Number 44

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

105times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.30σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

11.6average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

80longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, −0.30σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 11.6 draws · longest completed wait 80 · waiting 11 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 44 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 smallest9 · chance 7.2
4th smallest96 · chance 97.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 24 41 5 8 29

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, 44 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-23	5	4th	24 39 41 44
2026-09-14	24	4th	16 34 43 44
2026-08-03	4	4th	19 30 41 44
2026-07-27	8	3rd	8 43 44 45
2026-07-13	16	4th

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

2025-08-04	7	3rd	7 38 44 45
2025-07-23	1	4th	16 29 39 44
2025-07-21	13	4th	4 15 33 44
2025-06-28	13	4th	32 39 41 44
2025-06-06	11	4th	15 20 41 44
2025-05-17	16	4th	31 37 40 44
2025-04-19	1	4th	10 21 28 44
2025-04-18	12	4th	1 36 37 44
2025-03-28	55	4th	32 39 41 44
2024-12-21	5	4th	18 27 38 44
2024-12-13	15	4th	16 29 41 44
2024-11-16	30	4th	5 6 8 44
2024-09-25	13	4th	9 16 39 44
2024-09-02	23	4th	24 32 37 44
2024-07-24	8	4th	3 16 28 44
2024-07-10	6	4th	5 7 21 44
2024-06-29	6	4th	21 24 30 44
2024-06-19	1	4th	3 41 43 44
2024-06-17	8	4th	3 28 38 44
2024-06-03	21	4th	5 24 26 44
2024-04-20	1	4th	6 16 43 44
2024-04-17	8	4th	1 31 42 44
2024-03-30	6	4th	15 42 43 44
2024-03-16	1	4th	17 35 40 44
2024-03-13	24	4th	3 28 35 44
2024-01-17	3	4th	15 29 34 44
2024-01-10	14	4th	9 16 18 44
2023-12-09	35	4th	9 11 25 44
2023-09-18	13	4th	4 19 23 44
2023-08-19	17	4th	14 16 24 44
2023-07-10	17	4th	7 19 32 44
2023-05-31	9	4th	20 28 29 44
2023-05-10	6	4th	6 14 25 44
2023-04-26	3	3rd	7 17 44 45
2023-04-19	6	4th	18 33 42 44
2023-04-05	8	4th	8 30 34 44
2023-03-18	2	4th	1 6 21 44
2023-03-13	12	4th	4 18 29 44
2023-02-13	5	4th	11 17 40 44
2023-02-01	2	4th	1 8 31 44
2023-01-28	21	4th	24 27 39 44
2022-12-10	1	4th	14 24 35 44
2022-12-07	3	4th	14 16 20 44
2022-11-30	36	4th	9 16 25 44
2022-09-07	3	4th	25 31 38 44
2022-08-31	3	4th	1 24 42 44
2022-08-24	4	4th	10 18 21 44
2022-08-15	5	4th	21 22 41 44
2022-08-03	11	4th	9 22 38 44
2022-07-09	80	4th	6 23 43 44
2022-01-03	7	4th	10 26 35 44
2021-12-18	6	4th	1 29 36 44
2021-12-04	16	4th	8 31 39 44
2021-10-27	11	4th	14 19 22 44
2021-10-02	4	4th	13 26 28 44
2021-09-22	1	4th	5 29 41 44
2021-09-20	2	4th	5 11 38 44
2021-09-15	7	3rd	14 41 44 45
2021-08-30	3	4th	11 15 36 44
2021-08-23	11	4th	10 12 26 44
2021-07-28	10	4th	5 8 26 44
2021-07-05	2	4th	7 22 34 44
2021-06-30	6	3rd	22 39 44 45
2021-06-16	5	4th	2 8 17 44
2021-06-05	4	4th	1 24 33 44
2021-05-26	14	4th	26 27 38 44
2021-04-24	2	4th	8 31 32 44
2021-04-19	15	4th	1 5 29 44
2021-03-15	6	3rd	21 24 44 45
2021-03-01	2	3rd	10 11 44 45
2021-02-24	23	3rd	17 40 44 45
2021-01-02	8	4th	5 7 16 44
2020-12-14	42	4th	5 23 40 44
2020-09-07	4	4th	9 16 23 44
2020-08-29	15	4th	13 16 25 44
2020-07-25	20	4th	9 32 37 44
2020-06-08	36	4th	4 20 39 44
2020-03-16	16	4th	18 33 40 44
2020-02-08	37	4th	17 19 24 44
2019-11-13	6	4th	18 19 41 44
2019-10-30	—	4th	25 33 43 44