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Number 46 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 91 times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.61σ
4 draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number
8.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
39 longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long
46 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 91 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 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.
46 Number 46, draw by draw Drawn 91 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 4 draws now
8 draws: 2010-02-24 to 2010-03-24 8 draws: 2010-03-24 to 2010-04-21 6 draws: 2010-04-21 to 2010-05-12 20 draws: 2010-05-12 to 2010-07-21 1 draws: 2010-07-21 to 2010-07-24 4 draws: 2010-07-24 to 2010-08-07 1 draws: 2010-08-07 to 2010-08-11 1 draws: 2010-08-11 to 2010-08-14 5 draws: 2010-08-14 to 2010-09-01 4 draws: 2010-09-01 to 2010-09-15 10 draws: 2010-09-15 to 2010-10-20 7 draws: 2010-10-20 to 2010-11-13 1 draws: 2010-11-13 to 2010-11-17 16 draws: 2010-11-17 to 2011-01-15 2 draws: 2011-01-15 to 2011-01-22 6 draws: 2011-01-22 to 2011-02-12 1 draws: 2011-02-12 to 2011-02-16 4 draws: 2011-02-16 to 2011-03-02 2 draws: 2011-03-02 to 2011-03-09 6 draws: 2011-03-09 to 2011-03-30 10 draws: 2011-03-30 to 2011-05-04 2 draws: 2011-05-04 to 2011-05-11 1 draws: 2011-05-11 to 2011-05-14 35 draws: 2011-05-14 to 2011-09-14 17 draws: 2011-09-14 to 2011-11-12 8 draws: 2011-11-12 to 2011-12-10 7 draws: 2011-12-10 to 2012-01-04 9 draws: 2012-01-04 to 2012-02-04 5 draws: 2012-02-04 to 2012-02-22 12 draws: 2012-02-22 to 2012-04-04 8 draws: 2012-04-04 to 2012-05-02 8 draws: 2012-05-02 to 2012-05-30 6 draws: 2012-05-30 to 2012-06-20 2 draws: 2012-06-20 to 2012-06-27 15 draws: 2012-06-27 to 2012-08-18 7 draws: 2012-08-18 to 2012-09-12 2 draws: 2012-09-12 to 2012-09-19 3 draws: 2012-09-19 to 2012-09-29 25 draws: 2012-09-29 to 2012-12-26 6 draws: 2012-12-26 to 2013-01-16 8 draws: 2013-01-16 to 2013-02-13 13 draws: 2013-02-13 to 2013-03-30 3 draws: 2013-03-30 to 2013-04-10 6 draws: 2013-04-10 to 2013-05-01 1 draws: 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-04 10 draws: 2013-05-04 to 2013-06-08 3 draws: 2013-06-08 to 2013-06-19 6 draws: 2013-06-19 to 2013-07-10 8 draws: 2013-07-10 to 2013-08-07 3 draws: 2013-08-07 to 2013-08-17 19 draws: 2013-08-17 to 2013-10-23 1 draws: 2013-10-23 to 2013-10-26 2 draws: 2013-10-26 to 2013-11-02 14 draws: 2013-11-02 to 2013-12-21 3 draws: 2013-12-21 to 2014-01-04 19 draws: 2014-01-04 to 2014-03-12 39 draws: 2014-03-12 to 2014-07-26 5 draws: 2014-07-26 to 2014-08-13 6 draws: 2014-08-13 to 2014-09-03 8 draws: 2014-09-03 to 2014-10-01 7 draws: 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-25 6 draws: 2014-10-25 to 2014-11-15 25 draws: 2014-11-15 to 2015-02-11 3 draws: 2015-02-11 to 2015-02-21 5 draws: 2015-02-21 to 2015-03-11 5 draws: 2015-03-11 to 2015-03-28 5 draws: 2015-03-28 to 2015-04-15 39 draws: 2015-04-15 to 2015-08-29 7 draws: 2015-08-29 to 2015-09-23 1 draws: 2015-09-23 to 2015-09-26 1 draws: 2015-09-26 to 2015-09-30 2 draws: 2015-09-30 to 2015-10-07 6 draws: 2015-10-07 to 2015-10-28 13 draws: 2015-10-28 to 2015-12-12 8 draws: 2015-12-12 to 2016-01-09 9 draws: 2016-01-09 to 2016-02-10 10 draws: 2016-02-10 to 2016-03-16 2 draws: 2016-03-16 to 2016-03-23 27 draws: 2016-03-23 to 2016-06-25 1 draws: 2016-06-25 to 2016-06-29 15 draws: 2016-06-29 to 2016-08-20 9 draws: 2016-08-20 to 2016-09-21 16 draws: 2016-09-21 to 2016-11-16 5 draws: 2016-11-16 to 2016-12-03 2 draws: 2016-12-03 to 2016-12-10 9 draws: 2016-12-10 to 2017-01-11 12 draws: 2017-01-11 to 2017-02-22 5 draws: 2017-02-22 to 2017-03-11 24 draws: 2017-03-11 to 2017-06-03 12 draws: 2017-06-03 to 2017-07-15 Still waiting — at least 4 draws since 2017-07-15 2010-02-24 2010-03-24 2010-04-21 2010-05-12 2010-07-21 2010-07-24 2010-08-07 2010-08-11 2010-08-14 2010-09-01 2010-09-15 2010-10-20 2010-11-13 2010-11-17 2011-01-15 2011-01-22 2011-02-12 2011-02-16 2011-03-02 2011-03-09 2011-03-30 2011-05-04 2011-05-11 2011-05-14 2011-09-14 2011-11-12 2011-12-10 2012-01-04 2012-02-04 2012-02-22 2012-04-04 2012-05-02 2012-05-30 2012-06-20 2012-06-27 2012-08-18 2012-09-12 2012-09-19 2012-09-29 2012-12-26 2013-01-16 2013-02-13 2013-03-30 2013-04-10 2013-05-01 2013-05-04 2013-06-08 2013-06-19 2013-07-10 2013-08-07 2013-08-17 2013-10-23 2013-10-26 2013-11-02 2013-12-21 2014-01-04 2014-03-12 2014-07-26 2014-08-13 2014-09-03 2014-10-01 2014-10-25 2014-11-15 2015-02-11 2015-02-21 2015-03-11 2015-03-28 2015-04-15 2015-08-29 2015-09-23 2015-09-26 2015-09-30 2015-10-07 2015-10-28 2015-12-12 2016-01-09 2016-02-10 2016-03-16 2016-03-23 2016-06-25 2016-06-29 2016-08-20 2016-09-21 2016-11-16 2016-12-03 2016-12-10 2017-01-11 2017-02-22 2017-03-11 2017-06-03 2017-07-15 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 11 times 2 draws: 9 times 3 draws: 6 times 4 draws: 3 times 5 draws: 8 times 6 draws: 10 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 9 times 9 draws: 4 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 0 times 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 2 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 0 times 19 draws: 2 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 2 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 1 time 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 2 times 40 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 46 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 0.1 4th smallest 3 · chance 2.3 5th smallest 33 · chance 23.8 6th smallest 55 · chance 64.9 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 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, 46 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 46 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 45 Every number number 47 → 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: 46 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.