Number 46

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

111times drawn · chance expected 98 +1.43σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 78% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

41longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 111 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +1.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 111 times in 847 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 3 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 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest1 · chance 0.9
4th smallest5 · chance 10.1
5th smallest38 · chance 42.2
6th smallest67 · chance 57.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 11 2 17 28 38

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, 46 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-09-10	3	6th	19 26 28 35 37 46
2025-08-30	12	5th	8 25 29 36 46 51
2025-07-19	7	6th	2 8 11 13 36 46
2025-06-25	4	6th

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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