Number 2

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

112times drawn · chance expected 108 +0.40σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

10.9average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

55longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 10.9 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 1 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 2 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 smallest101 · chance 104.4
2nd smallest11 · chance 7.6
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 1 11 21 33 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 45. 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 model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	2	1st	2 15 16 41
2026-10-07	6	1st	2 16 22 33
2026-09-26	1	1st	2 6 25 27
2026-09-25	10	2nd	1 2 40 45
2026-09-07	4	1st	2

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: 2 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-03	9	1st	2 15 37 38
2025-11-17	18	1st	2 4 11 37
2025-10-17	14	1st	2 11 22 40
2025-09-22	19	1st	2 10 27 41
2025-08-20	31	1st	2 4 20 26
2025-06-27	10	1st	2 8 21 27
2025-06-09	8	1st	2 22 33 34
2025-05-26	28	1st	2 6 10 20
2025-04-07	8	1st	2 3 33 41
2025-03-24	9	2nd	1 2 16 31
2025-03-08	7	1st	2 18 28 38
2025-02-24	1	1st	2 16 17 26
2025-02-22	10	1st	2 5 26 39
2025-02-05	55	1st	2 6 9 31
2024-11-01	11	1st	2 20 25 43
2024-10-12	14	1st	2 8 21 45
2024-09-18	28	1st	2 4 23 30
2024-07-31	8	1st	2 17 23 31
2024-07-17	2	1st	2 4 11 34
2024-07-13	1	1st	2 21 24 36
2024-07-12	11	1st	2 11 26 45
2024-06-22	17	1st	2 22 35 37
2024-05-24	8	1st	2 9 10 36
2024-05-06	21	2nd	1 2 21 40
2024-03-18	16	1st	2 16 27 34
2024-02-10	14	1st	2 12 13 42
2024-01-08	4	1st	2 27 36 41
2023-12-30	16	1st	2 3 38 39
2023-11-22	5	1st	2 9 13 45
2023-11-11	4	2nd	1 2 28 30
2023-11-01	5	1st	2 10 22 27
2023-10-21	22	1st	2 7 29 30
2023-08-30	9	1st	2 19 22 36
2023-08-09	4	1st	2 8 10 42
2023-07-31	31	1st	2 3 34 35
2023-05-20	50	1st	2 8 25 32
2023-01-23	7	1st	2 4 34 36
2023-01-07	11	1st	2 17 18 38
2022-12-12	21	1st	2 21 26 37
2022-10-24	19	1st	2 6 9 22
2022-09-10	6	1st	2 11 31 45
2022-08-27	16	1st	2 3 6 41
2022-07-20	16	1st	2 7 12 19
2022-06-13	3	1st	2 31 35 37
2022-06-06	20	1st	2 5 20 45
2022-04-20	10	1st	2 12 27 40
2022-03-28	1	1st	2 23 25 35
2022-03-26	1	1st	2 13 21 22
2022-03-23	3	1st	2 16 24 38
2022-03-16	19	1st	2 6 19 28
2022-01-31	21	1st	2 12 21 43
2021-12-13	6	1st	2 14 27 29
2021-11-29	19	1st	2 6 22 43
2021-10-16	31	1st	2 17 26 27
2021-08-04	14	1st	2 3 20 32
2021-07-03	7	1st	2 7 33 37
2021-06-16	3	1st	2 8 17 44
2021-06-09	5	1st	2 11 23 37
2021-05-29	2	1st	2 7 28 42
2021-05-24	7	1st	2 5 7 14
2021-05-08	1	1st	2 4 31 41
2021-05-05	6	1st	2 7 17 23
2021-04-21	7	1st	2 11 34 43
2021-04-05	4	1st	2 17 36 42
2021-03-27	37	1st	2 4 23 35
2020-12-30	2	1st	2 20 28 30
2020-12-26	4	1st	2 21 30 32
2020-12-16	3	1st	2 8 16 24
2020-12-09	8	1st	2 17 19 33
2020-11-21	11	1st	2 21 37 39
2020-10-26	6	1st	2 6 24 29
2020-10-12	16	1st	2 5 9 33
2020-09-05	1	1st	2 13 32 38
2020-09-02	1	1st	2 7 22 34
2020-08-31	4	2nd	1 2 7 38
2020-08-22	5	1st	2 9 16 43
2020-08-10	9	1st	2 30 37 38
2020-07-20	1	1st	2 7 14 18
2020-07-18	38	1st	2 21 35 43
2020-04-20	3	1st	2 6 11 25
2020-04-13	14	2nd	1 2 41 45
2020-03-11	19	1st	2 5 18 45
2020-01-27	2	1st	2 4 13 23
2020-01-22	1	1st	2 13 23 31
2020-01-20	11	1st	2 28 30 33
2019-12-25	9	1st	2 28 31 40
2019-12-04	14	1st	2 12 16 38
2019-11-02	—	1st	2 10 12 21