Number 2

In Weekday Windfall under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,863 draws, 6 from 1–45.

230times drawn · chance expected 248 −1.25σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

34longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 230 times in 1,863 draws against 248.4 expected, −1.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 80 times, counted separately.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 230 times in 1,863 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 2 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 smallest208 · chance 203.9
2nd smallest22 · chance 26.1
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 26.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 22 26 41 17 11

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
2026-09-07	3	1st	2 11 15 22 29 39
2026-08-31	14	2nd	1 2 24 25 29 31
2026-07-29	9	1st	2 6 13 34 38 43
2026-07-08

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-20	8	1st	2 4 9 14 20 26
2025-08-01	15	1st	2 20 22 27 28 34
2025-06-27	8	1st	2 8 21 27 28 45
2025-06-09	6	1st	2 22 25 27 33 34
2025-05-26	4	1st	2 6 10 20 31 35
2025-05-16	17	2nd	1 2 8 10 21 23
2025-04-07	6	1st	2 3 6 8 33 41
2025-03-24	12	2nd	1 2 3 16 22 31
2025-02-24	8	2nd	1 2 12 16 17 26
2025-02-05	2	1st	2 6 8 9 20 31
2025-01-31	11	1st	2 20 23 34 35 42
2025-01-06	8	2nd	1 2 11 28 30 39
2024-12-18	8	1st	2 12 15 22 40 45
2024-11-29	12	1st	2 10 19 27 39 41
2024-11-01	3	1st	2 20 25 26 35 43
2024-10-25	16	1st	2 12 30 39 41 43
2024-09-18	14	1st	2 4 18 23 24 30
2024-08-16	7	1st	2 15 20 24 37 40
2024-07-31	6	1st	2 17 23 31 33 41
2024-07-17	2	1st	2 4 11 29 30 34
2024-07-12	3	1st	2 11 21 26 30 45
2024-07-05	18	1st	2 6 11 16 23 43
2024-05-24	6	1st	2 7 9 10 25 36
2024-05-06	14	2nd	1 2 21 26 32 40
2024-03-18	20	1st	2 4 16 27 34 39
2024-01-08	13	1st	2 4 27 32 36 41
2023-11-22	6	1st	2 9 13 22 42 45
2023-11-01	1	1st	2 10 20 22 27 32
2023-10-30	17	1st	2 5 15 17 40 45
2023-08-30	6	1st	2 12 19 22 27 36
2023-08-09	3	1st	2 6 8 10 29 42
2023-07-31	6	1st	2 3 4 34 35 37
2023-07-10	11	1st	2 7 19 32 40 44
2023-05-31	6	1st	2 20 26 28 29 44
2023-05-10	8	1st	2 6 14 25 33 44
2023-04-12	23	1st	2 6 12 32 36 45
2023-01-23	12	2nd	1 2 3 4 34 36
2022-12-12	1	1st	2 21 22 26 29 37
2022-12-07	13	1st	2 14 16 18 20 44
2022-10-24	27	1st	2 6 9 21 22 33
2022-07-20	11	1st	2 7 12 19 32 41
2022-06-13	2	1st	2 5 8 31 35 37
2022-06-06	13	1st	2 5 11 20 26 45
2022-04-20	7	1st	2 12 17 26 27 40
2022-03-28	1	1st	2 19 23 25 35 41
2022-03-23	1	1st	2 3 11 16 24 38
2022-03-21	1	1st	2 16 20 24 33 38
2022-03-16	13	1st	2 6 9 19 28 31
2022-01-31	14	1st	2 12 17 21 41 43
2021-12-13	1	1st	2 14 20 27 28 29
2021-12-08	3	1st	2 6 12 30 32 37
2021-11-29	18	1st	2 6 14 22 36 43
2021-09-27	8	1st	2 4 15 21 24 36
2021-08-30	5	1st	2 11 15 36 41 44
2021-08-11	2	1st	2 6 20 33 36 38
2021-08-04	12	1st	2 3 7 20 32 45
2021-06-23	2	1st	2 27 29 32 38 40
2021-06-16	2	1st	2 8 17 20 21 44
2021-06-09	5	1st	2 11 23 30 37 41
2021-05-24	5	1st	2 5 7 14 33 38
2021-05-05	4	1st	2 7 16 17 23 41
2021-04-21	5	1st	2 3 11 34 39 43
2021-04-05	27	1st	2 13 17 20 36 42
2020-12-30	4	1st	2 4 11 20 28 30
2020-12-16	2	1st	2 8 16 24 37 44
2020-12-09	13	1st	2 7 17 19 21 33
2020-10-26	4	1st	2 6 14 24 29 43
2020-10-12	11	1st	2 5 9 10 28 33
2020-09-02	1	1st	2 7 21 22 34 40
2020-08-31	1	2nd	1 2 5 7 30 38
2020-08-26	5	1st	2 11 12 15 32 45
2020-08-10	6	1st	2 23 25 30 37 38
2020-07-20	26	1st	2 3 7 14 18 35
2020-04-20	2	1st	2 6 11 16 25 45
2020-04-13	9	2nd	1 2 33 39 41 45
2020-03-11	6	1st	2 5 18 32 42 45
2020-02-19	7	1st	2 7 18 21 36 43
2020-01-27	1	1st	2 4 13 22 23 31
2020-01-22	1	1st	2 4 13 23 31 38
2020-01-20	7	1st	2 28 30 33 36 45
2019-12-25	6	1st	2 23 26 28 31 40
2019-12-04	12	1st	2 12 16 35 38 40
2019-10-23	1	1st	2 8 14 20 22 24
2019-10-21	4	1st	2 9 17 19 22 36
2019-10-07	3	1st	2 7 8 31 35 44
2019-09-25	1	1st	2 10 23 25 27 44
2019-09-23	2	1st	2 11 13 17 30 31
2019-09-16	5	1st	2 8 9 15 22 26
2019-08-28	4	1st	2 13 14 17 20 36
2019-08-14	17	1st	2 17 23 29 38 44
2019-06-17	2	1st	2 18 21 22 34 35
2019-06-10	6	1st	2 3 5 7 15 19
2019-05-20	6	2nd	1 2 5 12 26 36
2019-04-29	2	1st	2 6 10 14 33 42
2019-04-22	19	1st	2 6 12 18 32 44
2019-02-13	7	1st	2 12 22 25 29 38
2019-01-21	7	1st	2 17 19 24 32 43
2018-12-26	2	1st	2 5 6 11 19 20
2018-12-19	2	1st	2 6 15 16 17 19
2018-12-12	4	1st	2 5 14 29 32 44
2018-11-28	1	1st	2 23 30 38 39 44
2018-11-26	7	2nd	1 2 3 16 30 45
2018-10-31	1	1st	2 3 8 12 31 39
2018-10-29	12	1st	2 27 37 41 43 45
2018-09-17	7	1st	2 7 16 36 37 40
2018-08-22	1	1st	2 5 34 39 41 44
2018-08-20	3	2nd	1 2 10 17 43 44
2018-08-08	1	1st	2 3 7 11 22 45
2018-08-06	10	1st	2 16 21 31 42 44
2018-07-02	1	1st	2 5 21 22 30 33
2018-06-27	14	1st	2 5 10 22 24 28
2018-05-09	9	1st	2 3 16 18 33 42
2018-04-09	9	1st	2 11 13 26 28 41
2018-03-07	2	2nd	1 2 9 19 43 45
2018-02-28	16	1st	2 28 31 32 37 38
2018-01-03	1	1st	2 20 28 29 32 41
2018-01-01	1	1st	2 24 29 31 34 37
2017-12-27	16	1st	2 9 12 19 41 45
2017-11-01	15	1st	2 18 22 23 27 45
2017-09-11	27	1st	2 6 7 11 13 26
2017-06-07	1	1st	2 6 11 17 27 29
2017-06-05	3	1st	2 13 16 22 31 38
2017-05-24	22	1st	2 11 19 32 36 42
2017-03-08	19	1st	2 8 25 30 34 43
2017-01-02	2	1st	2 7 21 31 32 33
2016-12-26	22	1st	2 9 11 18 21 29
2016-10-10	1	1st	2 14 24 33 36 43
2016-10-05	16	1st	2 10 21 37 39 40
2016-08-10	1	1st	2 12 17 25 27 43
2016-08-08	9	1st	2 4 25 29 38 39
2016-07-06	14	1st	2 8 15 29 41 45
2016-05-18	24	1st	2 16 29 35 36 41
2016-02-24	15	1st	2 12 17 27 39 44
2016-01-04	3	1st	2 3 26 30 35 41
2015-12-23	3	1st	2 3 7 20 28 31
2015-12-14	14	1st	2 5 16 19 31 39
2015-10-26	9	1st	2 9 23 26 42 43
2015-09-23	3	1st	2 16 22 26 32 39
2015-09-14	2	1st	2 7 12 20 37 38
2015-09-07	7	1st	2 10 17 26 34 38
2015-08-12	2	1st	2 6 14 15 27 32
2015-08-05	16	1st	2 7 13 21 35 41
2015-06-10	7	2nd	1 2 11 20 37 38
2015-05-18	3	1st	2 5 16 23 39 41
2015-05-06	4	1st	2 6 24 26 33 39
2015-04-22	1	1st	2 4 11 23 26 41
2015-04-20	11	1st	2 4 9 29 38 45
2015-03-11	4	1st	2 13 17 21 26 45
2015-02-25	6	1st	2 6 24 31 34 35
2015-02-04	10	1st	2 24 27 33 34 36
2014-12-31	15	1st	2 7 14 25 26 39
2014-11-10	13	1st	2 24 25 32 35 45
2014-09-24	16	1st	2 8 9 10 12 18
2014-07-30	3	1st	2 13 25 31 35 40
2014-07-21	2	1st	2 17 18 31 37 40
2014-07-14	28	1st	2 11 18 28 33 39
2014-04-07	23	1st	2 15 20 25 30 35
2014-01-15	8	1st	2 15 16 20 24 30
2013-12-18	5	1st	2 4 26 30 36 38
2013-12-02	13	1st	2 3 7 27 35 44
2013-10-16	10	1st	2 13 32 37 38 42
2013-09-11	2	2nd	1 2 7 11 28 32
2013-09-04	20	1st	2 13 14 20 22 35
2013-06-26	6	1st	2 10 14 35 39 42
2013-06-05	2	1st	2 19 35 40 42 44
2013-05-29	18	1st	2 5 24 30 38 44
2013-03-27	12	1st	2 5 14 18 34 41
2013-02-13	15	1st	2 18 33 37 39 40
2012-12-24	17	1st	2 13 14 19 22 36
2012-10-24	8	1st	2 8 20 23 28 29
2012-09-26	3	1st	2 5 22 32 37 45
2012-09-17	8	1st	2 14 18 23 26 41
2012-08-20	1	2nd	1 2 4 15 23 37
2012-08-15	3	1st	2 16 17 21 33 37
2012-08-06	1	1st	2 5 10 13 29 45
2012-08-01	17	1st	2 17 18 24 34 37
2012-06-04	18	1st	2 4 12 17 24 35
2012-04-02	11	1st	2 13 21 30 40 42
2012-02-22	34	1st	2 3 16 17 43 44
2011-10-26	26	2nd	1 2 7 14 23 24
2011-07-27	4	2nd	1 2 20 29 36 38
2011-07-13	3	1st	2 11 14 19 30 41
2011-07-04	3	1st	2 15 23 24 30 45
2011-06-22	13	1st	2 21 29 33 36 40
2011-05-09	4	1st	2 3 4 7 28 30
2011-04-25	1	1st	2 4 15 21 33 40
2011-04-20	14	1st	2 7 13 14 20 31
2011-03-02	10	1st	2 6 27 32 43 45
2011-01-26	11	1st	2 21 23 25 32 44
2010-12-20	2	2nd	1 2 12 27 38 45
2010-12-13	1	1st	2 26 32 33 38 43
2010-12-08	2	1st	2 7 24 26 34 45
2010-12-01	6	1st	2 3 7 13 17 30
2010-11-10	3	1st	2 23 27 28 36 44
2010-11-01	2	1st	2 6 11 13 20 26
2010-10-25	6	1st	2 3 21 26 27 41
2010-10-04	6	1st	2 12 13 25 29 32
2010-09-13	15	1st	2 4 5 17 37 42
2010-07-21	8	1st	2 10 23 28 35 38
2010-06-23	1	1st	2 14 20 34 44 45
2010-06-21	10	2nd	1 2 18 19 25 42
2010-05-17	3	1st	2 17 25 28 37 44
2010-05-05	3	1st	2 21 23 27 37 41
2010-04-26	8	1st	2 10 13 14 26 34
2010-03-29	22	1st	2 14 15 18 29 33
2010-01-11	—	1st	2 5 7 20 21 23