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Number 49 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 88 times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.94σ
0 draws waiting — it came up last time
9.0 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
36 longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long
49 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 88 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.
49 Number 49, draw by draw Drawn 88 times in 789 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 36 · drawn in the most recent draw
4 draws: 2010-01-20 to 2010-02-03 12 draws: 2010-02-03 to 2010-03-17 8 draws: 2010-03-17 to 2010-04-14 16 draws: 2010-04-14 to 2010-06-09 2 draws: 2010-06-09 to 2010-06-16 1 draws: 2010-06-16 to 2010-06-19 4 draws: 2010-06-19 to 2010-07-03 2 draws: 2010-07-03 to 2010-07-10 1 draws: 2010-07-10 to 2010-07-14 4 draws: 2010-07-14 to 2010-07-28 1 draws: 2010-07-28 to 2010-07-31 2 draws: 2010-07-31 to 2010-08-07 2 draws: 2010-08-07 to 2010-08-14 13 draws: 2010-08-14 to 2010-09-29 20 draws: 2010-09-29 to 2010-12-08 2 draws: 2010-12-08 to 2010-12-15 13 draws: 2010-12-15 to 2011-02-02 7 draws: 2011-02-02 to 2011-02-26 8 draws: 2011-02-26 to 2011-03-26 7 draws: 2011-03-26 to 2011-04-20 10 draws: 2011-04-20 to 2011-05-25 11 draws: 2011-05-25 to 2011-07-02 6 draws: 2011-07-02 to 2011-07-23 5 draws: 2011-07-23 to 2011-08-10 2 draws: 2011-08-10 to 2011-08-17 5 draws: 2011-08-17 to 2011-09-03 6 draws: 2011-09-03 to 2011-09-24 28 draws: 2011-09-24 to 2011-12-31 30 draws: 2011-12-31 to 2012-04-14 15 draws: 2012-04-14 to 2012-06-06 6 draws: 2012-06-06 to 2012-06-27 16 draws: 2012-06-27 to 2012-08-22 4 draws: 2012-08-22 to 2012-09-05 4 draws: 2012-09-05 to 2012-09-19 16 draws: 2012-09-19 to 2012-11-14 9 draws: 2012-11-14 to 2012-12-15 10 draws: 2012-12-15 to 2013-01-19 17 draws: 2013-01-19 to 2013-03-20 7 draws: 2013-03-20 to 2013-04-13 1 draws: 2013-04-13 to 2013-04-17 7 draws: 2013-04-17 to 2013-05-11 4 draws: 2013-05-11 to 2013-05-25 3 draws: 2013-05-25 to 2013-06-05 7 draws: 2013-06-05 to 2013-06-29 5 draws: 2013-06-29 to 2013-07-17 36 draws: 2013-07-17 to 2013-11-20 6 draws: 2013-11-20 to 2013-12-11 7 draws: 2013-12-11 to 2014-01-08 1 draws: 2014-01-08 to 2014-01-11 16 draws: 2014-01-11 to 2014-03-08 11 draws: 2014-03-08 to 2014-04-16 6 draws: 2014-04-16 to 2014-05-07 14 draws: 2014-05-07 to 2014-06-25 2 draws: 2014-06-25 to 2014-07-02 19 draws: 2014-07-02 to 2014-09-06 2 draws: 2014-09-06 to 2014-09-13 1 draws: 2014-09-13 to 2014-09-17 4 draws: 2014-09-17 to 2014-10-01 4 draws: 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-15 7 draws: 2014-10-15 to 2014-11-08 17 draws: 2014-11-08 to 2015-01-07 10 draws: 2015-01-07 to 2015-02-11 1 draws: 2015-02-11 to 2015-02-14 11 draws: 2015-02-14 to 2015-03-25 4 draws: 2015-03-25 to 2015-04-08 4 draws: 2015-04-08 to 2015-04-22 26 draws: 2015-04-22 to 2015-07-22 20 draws: 2015-07-22 to 2015-09-30 23 draws: 2015-09-30 to 2015-12-19 13 draws: 2015-12-19 to 2016-02-03 2 draws: 2016-02-03 to 2016-02-10 28 draws: 2016-02-10 to 2016-05-18 3 draws: 2016-05-18 to 2016-05-28 6 draws: 2016-05-28 to 2016-06-18 9 draws: 2016-06-18 to 2016-07-20 3 draws: 2016-07-20 to 2016-07-30 11 draws: 2016-07-30 to 2016-09-07 11 draws: 2016-09-07 to 2016-10-15 3 draws: 2016-10-15 to 2016-10-26 18 draws: 2016-10-26 to 2016-12-28 1 draws: 2016-12-28 to 2016-12-31 2 draws: 2016-12-31 to 2017-01-07 7 draws: 2017-01-07 to 2017-02-01 13 draws: 2017-02-01 to 2017-03-18 8 draws: 2017-03-18 to 2017-04-15 29 draws: 2017-04-15 to 2017-07-26 1 draws: 2017-07-26 to 2017-07-29 2010-01-20 2010-02-03 2010-03-17 2010-04-14 2010-06-09 2010-06-16 2010-06-19 2010-07-03 2010-07-10 2010-07-14 2010-07-28 2010-07-31 2010-08-07 2010-08-14 2010-09-29 2010-12-08 2010-12-15 2011-02-02 2011-02-26 2011-03-26 2011-04-20 2011-05-25 2011-07-02 2011-07-23 2011-08-10 2011-08-17 2011-09-03 2011-09-24 2011-12-31 2012-04-14 2012-06-06 2012-06-27 2012-08-22 2012-09-05 2012-09-19 2012-11-14 2012-12-15 2013-01-19 2013-03-20 2013-04-13 2013-04-17 2013-05-11 2013-05-25 2013-06-05 2013-06-29 2013-07-17 2013-11-20 2013-12-11 2014-01-08 2014-01-11 2014-03-08 2014-04-16 2014-05-07 2014-06-25 2014-07-02 2014-09-06 2014-09-13 2014-09-17 2014-10-01 2014-10-15 2014-11-08 2015-01-07 2015-02-11 2015-02-14 2015-03-25 2015-04-08 2015-04-22 2015-07-22 2015-09-30 2015-12-19 2016-02-03 2016-02-10 2016-05-18 2016-05-28 2016-06-18 2016-07-20 2016-07-30 2016-09-07 2016-10-15 2016-10-26 2016-12-28 2016-12-31 2017-01-07 2017-02-01 2017-03-18 2017-04-15 2017-07-26 2017-07-29 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 9 times 2 draws: 10 times 3 draws: 4 times 4 draws: 10 times 5 draws: 3 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 8 times 8 draws: 3 times 9 draws: 2 times 10 draws: 3 times 11 draws: 5 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 4 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 4 times 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 2 times 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 2 times 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 1 time 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 1 time 37 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 49 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 0.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 6th smallest 88 · chance 88.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.2 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, 49 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 49 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 48 Every number Highest in the pool 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: 49 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.