Number 1

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

155times drawn · chance expected 124 +3.02σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

5.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

29longest completed wait · 94% chance of one at least that long

1 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 45 numbers

Drawn 155 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +3.02σ. Testing all 45 numbers at once means about 0.5 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 2.2e-4 and this does not pass it. It has also come out as the bonus ball 46 times, counted separately.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 155 times in 928 draws · average wait 5.9 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 3 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 1 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 smallest155 · chance 155.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
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 17.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 36 42 15 21 14

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, 1 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 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	4	1st	1 10 27 32 33 39
2026-08-22	21	1st	1 2 9 11 13 20
2026-03-28	11	1st	1 2 3 25 29 30
2026-01-10	8	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: 1 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-11	1	1st	1 2 23 24 28 30
2023-11-04	13	1st	1 5 14 15 34 42
2023-08-05	2	1st	1 2 18 24 36 43
2023-07-22	7	1st	1 5 14 26 32 33
2023-06-03	11	1st	1 12 24 26 37 41
2023-03-18	1	1st	1 6 15 21 43 44
2023-03-11	1	1st	1 4 9 10 29 42
2023-03-04	29	1st	1 9 13 32 33 34
2022-08-13	8	1st	1 15 20 29 35 38
2022-06-18	10	1st	1 11 22 27 34 37
2022-04-09	1	1st	1 8 19 31 35 40
2022-04-02	6	1st	1 4 6 15 21 27
2022-02-19	4	1st	1 5 18 20 23 34
2022-01-22	5	1st	1 12 14 21 39 43
2021-12-18	25	1st	1 19 25 29 36 44
2021-06-26	3	1st	1 24 26 32 34 36
2021-06-05	9	1st	1 11 24 32 33 44
2021-04-03	7	1st	1 21 31 38 39 41
2021-02-13	3	1st	1 3 4 22 42 43
2021-01-23	7	1st	1 6 8 10 29 40
2020-12-05	4	1st	1 9 11 24 32 41
2020-11-07	6	1st	1 3 7 8 15 35
2020-09-26	1	1st	1 7 22 28 36 42
2020-09-19	6	1st	1 8 14 23 26 41
2020-08-08	11	1st	1 11 17 18 34 42
2020-05-23	16	1st	1 21 25 30 32 45
2020-02-01	5	1st	1 10 17 24 29 33
2019-12-28	2	1st	1 13 19 31 37 39
2019-12-14	1	1st	1 9 31 34 39 40
2019-12-07	4	1st	1 13 16 25 30 32
2019-11-09	1	1st	1 10 25 27 28 36
2019-11-02	8	1st	1 2 10 12 21 42
2019-09-07	4	1st	1 8 10 14 23 36
2019-08-10	9	1st	1 6 9 37 38 39
2019-06-08	2	1st	1 22 24 36 39 42
2019-05-25	4	1st	1 11 18 29 35 44
2019-04-27	6	1st	1 16 21 26 39 41
2019-03-16	6	1st	1 8 12 15 31 42
2019-02-02	12	1st	1 5 12 21 24 45
2018-11-10	5	1st	1 21 22 23 38 44
2018-10-06	3	1st	1 2 7 22 34 40
2018-09-15	5	1st	1 3 7 15 44 45
2018-08-11	5	1st	1 8 15 20 23 44
2018-07-07	1	1st	1 6 18 23 29 43
2018-06-30	18	1st	1 14 20 25 26 40
2018-02-24	4	1st	1 5 14 15 19 30
2018-01-27	2	1st	1 4 7 11 32 40
2018-01-13	4	1st	1 6 16 19 36 45
2017-12-16	7	1st	1 5 26 28 39 45
2017-10-28	4	1st	1 13 17 38 40 44
2017-09-30	8	1st	1 19 20 22 32 34
2017-08-05	3	1st	1 7 11 20 21 32
2017-07-15	3	1st	1 11 22 25 41 44
2017-06-24	6	1st	1 5 13 29 32 43
2017-05-13	8	1st	1 16 21 30 35 40
2017-03-18	1	1st	1 10 15 23 36 43
2017-03-11	16	1st	1 10 15 31 36 39
2016-11-19	1	1st	1 12 14 16 24 40
2016-11-12	17	1st	1 3 12 18 22 38
2016-07-16	4	1st	1 3 7 12 24 32
2016-06-18	3	1st	1 2 13 20 39 44
2016-05-28	3	1st	1 21 34 35 37 42
2016-05-07	3	1st	1 3 14 24 31 35
2016-04-16	5	1st	1 3 11 29 36 42
2016-03-12	8	1st	1 3 8 16 28 37
2016-01-16	7	1st	1 3 11 13 22 24
2015-11-28	5	1st	1 9 17 18 24 34
2015-10-24	2	1st	1 15 18 29 37 40
2015-10-10	9	1st	1 5 7 8 15 39
2015-08-08	11	1st	1 13 24 28 29 33
2015-05-23	7	1st	1 2 31 38 39 45
2015-04-04	5	1st	1 24 34 40 44 45
2015-02-28	6	1st	1 11 14 33 37 45
2015-01-17	6	1st	1 10 16 30 33 41
2014-12-06	2	1st	1 5 13 36 38 39
2014-11-22	8	1st	1 5 14 23 31 42
2014-09-27	1	1st	1 6 16 20 25 36
2014-09-20	1	1st	1 12 22 27 38 40
2014-09-13	9	1st	1 5 10 14 29 33
2014-07-12	2	1st	1 3 15 19 42 44
2014-06-28	1	1st	1 17 20 40 42 44
2014-06-21	2	1st	1 12 28 31 32 34
2014-06-07	1	1st	1 19 20 36 38 41
2014-05-31	4	1st	1 13 20 26 37 45
2014-05-03	4	1st	1 12 14 19 37 41
2014-04-05	11	1st	1 22 24 29 36 39
2014-01-18	4	1st	1 9 10 13 27 39
2013-12-21	12	1st	1 3 10 17 20 35
2013-09-28	1	1st	1 13 21 27 34 37
2013-09-21	2	1st	1 2 5 16 19 42
2013-09-07	5	1st	1 11 12 15 25 36
2013-08-03	2	1st	1 14 24 26 30 37
2013-07-20	5	1st	1 3 9 12 22 29
2013-06-15	3	1st	1 4 15 16 17 21
2013-05-25	14	1st	1 15 16 20 31 36
2013-02-16	8	1st	1 6 16 17 18 34
2012-12-22	6	1st	1 4 10 17 29 45
2012-11-10	7	1st	1 4 25 27 40 41
2012-09-22	8	1st	1 17 19 32 34 45
2012-07-28	7	1st	1 27 28 33 37 42
2012-06-09	4	1st	1 4 16 26 27 32
2012-05-12	3	1st	1 2 14 16 19 45
2012-04-21	17	1st	1 2 15 16 21 28
2011-12-24	16	1st	1 4 7 9 12 30
2011-09-03	6	1st	1 7 21 22 23 27
2011-07-23	5	1st	1 4 22 24 31 33
2011-06-18	2	1st	1 6 14 19 32 42
2011-06-04	1	1st	1 19 22 23 27 45
2011-05-28	4	1st	1 9 11 13 33 35
2011-04-30	2	1st	1 7 15 33 35 40
2011-04-16	3	1st	1 14 18 22 23 29
2011-03-26	4	1st	1 14 23 34 41 42
2011-02-26	1	1st	1 4 21 23 24 43
2011-02-19	19	1st	1 5 14 23 41 45
2010-10-09	5	1st	1 11 24 26 32 36
2010-09-04	2	1st	1 20 28 35 36 44
2010-08-21	7	1st	1 8 11 16 31 38
2010-07-03	3	1st	1 6 10 15 26 40
2010-06-12	16	1st	1 7 11 21 23 43
2010-02-20	1	1st	1 13 18 33 36 37
2010-02-13	9	1st	1 7 14 34 41 45
2009-12-12	1	1st	1 2 24 25 31 34
2009-12-05	4	1st	1 10 26 31 32 44
2009-11-07	6	1st	1 14 21 29 33 36
2009-09-26	6	1st	1 7 13 16 30 40
2009-08-15	6	1st	1 18 28 30 37 43
2009-07-04	2	1st	1 13 25 38 43 45
2009-06-20	7	1st	1 15 17 33 34 37
2009-05-02	3	1st	1 5 38 41 42 45
2009-04-11	1	1st	1 2 10 27 41 43
2009-04-04	—	1st	1 8 34 37 38 42