Number 49

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

112times drawn · chance expected 98 +1.53σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 42% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

33longest completed wait · 89% chance of one at least that long

49 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +1.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 9 times, counted separately.

Number 49, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 847 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 8 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 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.1
4th smallest5 · chance 2.5
5th smallest27 · chance 27.8
6th smallest80 · chance 81.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 1 8 50 14 5

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, 49 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 49 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-08-23	5	6th	10 14 22 31 32 49
2025-08-06	9	6th	3 5 18 26 31 49
2025-07-05	10	5th	8 14 29 30 49 52
2025-05-31	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: 49 is drawn with probability 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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