Number 7

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

118times drawn · chance expected 124 −0.55σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

24longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −0.55σ. 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 39 times, counted separately.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 24 · waiting 12 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 smallest53 · chance 54.5
2nd smallest50 · chance 48.1
3rd smallest14 · chance 13.7
4th smallest1 · chance 1.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 23 1 8 38 9

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-18	20	2nd	5 7 13 24 30 41
2026-02-28	2	1st	7 13 21 31 35 44
2026-02-14	12	3rd	3 6 7 12 14 22
2025-11-22	5	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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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