In Lotto 6aus49 under the 6/49 + 1/9 · since Sep 2024 rules — 213 draws, 6 from 1–49.
27times drawn · chance expected 26 +0.19σ
15draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number
6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
16longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long
35 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 27 times in 213 draws against 26.1 expected, +0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
35
Number 35, draw by draw
Drawn 27 times in 213 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 16 · waiting 15 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 35 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 48 numbers; chance expects about 3 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it
Under the crowd model, 35 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.
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: 35 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.