Number 44

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

96times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.19σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

26longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 96 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 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.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 96 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 5 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 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.1
3rd smallest4 · chance 2.1
4th smallest11 · chance 14.1
5th smallest42 · chance 40.3
6th smallest39 · chance 39.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 11 43 49 7 19

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, 44 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 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-09-03	2	5th	17 25 26 30 44 48
2025-08-27	12	5th	3 11 17 28 44 52
2025-07-16	4	4th	8 10 27 44 45 48
2025-07-02	20	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: 44 is drawn with probability 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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