Number 2

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

204times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.76σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

46longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 204 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, −0.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 38 times, counted separately.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 204 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 13 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 smallest186 · chance 182.8
2nd smallest18 · chance 21.3
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 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 27 44 39 49 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-08-26	20	1st	2 14 30 33 41 45
2026-06-17	12	1st	2 14 23 26 42 48
2026-05-06	13	1st	2 9 35 42 43 47
2026-03-21	5

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-06	5	1st	2 11 18 21 23 25
2024-10-19	7	1st	2 12 20 23 28 41
2024-09-25	2	1st	2 4 8 11 14 40
2024-09-18	22	1st	2 13 14 18 20 39
2024-07-03	2	1st	2 3 7 22 28 31
2024-06-26	13	1st	2 7 10 23 25 29
2024-05-11	2	1st	2 10 17 18 22 28
2024-05-04	9	1st	2 16 21 27 38 45
2024-04-03	3	1st	2 10 35 36 38 46
2024-03-23	8	1st	2 14 26 27 33 49
2024-02-24	15	1st	2 14 15 28 42 44
2024-01-03	9	1st	2 12 23 30 32 35
2023-12-02	31	2nd	1 2 20 26 39 49
2023-08-16	1	1st	2 3 6 7 17 27
2023-08-12	4	1st	2 5 7 12 31 44
2023-07-29	37	1st	2 7 8 18 33 36
2023-03-22	7	1st	2 7 9 11 39 41
2023-02-25	16	1st	2 23 24 25 39 40
2022-12-31	1	1st	2 5 7 11 15 21
2022-12-28	15	1st	2 10 16 17 24 26
2022-11-05	4	1st	2 20 31 40 48 49
2022-10-22	46	1st	2 17 24 36 40 49
2022-05-14	11	1st	2 14 21 27 34 49
2022-04-06	14	1st	2 8 9 16 39 49
2022-02-16	3	1st	2 8 30 31 40 44
2022-02-05	9	1st	2 9 12 14 23 24
2022-01-05	4	1st	2 5 8 29 36 45
2021-12-22	1	2nd	1 2 3 11 15 43
2021-12-18	11	1st	2 10 15 16 20 49
2021-11-10	8	1st	2 7 18 19 23 25
2021-10-13	10	1st	2 7 8 11 19 27
2021-09-08	5	1st	2 7 10 16 28 36
2021-08-21	9	1st	2 9 15 21 38 46
2021-07-21	2	1st	2 4 15 20 35 45
2021-07-14	37	1st	2 9 19 23 26 30
2021-03-06	4	1st	2 14 18 21 26 48
2021-02-20	9	1st	2 14 15 21 29 46
2021-01-20	19	1st	2 5 18 23 29 47
2020-11-14	3	2nd	1 2 13 30 35 38
2020-11-04	2	1st	2 9 13 18 40 46
2020-10-28	20	1st	2 3 16 25 34 46
2020-08-19	22	1st	2 17 32 37 39 42
2020-06-03	19	1st	2 15 20 22 29 39
2020-03-28	4	1st	2 7 21 30 33 46
2020-03-14	6	2nd	1 2 23 27 31 32
2020-02-22	9	1st	2 7 26 33 46 48
2020-01-22	1	1st	2 10 27 30 39 43
2020-01-18	2	1st	2 5 10 18 26 30
2020-01-11	1	1st	2 3 7 18 24 26
2020-01-08	3	1st	2 5 19 44 48 49
2019-12-28	7	1st	2 4 12 18 29 41
2019-12-04	5	1st	2 3 4 10 21 43
2019-11-16	8	1st	2 3 4 11 27 47
2019-10-19	1	1st	2 16 28 47 48 49
2019-10-16	7	1st	2 4 9 24 44 45
2019-09-21	3	2nd	1 2 4 32 38 39
2019-09-11	3	1st	2 4 27 36 45 49
2019-08-31	3	1st	2 21 22 24 48 49
2019-08-21	3	1st	2 17 24 25 40 43
2019-08-10	3	1st	2 3 20 33 48 49
2019-07-31	2	1st	2 11 19 35 39 48
2019-07-24	7	1st	2 8 10 18 37 48
2019-06-29	29	1st	2 5 19 21 29 46
2019-03-20	17	1st	2 8 17 21 22 26
2019-01-19	7	1st	2 13 32 39 44 49
2018-12-26	10	1st	2 14 27 36 38 48
2018-11-21	4	1st	2 10 13 25 40 42
2018-11-07	24	1st	2 10 13 16 31 43
2018-08-15	1	1st	2 17 25 27 37 42
2018-08-11	5	1st	2 9 16 27 38 41
2018-07-25	1	1st	2 7 15 31 33 42
2018-07-21	6	1st	2 9 22 26 27 30
2018-06-30	4	1st	2 3 7 11 16 20
2018-06-16	4	1st	2 15 21 31 38 49
2018-06-02	24	1st	2 26 32 40 45 49
2018-03-10	24	1st	2 10 28 43 44 48
2017-12-16	23	1st	2 13 24 26 31 41
2017-09-27	11	1st	2 16 19 20 23 34
2017-08-19	7	1st	2 13 27 45 48 49
2017-07-26	2	2nd	1 2 18 26 36 44
2017-07-19	8	1st	2 5 10 11 27 39
2017-06-21	26	1st	2 12 34 39 41 45
2017-03-22	13	1st	2 3 5 27 40 46
2017-02-04	3	1st	2 8 9 13 41 44
2017-01-25	6	1st	2 14 19 28 42 44
2017-01-04	15	1st	2 11 13 23 35 48
2016-11-12	14	1st	2 4 6 22 25 42
2016-09-24	11	1st	2 5 17 23 33 47
2016-08-17	3	1st	2 12 19 38 41 47
2016-08-06	7	1st	2 7 22 26 32 38
2016-07-13	12	1st	2 7 25 30 34 36
2016-06-01	12	1st	2 10 14 23 26 31
2016-04-20	5	2nd	1 2 7 9 18 27
2016-04-02	14	1st	2 15 21 40 41 44
2016-02-13	11	1st	2 9 25 27 31 42
2016-01-06	7	1st	2 35 37 39 43 44
2015-12-12	5	1st	2 10 18 20 30 41
2015-11-25	5	2nd	1 2 3 4 29 48
2015-11-07	1	1st	2 3 9 17 20 21
2015-11-04	14	1st	2 4 20 35 39 42
2015-09-16	17	2nd	1 2 9 12 21 39
2015-07-18	17	1st	2 12 22 28 41 48
2015-05-20	5	1st	2 4 12 17 18 47
2015-05-02	7	1st	2 8 17 23 40 42
2015-04-08	1	1st	2 4 14 16 18 19
2015-04-04	9	1st	2 9 32 33 35 49
2015-03-04	11	1st	2 10 14 19 28 33
2015-01-24	11	1st	2 8 9 11 21 39
2014-12-17	2	1st	2 5 15 20 38 39
2014-12-10	8	2nd	1 2 7 16 27 30
2014-11-12	13	1st	2 17 20 41 42 44
2014-09-27	4	1st	2 18 22 27 44 45
2014-09-13	10	1st	2 7 17 31 39 43
2014-08-09	8	1st	2 12 30 32 37 40
2014-07-12	17	1st	2 3 7 14 41 42
2014-05-14	9	1st	2 25 27 28 31 47
2014-04-12	5	1st	2 7 35 36 42 45
2014-03-26	3	1st	2 18 35 42 45 47
2014-03-15	7	1st	2 7 11 16 47 48
2014-02-19	3	1st	2 7 15 24 37 45
2014-02-08	6	1st	2 5 16 36 41 43
2014-01-18	1	1st	2 15 33 36 42 49
2014-01-15	7	1st	2 15 25 27 38 46
2013-12-21	1	2nd	1 2 10 19 22 44
2013-12-18	3	1st	2 4 16 20 25 46
2013-12-07	2	1st	2 8 11 15 24 27
2013-11-30	16	1st	2 18 22 25 37 39
2013-10-05	1	1st	2 12 18 26 35 36
2013-10-02	7	1st	2 10 16 36 40 45
2013-09-07	1	1st	2 4 15 29 32 40
2013-09-04	3	1st	2 7 12 21 25 47
2013-08-24	6	1st	2 8 32 36 47 49
2013-08-03	3	1st	2 3 9 17 29 40
2013-07-24	3	1st	2 5 12 22 44 48
2013-07-13	12	1st	2 11 14 22 41 42
2013-06-01	6	1st	2 7 24 37 38 40
2013-05-11	3	1st	2 10 16 21 24 49
2013-05-01	5	2nd	1 2 32 33 38 49
2013-04-13	5	1st	2 10 17 19 44 47
2013-03-27	1	1st	2 8 11 26 27 33
2013-03-23	17	2nd	1 2 7 10 33 38
2013-01-23	13	1st	2 5 16 25 30 40
2012-12-08	20	1st	2 12 22 42 43 46
2012-09-29	1	1st	2 7 18 20 41 48
2012-09-26	7	1st	2 5 9 13 22 38
2012-09-01	27	1st	2 5 20 30 39 45
2012-05-30	2	1st	2 21 36 37 45 47
2012-05-23	2	1st	2 3 7 13 32 40
2012-05-16	2	1st	2 3 12 15 19 49
2012-05-09	5	1st	2 6 15 19 24 38
2012-04-21	3	1st	2 8 10 20 28 38
2012-04-11	1	2nd	1 2 16 24 36 49
2012-04-07	6	1st	2 13 16 32 39 44
2012-03-17	6	2nd	1 2 9 15 17 37
2012-02-25	7	1st	2 22 30 33 35 42
2012-02-01	2	1st	2 7 9 18 23 38
2012-01-25	7	1st	2 12 20 35 41 49
2011-12-31	10	1st	2 11 21 28 31 44
2011-11-26	9	1st	2 18 23 35 47 48
2011-10-26	8	2nd	1 2 38 39 40 49
2011-09-28	18	1st	2 14 29 32 41 44
2011-07-27	2	1st	2 3 15 23 41 46
2011-07-20	1	1st	2 21 23 30 34 42
2011-07-16	1	1st	2 12 23 35 39 49
2011-07-13	3	1st	2 8 28 29 34 44
2011-07-02	5	1st	2 16 30 41 44 48
2011-06-15	11	1st	2 4 22 25 28 31
2011-05-07	38	1st	2 23 24 27 36 48
2010-12-25	4	1st	2 12 23 26 27 31
2010-12-11	3	1st	2 7 13 17 27 41
2010-12-01	7	1st	2 11 12 29 40 42
2010-11-06	3	1st	2 20 29 33 40 44
2010-10-27	1	1st	2 16 20 23 33 43
2010-10-23	3	1st	2 13 21 22 40 44
2010-10-13	22	1st	2 3 23 29 34 36
2010-07-28	12	1st	2 15 27 30 34 36
2010-06-16	21	1st	2 5 9 20 25 32
2010-04-03	2	2nd	1 2 13 17 24 39
2010-03-27	16	1st	2 4 9 22 43 44
2010-01-30	—	1st	2 31 32 34 40 49