07-24 2010-08-28 2010-10-20 2010-11-03 2011-01-08 2011-02-16 2011-05-18 2011-06-01 2011-07-02 2011-07-27 2011-08-03 2011-08-27 2011-08-31 2011-09-14 2011-10-19 2011-11-16 2011-11-19 2011-11-30 2011-12-07 2011-12-10 2012-02-04 2012-02-08 2012-03-07 2012-03-10 2012-04-11 2012-04-28 2012-06-16 2012-06-30 2012-07-14 2012-07-25 2012-08-01 2012-08-18 2012-10-20 2012-11-07 2013-01-26 2013-03-06 2013-03-23 2013-06-15 2013-06-19 2013-06-22 2013-10-16 2014-02-01 2014-02-15 2014-03-26 2014-04-05 2014-04-19 2014-05-21 2014-06-04 2014-06-11 2014-07-09 2014-07-16 2014-07-23 2014-10-08 2014-10-15 2014-11-22 2014-12-24 2015-01-28 2015-02-04 2015-05-30 2015-06-20 2015-09-30 2015-10-03 2015-10-31 2015-11-14 2015-11-25 2016-01-06 2016-01-13 2016-01-23 2016-02-27 2016-05-11 2016-05-14 2016-05-21 2016-05-25 2016-06-25 2016-08-03 2016-09-07 2016-11-12 2017-03-01 2017-03-08 2017-04-08 2017-05-10 2017-05-31 2017-06-21 2017-07-05 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 11 times 2 draws: 13 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 10 times 5 draws: 4 times 6 draws: 4 times 7 draws: 2 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 7 times 10 draws: 6 times 11 draws: 6 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 0 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 1 time 31 draws: 1 time 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 2 times 34 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 44 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 smallest 0 · chance 0.0 2nd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.5 4th smallest 8 · chance 6.8 5th smallest 35 · chance 33.9 6th smallest 51 · chance 52.8 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.8 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, 44 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 44 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 43 Every number number 45 → 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: 44 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.