Number 7

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

95times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.29σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

72longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 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 7, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 72 · waiting 20 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 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 smallest51 · chance 49.4
2nd smallest37 · chance 36.2
3rd smallest7 · chance 8.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 37 48 45 51 23

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 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

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-07-12	14	3rd	5 6 7 15 30 34
2025-05-24	6	2nd	3 7 29 33 37 46
2025-05-03	8	3rd	4 5 7 10 11 41
2025-04-05	1	1st

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-24	15	2nd	2 7 20 27 29 34
2024-01-03	33	1st	7 18 32 36 38 52
2023-09-09	4	1st	7 10 18 20 23 30
2023-08-26	6	1st	7 10 27 28 48 49
2023-08-05	28	1st	7 27 39 43 44 48
2023-04-29	2	1st	7 15 28 35 44 51
2023-04-22	18	2nd	3 7 28 29 35 52
2023-02-18	1	1st	7 9 21 25 31 50
2023-02-15	15	2nd	4 7 14 30 37 46
2022-12-24	1	1st	7 10 17 19 23 50
2022-12-21	2	1st	7 20 21 37 38 46
2022-12-14	12	2nd	2 7 20 21 35 46
2022-11-02	7	2nd	1 7 22 33 39 40
2022-10-08	2	1st	7 11 12 19 36 39
2022-10-01	4	1st	7 9 13 16 26 42
2022-09-17	4	2nd	1 7 22 34 39 46
2022-09-03	4	1st	7 20 34 45 49 50
2022-08-20	4	1st	7 9 20 27 46 51
2022-08-06	3	1st	7 18 30 36 44 47
2022-07-27	3	2nd	1 7 36 41 49 51
2022-07-16	16	1st	7 13 22 31 45 46
2022-05-21	5	3rd	2 3 7 20 28 37
2022-05-04	9	1st	7 11 28 30 36 44
2022-04-02	22	1st	7 10 28 38 48 49
2022-01-15	8	1st	7 12 13 19 25 37
2021-12-15	23	1st	7 9 41 45 48 50
2021-09-25	4	2nd	2 7 10 38 47 48
2021-09-11	25	1st	7 22 36 38 48 50
2021-06-16	1	1st	7 8 29 37 49 51
2021-06-12	8	1st	7 21 23 30 43 48
2021-05-15	5	1st	7 13 29 37 38 42
2021-04-28	2	1st	7 18 20 22 31 48
2021-04-21	4	2nd	1 7 10 11 23 31
2021-04-07	8	1st	7 13 30 37 39 46
2021-03-10	4	2nd	1 7 16 41 45 52
2021-02-24	6	1st	7 10 12 16 29 49
2021-02-03	12	1st	7 10 18 22 36 51
2020-12-23	5	2nd	5 7 15 22 23 44
2020-12-05	14	1st	7 17 27 38 45 46
2020-10-17	6	3rd	2 4 7 28 41 48
2020-09-26	11	2nd	3 7 18 21 27 42
2020-08-19	4	2nd	1 7 26 27 42 49
2020-08-05	4	1st	7 23 31 33 39 51
2020-07-22	3	2nd	4 7 12 13 19 52
2020-07-11	11	1st	7 20 24 36 43 52
2020-06-03	18	1st	7 16 23 26 31 43
2020-04-01	4	1st	7 15 32 42 45 51
2020-03-18	7	1st	7 37 42 45 48 50
2020-02-22	2	1st	7 31 32 34 46 48
2020-02-15	34	2nd	1 7 20 23 45 48
2019-10-16	72	1st	7 8 20 21 25 33
2019-02-06	3	1st	7 13 29 32 36 45
2019-01-26	2	1st	7 11 23 29 40 45
2019-01-19	6	2nd	2 7 17 24 39 46
2018-12-29	6	1st	7 9 15 50 51 52
2018-12-08	23	2nd	3 7 12 21 27 29
2018-09-19	4	1st	7 14 19 21 29 39
2018-09-05	18	2nd	1 7 15 22 29 31
2018-07-04	10	3rd	1 6 7 17 31 36
2018-05-30	10	3rd	3 6 7 14 30 46
2018-04-25	23	1st	7 13 37 43 44 51
2018-02-03	2	2nd	6 7 16 21 44 50
2018-01-27	15	2nd	6 7 15 21 24 48
2017-12-06	3	2nd	5 7 17 18 24 49
2017-11-25	16	2nd	2 7 25 35 44 51
2017-09-30	3	1st	7 11 19 24 25 51
2017-09-20	1	2nd	3 7 22 24 34 37
2017-09-16	3	2nd	2 7 10 33 37 44
2017-09-06	4	2nd	1 7 24 29 44 51
2017-08-23	5	3rd	1 6 7 26 27 40
2017-08-05	—	2nd	6 7 31 33 39 45