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Number 7 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 93 times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.39σ
12 draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number
8.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
31 longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long
7 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 93 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 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.
7 Number 7, draw by draw Drawn 93 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 12 draws now
8 draws: 2010-01-20 to 2010-02-17 1 draws: 2010-02-17 to 2010-02-20 1 draws: 2010-02-20 to 2010-02-24 20 draws: 2010-02-24 to 2010-05-05 3 draws: 2010-05-05 to 2010-05-15 10 draws: 2010-05-15 to 2010-06-19 27 draws: 2010-06-19 to 2010-09-22 17 draws: 2010-09-22 to 2010-11-20 16 draws: 2010-11-20 to 2011-01-19 3 draws: 2011-01-19 to 2011-01-29 15 draws: 2011-01-29 to 2011-03-23 10 draws: 2011-03-23 to 2011-04-27 11 draws: 2011-04-27 to 2011-06-04 1 draws: 2011-06-04 to 2011-06-08 4 draws: 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-22 6 draws: 2011-06-22 to 2011-07-13 1 draws: 2011-07-13 to 2011-07-16 5 draws: 2011-07-16 to 2011-08-03 10 draws: 2011-08-03 to 2011-09-07 20 draws: 2011-09-07 to 2011-11-16 3 draws: 2011-11-16 to 2011-11-26 9 draws: 2011-11-26 to 2011-12-28 1 draws: 2011-12-28 to 2011-12-31 2 draws: 2011-12-31 to 2012-01-07 18 draws: 2012-01-07 to 2012-03-10 7 draws: 2012-03-10 to 2012-04-04 26 draws: 2012-04-04 to 2012-07-04 4 draws: 2012-07-04 to 2012-07-18 1 draws: 2012-07-18 to 2012-07-21 13 draws: 2012-07-21 to 2012-09-05 7 draws: 2012-09-05 to 2012-09-29 2 draws: 2012-09-29 to 2012-10-06 5 draws: 2012-10-06 to 2012-10-24 1 draws: 2012-10-24 to 2012-10-27 2 draws: 2012-10-27 to 2012-11-03 6 draws: 2012-11-03 to 2012-11-24 5 draws: 2012-11-24 to 2012-12-12 11 draws: 2012-12-12 to 2013-01-19 31 draws: 2013-01-19 to 2013-05-08 26 draws: 2013-05-08 to 2013-08-07 7 draws: 2013-08-07 to 2013-08-31 4 draws: 2013-08-31 to 2013-09-14 7 draws: 2013-09-14 to 2013-10-09 5 draws: 2013-10-09 to 2013-10-26 2 draws: 2013-10-26 to 2013-11-02 9 draws: 2013-11-02 to 2013-12-04 14 draws: 2013-12-04 to 2014-01-25 2 draws: 2014-01-25 to 2014-02-01 7 draws: 2014-02-01 to 2014-02-26 21 draws: 2014-02-26 to 2014-05-10 8 draws: 2014-05-10 to 2014-06-07 6 draws: 2014-06-07 to 2014-06-28 4 draws: 2014-06-28 to 2014-07-12 6 draws: 2014-07-12 to 2014-08-02 15 draws: 2014-08-02 to 2014-09-24 5 draws: 2014-09-24 to 2014-10-11 3 draws: 2014-10-11 to 2014-10-22 9 draws: 2014-10-22 to 2014-11-22 19 draws: 2014-11-22 to 2015-01-28 1 draws: 2015-01-28 to 2015-01-31 1 draws: 2015-01-31 to 2015-02-04 7 draws: 2015-02-04 to 2015-02-28 19 draws: 2015-02-28 to 2015-05-06 17 draws: 2015-05-06 to 2015-07-04 4 draws: 2015-07-04 to 2015-07-18 15 draws: 2015-07-18 to 2015-09-09 1 draws: 2015-09-09 to 2015-09-12 1 draws: 2015-09-12 to 2015-09-16 15 draws: 2015-09-16 to 2015-11-07 11 draws: 2015-11-07 to 2015-12-16 19 draws: 2015-12-16 to 2016-02-20 15 draws: 2016-02-20 to 2016-04-13 1 draws: 2016-04-13 to 2016-04-16 16 draws: 2016-04-16 to 2016-06-11 3 draws: 2016-06-11 to 2016-06-22 7 draws: 2016-06-22 to 2016-07-16 5 draws: 2016-07-16 to 2016-08-03 6 draws: 2016-08-03 to 2016-08-24 1 draws: 2016-08-24 to 2016-08-27 4 draws: 2016-08-27 to 2016-09-10 7 draws: 2016-09-10 to 2016-10-05 13 draws: 2016-10-05 to 2016-11-19 2 draws: 2016-11-19 to 2016-11-26 1 draws: 2016-11-26 to 2016-11-30 19 draws: 2016-11-30 to 2017-02-04 5 draws: 2017-02-04 to 2017-02-22 1 draws: 2017-02-22 to 2017-02-25 2 draws: 2017-02-25 to 2017-03-04 4 draws: 2017-03-04 to 2017-03-18 1 draws: 2017-03-18 to 2017-03-22 11 draws: 2017-03-22 to 2017-04-29 14 draws: 2017-04-29 to 2017-06-17 Still waiting — at least 12 draws since 2017-06-17 2010-01-20 2010-02-17 2010-02-20 2010-02-24 2010-05-05 2010-05-15 2010-06-19 2010-09-22 2010-11-20 2011-01-19 2011-01-29 2011-03-23 2011-04-27 2011-06-04 2011-06-08 2011-06-22 2011-07-13 2011-07-16 2011-08-03 2011-09-07 2011-11-16 2011-11-26 2011-12-28 2011-12-31 2012-01-07 2012-03-10 2012-04-04 2012-07-04 2012-07-18 2012-07-21 2012-09-05 2012-09-29 2012-10-06 2012-10-24 2012-10-27 2012-11-03 2012-11-24 2012-12-12 2013-01-19 2013-05-08 2013-08-07 2013-08-31 2013-09-14 2013-10-09 2013-10-26 2013-11-02 2013-12-04 2014-01-25 2014-02-01 2014-02-26 2014-05-10 2014-06-07 2014-06-28 2014-07-12 2014-08-02 2014-09-24 2014-10-11 2014-10-22 2014-11-22 2015-01-28 2015-01-31 2015-02-04 2015-02-28 2015-05-06 2015-07-04 2015-07-18 2015-09-09 2015-09-12 2015-09-16 2015-11-07 2015-12-16 2016-02-20 2016-04-13 2016-04-16 2016-06-11 2016-06-22 2016-07-16 2016-08-03 2016-08-24 2016-08-27 2016-09-10 2016-10-05 2016-11-19 2016-11-26 2016-11-30 2017-02-04 2017-02-22 2017-02-25 2017-03-04 2017-03-18 2017-03-22 2017-04-29 2017-06-17 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 16 times 2 draws: 7 times 3 draws: 5 times 4 draws: 7 times 5 draws: 7 times 6 draws: 5 times 7 draws: 8 times 8 draws: 2 times 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 3 times 11 draws: 4 times 12 draws: 0 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 5 times 16 draws: 2 times 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 4 times 20 draws: 2 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 2 times 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 1 time 32 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 7 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
1st smallest 51 · chance 46.2 2nd smallest 31 · chance 36.5 3rd smallest 8 · chance 9.4 4th smallest 3 · chance 0.9 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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.
Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The number 7 ×1.15 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 6 Every number number 8 → 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: 7 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.