Number 7

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 429 draws, 5 from 1–13.

148times drawn · chance expected 165 −1.69σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

2.9average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

21longest completed wait · 0.9% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 148 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, −1.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 148 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.9 draws · longest completed wait 21 · waiting 1 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest15 · chance 4.5
2nd smallest44 · chance 35.9
3rd smallest46 · chance 67.3
4th smallest39 · chance 35.9
5th smallest4 · chance 4.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 49.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 2 11 8 3 1

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	2	2nd	5 7 10 11 11
2026-10-08	2	3rd	1 2 7 13 13
2026-10-06	3	3rd	3 5 7 9 13
2026-10-03	2	2nd	4 7 10

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

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