Number 50

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

108times drawn · chance expected 98 +1.10σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

50longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

50 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +1.10σ. 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 14 times, counted separately.

Number 50, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 847 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 4 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 50 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 0.0
4th smallest1 · chance 0.8
5th smallest25 · chance 19.5
6th smallest82 · chance 87.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

49 45 52 13 43 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, 50 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 50 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-09-06	6	6th	3 12 28 39 41 50
2025-08-16	1	6th	2 15 17 22 23 50
2025-08-13	3	6th	2 4 19 34 38 50
2025-08-02	1	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: 50 is drawn with probability 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-17	1	6th	24 33 34 42 43 50
2024-01-13	6	5th	11 13 29 48 50 51
2023-12-23	1	6th	19 20 28 37 49 50
2023-12-20	20	6th	11 18 32 41 45 50
2023-10-11	8	6th	4 8 10 25 33 50
2023-09-13	2	5th	4 28 35 47 50 51
2023-09-06	2	6th	3 13 32 35 49 50
2023-08-30	17	6th	22 23 28 37 43 50
2023-07-01	15	6th	16 20 36 45 46 50
2023-05-10	6	6th	4 5 11 25 41 50
2023-04-19	2	6th	11 25 38 39 44 50
2023-04-12	7	5th	4 38 46 47 50 52
2023-03-18	1	6th	5 8 26 31 47 50
2023-03-15	1	6th	27 36 41 43 46 50
2023-03-11	6	6th	17 38 44 48 49 50
2023-02-18	4	6th	7 9 21 25 31 50
2023-02-04	12	6th	11 13 23 45 47 50
2022-12-24	6	6th	7 10 17 19 23 50
2022-12-03	10	5th	1 12 26 33 50 52
2022-10-29	1	6th	9 30 32 38 43 50
2022-10-26	15	6th	4 14 18 23 42 50
2022-09-03	9	6th	7 20 34 45 49 50
2022-08-03	3	5th	5 9 12 23 50 51
2022-07-23	11	5th	23 33 47 48 50 52
2022-06-15	10	6th	2 19 24 36 45 50
2022-05-11	1	5th	20 22 25 36 50 51
2022-05-07	18	6th	14 35 36 40 45 50
2022-03-05	11	6th	14 16 17 39 49 50
2022-01-26	11	6th	3 17 38 44 46 50
2021-12-15	4	6th	7 9 41 45 48 50
2021-12-01	4	6th	1 8 9 17 39 50
2021-11-17	16	5th	5 14 35 43 50 52
2021-09-22	3	6th	2 8 27 28 32 50
2021-09-11	5	6th	7 22 36 38 48 50
2021-08-25	1	6th	11 26 28 30 33 50
2021-08-21	4	6th	10 19 29 38 45 50
2021-08-07	11	6th	3 13 25 26 31 50
2021-06-30	6	6th	8 10 29 37 38 50
2021-06-09	4	6th	11 15 34 36 48 50
2021-05-26	1	5th	6 22 29 45 50 52
2021-05-22	18	6th	1 10 26 35 46 50
2021-03-20	2	6th	2 14 21 46 49 50
2021-03-13	3	6th	11 13 21 26 34 50
2021-03-03	16	6th	8 11 26 34 49 50
2021-01-06	6	5th	4 10 20 41 50 52
2020-12-16	13	6th	1 2 29 33 36 50
2020-10-31	14	6th	13 26 35 45 49 50
2020-09-12	50	6th	13 20 30 34 40 50
2020-03-21	1	6th	3 13 36 45 47 50
2020-03-18	4	6th	7 37 42 45 48 50
2020-03-04	10	6th	10 26 35 43 47 50
2020-01-29	6	6th	13 15 28 34 37 50
2020-01-08	7	6th	14 19 21 43 45 50
2019-12-11	9	6th	3 6 18 28 31 50
2019-11-09	1	5th	16 19 23 41 50 52
2019-11-06	8	6th	15 16 19 29 47 50
2019-10-09	6	6th	3 8 27 44 49 50
2019-09-18	22	5th	20 21 39 49 50 52
2019-07-03	6	5th	8 16 17 22 50 51
2019-06-12	2	6th	1 2 31 34 43 50
2019-06-05	1	6th	9 15 26 39 46 50
2019-06-01	3	6th	4 12 27 30 46 50
2019-05-22	4	5th	2 3 23 24 50 52
2019-05-08	1	6th	1 27 28 31 37 50
2019-05-04	3	6th	3 27 32 34 41 50
2019-04-24	2	5th	1 4 8 28 50 52
2019-04-17	8	5th	1 19 38 42 50 51
2019-03-20	23	6th	12 35 37 42 47 50
2018-12-29	4	4th	7 9 15 50 51 52
2018-12-15	1	5th	16 17 32 43 50 51
2018-12-12	34	6th	6 24 34 37 38 50
2018-08-15	19	6th	5 13 16 25 36 50
2018-06-09	10	5th	25 27 30 48 50 52
2018-05-05	5	6th	11 19 35 45 49 50
2018-04-18	4	6th	10 12 13 32 39 50
2018-04-04	4	5th	17 28 30 36 50 52
2018-03-21	12	6th	1 11 19 32 49 50
2018-02-07	1	5th	6 19 47 49 50 52
2018-02-03	4	6th	6 7 16 21 44 50
2018-01-20	2	5th	5 27 28 35 50 52
2018-01-13	12	6th	10 27 29 46 48 50
2017-12-02	16	5th	13 24 25 43 50 51
2017-10-07	15	6th	18 22 29 32 43 50
2017-08-16	—	6th	22 28 31 39 49 50