Number 39

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 866 draws, 5 from 1–54.

84times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.45σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

51longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

39 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 866 draws against 80.2 expected, +0.45σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 39, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 866 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 4 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 39 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 0.4
2nd smallest6 · chance 5.0
3rd smallest23 · chance 21.2
4th smallest34 · chance 36.3
5th smallest21 · chance 21.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 6 14 34 46 50

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 39 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 54. 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 39 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-13	7	4th	5 25 36 39 54
2026-07-26	12	4th	8 22 38 39 46
2026-05-03	2	3rd	6 30 39 49 50
2026-04-19	2	4th	2 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: 39 is drawn with probability 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-12-12	5	2nd	34 39 42 43 44
2021-11-07	6	3rd	1 18 39 48 53
2021-09-26	7	4th	16 31 37 39 48
2021-08-08	21	4th	13 33 35 39 52
2021-03-14	15	4th	20 32 34 39 48
2020-11-29	3	5th	1 6 22 26 39
2020-11-08	2	3rd	6 23 39 43 45
2020-10-25	1	5th	6 16 18 31 39
2020-10-18	11	5th	5 9 32 38 39
2020-08-02	5	3rd	6 19 39 50 51
2020-06-28	13	3rd	2 13 39 41 46
2020-01-19	24	3rd	15 18 39 43 54
2019-08-04	37	2nd	37 39 43 48 49
2018-11-18	28	3rd	19 27 39 42 45
2018-05-06	23	3rd	21 33 39 43 50
2017-11-26	3	3rd	3 24 39 50 54
2017-11-05	29	5th	2 10 17 22 39
2017-04-16	3	4th	6 14 17 39 41
2017-03-26	1	4th	28 32 35 39 41
2017-03-19	4	4th	8 20 34 39 44
2017-02-19	5	5th	7 31 37 38 39
2017-01-15	7	4th	3 21 31 39 46
2016-11-27	11	4th	8 17 22 39 48
2016-09-11	7	3rd	11 15 39 42 48
2016-07-24	4	3rd	20 23 39 48 53
2016-06-26	1	3rd	14 27 39 44 45
2016-06-19	3	5th	2 6 29 34 39
2016-05-29	15	4th	7 12 26 39 42
2016-02-14	11	5th	12 21 22 25 39
2015-11-29	1	4th	11 16 34 39 54
2015-11-22	7	4th	3 21 38 39 48
2015-10-04	10	4th	9 18 25 39 42
2015-07-26	2	4th	3 28 33 39 45
2015-07-12	15	5th	3 13 23 31 39
2015-03-29	23	4th	11 14 17 39 46
2014-10-19	6	3rd	14 36 39 42 45
2014-09-07	27	4th	10 19 36 39 48
2014-03-02	5	5th	9 15 24 38 39
2014-01-26	1	2nd	34 39 41 43 54
2014-01-19	12	5th	2 3 6 27 39
2013-10-27	7	3rd	4 24 39 41 48
2013-09-08	1	2nd	34 39 40 43 44
2013-09-01	10	5th	1 2 12 18 39
2013-06-23	16	5th	1 11 20 38 39
2013-03-03	4	5th	6 9 14 22 39
2013-02-03	2	4th	8 16 20 39 47
2013-01-20	9	4th	5 16 32 39 53
2012-11-18	1	3rd	10 22 39 49 53
2012-11-11	15	3rd	10 28 39 44 49
2012-07-29	23	3rd	9 11 39 43 45
2012-02-19	11	5th	18 27 29 38 39
2011-12-04	16	5th	13 16 32 35 39
2011-08-14	3	4th	12 29 36 39 51
2011-07-24	1	4th	10 14 37 39 51
2011-07-17	14	3rd	32 35 39 45 49
2011-04-10	5	4th	10 23 29 39 52
2011-03-06	4	4th	1 25 35 39 50
2011-02-06	4	4th	12 14 26 39 46
2011-01-09	51	4th	18 26 33 39 46
2010-01-17	—	3rd	24 30 39 40 50