Number 45

In Lightning Lotto under the 5/49 · since May 2026 rules — 140 draws, 5 from 1–49.

13times drawn · chance expected 14 −0.36σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

11.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

36longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 13 times in 140 draws against 14.3 expected, −0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 13 times in 140 draws · average wait 11.3 draws · longest completed wait 36 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 45 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 smallest0 · chance 0.4
4th smallest4 · chance 3.5
5th smallest9 · chance 9.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 1.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 3 18 19 24 29

Never drawn alongside 12 of the other 48 numbers; chance expects about 16 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 45 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-12	36	5th	15 17 18 31 45
2026-09-06	14	4th	3 16 35 45 46
2026-08-23	13	4th	4 12 41 45 48
2026-08-10	5	5th	9 20 29 36 45
2026-08-05	6	5th	3 15 23 34 45
2026-07-29	18	4th	15 34 42 45 47
2026-07-11	2	5th	8 24 29 37 45
2026-07-09	3	4th	25 27 33 45 47
2026-07-06	4	5th	10 15 19 30 45
2026-07-02	12	5th	3 11 18 40 45
2026-06-20	16	5th	6 15 18 21 45
2026-06-04	7	5th	2 24 30 36 45
2026-05-28	—	5th	5 19 28 40 45

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: 45 is drawn with probability 5/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 45 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 smallest0 · chance 0.4

4th smallest4 · chance 3.5

5th smallest9 · chance 9.1

How many people play it

Numbers above 31 ×0.86

Date

Wait

Position

The draw

2026-10-12

5th

15 17 18 31 45

2026-09-06

4th

3 16 35 45 46

2026-08-23

4th

4 12 41 45 48

2026-08-10

5th

9 20 29 36 45

2026-08-05

5th

3 15 23 34 45

2026-07-29

4th

15 34 42 45 47

2026-07-11

5th

8 24 29 37 45

2026-07-09

4th

25 27 33 45 47

2026-07-06

5th

10 15 19 30 45

2026-07-02

5th

3 11 18 40 45

2026-06-20

5th

6 15 18 21 45

2026-06-04

5th

2 24 30 36 45

2026-05-28

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5th

5 19 28 40 45