Number 2

In Lotto Poker under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 396 draws, 5 from 1–13.

155times drawn · chance expected 152 +0.28σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

2.5average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

10longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 155 times in 396 draws against 152.3 expected, +0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 155 times in 396 draws · average wait 2.5 draws · longest completed wait 10 · waiting 6 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 smallest121 · chance 103.3
2nd smallest29 · chance 51.7
3rd smallest5 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 51.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 10 5 7 3 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-09-19	4	2nd	1 2 3 12 13
2026-09-05	4	1st	2 4 8 10 11
2026-08-25	3	1st	2 6 7 11 13
2026-08-22	2	1st	2 5 12

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-26	7	1st	2 5 12 13 13
2026-06-19	1	1st	2 6 7 7 10
2026-06-18	4	1st	2 3 5 6 12
2026-06-14	5	1st	2 3 4 5 10
2026-06-09	2	1st	2 5 7 10 12
2026-06-07	6	1st	2 3 7 8 10
2026-06-01	4	1st	2 4 8 12 13
2026-05-28	2	3rd	1 1 2 6 10
2026-05-26	0	1st	2 9 11 13
2026-05-26	2	1st	2 9 11 13
2026-05-24	2	1st	2 3 9 12 12
2026-05-22	3	1st	2 4 8 9 11
2026-05-19	2	2nd	1 2 9 12 13
2026-05-17	0	2nd	1 2 5 11
2026-05-17	3	2nd	1 2 5 11
2026-05-14	2	1st	2 3 4 7 12
2026-05-12	6	1st	2 3 5 6 7
2026-05-06	1	1st	2 3 7 8 11
2026-05-05	0	2nd	1 2 4 11
2026-05-05	2	2nd	1 2 4 11
2026-05-03	1	1st	2 3 8 10 13
2026-05-02	1	1st	2 6 6 12 13
2026-05-01	0	1st	2 3 10 11
2026-05-01	4	1st	2 3 10 11
2026-04-27	2	2nd	1 2 3 5 10
2026-04-25	3	1st	2 8 12 13 13
2026-04-22	2	1st	2 6 7 8 9
2026-04-20	1	2nd	1 2 5 6 11
2026-04-19	3	2nd	1 2 6 10 12
2026-04-16	7	1st	2 6 10 10 12
2026-04-09	6	2nd	1 2 6 8 12
2026-04-03	1	1st	2 7 11 13 13
2026-04-02	1	1st	2 6 6 11 11
2026-04-01	1	1st	2 4 5 7 10
2026-03-31	3	2nd	1 2 4 5 13
2026-03-28	1	1st	2 9 10 13 13
2026-03-27	0	1st	2 3 5 7
2026-03-27	3	1st	2 3 5 7
2026-03-24	0	1st	2 3 10 12
2026-03-24	1	1st	2 3 10 12
2026-03-23	1	1st	2 4 8 9 13
2026-03-22	2	2nd	1 2 3 5 8
2026-03-20	1	2nd	1 2 3 7 12
2026-03-19	5	1st	2 4 8 10 11
2026-03-14	1	1st	2 4 10 10 12
2026-03-13	2	2nd	1 2 7 11 13
2026-03-11	1	1st	2 6 7 8 12
2026-03-10	2	1st	2 6 7 7 12
2026-03-08	2	1st	2 3 10 12 13
2026-03-06	3	1st	2 4 6 10 13
2026-03-03	3	1st	2 5 7 11 12
2026-02-28	1	1st	2 3 3 7 7
2026-02-27	6	1st	2 3 3 5 9
2026-02-21	1	2nd	1 2 8 8 9
2026-02-20	2	2nd	1 2 3 7 13
2026-02-18	5	1st	2 6 9 10 12
2026-02-13	3	1st	2 4 6 11 12
2026-02-10	1	1st	2 8 10 10 12
2026-02-09	1	1st	2 5 7 8 10
2026-02-08	9	1st	2 3 6 8 11
2026-01-30	2	1st	2 6 6 9 11
2026-01-28	1	2nd	1 2 4 9 9
2026-01-27	4	1st	2 6 6 13 13
2026-01-23	2	1st	2 3 4 4 5
2026-01-21	1	1st	2 4 5 8 13
2026-01-20	0	1st	2 3 5 9
2026-01-20	1	1st	2 3 5 9
2026-01-19	6	1st	2 9 9 10 13
2026-01-13	9	1st	2 8 8 12 12
2026-01-04	4	2nd	1 2 7 9 10
2025-12-31	0	1st	2 5 6 11
2025-12-31	2	1st	2 5 6 11
2025-12-29	1	1st	2 3 9 12 13
2025-12-28	1	1st	2 4 8 9 10
2025-12-27	2	1st	2 8 12 12 13
2025-12-25	1	1st	2 8 13 13 13
2025-12-24	1	1st	2 7 8 9 13
2025-12-23	1	1st	2 6 7 9 10
2025-12-22	2	1st	2 6 7 9 11
2025-12-20	1	2nd	1 2 3 8 13
2025-12-19	1	1st	2 5 9 10 11
2025-12-18	1	1st	2 4 5 9 10
2025-12-17	1	1st	2 3 3 5 8
2025-12-16	1	3rd	1 1 2 7 7
2025-12-15	1	1st	2 3 9 9 11
2025-12-14	1	1st	2 3 4 9 11
2025-12-13	3	1st	2 3 10 11 11
2025-12-10	1	1st	2 6 7 10 12
2025-12-09	0	1st	2 3 11 11
2025-12-09	2	1st	2 3 11 11
2025-12-07	2	2nd	1 2 5 10 12
2025-12-05	5	1st	2 3 4 8 12
2025-11-30	4	1st	2 4 5 7 7
2025-11-26	0	1st	2 6 7 13
2025-11-26	1	1st	2 6 7 13
2025-11-25	3	1st	2 3 8 10 13
2025-11-22	3	1st	2 5 6 7 10
2025-11-19	9	2nd	1 2 5 7 10
2025-11-10	4	1st	2 3 6 10 12
2025-11-06	4	1st	2 3 8 10 12
2025-11-02	1	1st	2 5 5 7 9
2025-11-01	3	1st	2 3 6 7 12
2025-10-29	2	1st	2 4 6 6 8
2025-10-27	1	3rd	1 1 2 11 12
2025-10-26	2	1st	2 3 6 7 11
2025-10-24	0	1st	2 5 7 10
2025-10-24	5	1st	2 5 7 10
2025-10-19	1	2nd	1 2 6 9 12
2025-10-18	6	1st	2 5 10 11 12
2025-10-12	3	1st	2 4 5 6 10
2025-10-09	3	1st	2 3 4 9 10
2025-10-06	2	1st	2 5 7 9 13
2025-10-04	3	1st	2 3 8 9 9
2025-10-01	2	2nd	1 2 3 6 13
2025-09-29	2	2nd	1 2 6 7 8
2025-09-27	1	1st	2 6 11 12 13
2025-09-26	0	1st	2 5 9 12
2025-09-26	4	1st	2 5 9 12
2025-09-22	2	1st	2 3 3 5 11
2025-09-20	2	1st	2 3 9 10 11
2025-09-18	3	1st	2 4 9 11 13
2025-09-15	1	1st	2 5 7 9 13
2025-09-14	2	2nd	1 2 7 9 10
2025-09-12	2	1st	2 8 8 11 12
2025-09-10	7	1st	2 9 10 11 12
2025-09-03	5	1st	2 10 11 11 13
2025-08-29	9	2nd	1 2 6 9 9
2025-08-20	3	2nd	1 2 5 7 8
2025-08-17	7	1st	2 3 5 10 13
2025-08-10	0	1st	2 12 13 13
2025-08-10	—	1st	2 12 13 13