Number 50

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 867 draws, 5 from 1–54.

83times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.32σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

47longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

50 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 867 draws against 80.3 expected, +0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 50, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 867 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 47 · 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 50 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 0.1
3rd smallest2 · chance 2.0
4th smallest17 · chance 20.9
5th smallest64 · chance 60.1

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.

11 6 30 35 18 31

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, 50 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 50 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-06	1	5th	25 27 30 46 50
2026-08-30	11	5th	12 29 33 38 50
2026-06-14	4	5th	12 23 29 35 50
2026-05-17	2	5th	2 4

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: 50 is drawn with probability 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-03-12	7	4th	22 34 49 50 54
2023-01-22	3	5th	23 24 42 46 50
2023-01-01	2	5th	5 20 31 35 50
2022-12-18	19	5th	7 8 11 18 50
2022-08-07	15	4th	19 39 46 50 54
2022-04-24	3	5th	4 15 28 35 50
2022-04-03	8	4th	6 9 34 50 54
2022-02-06	3	4th	13 18 47 50 51
2022-01-16	2	4th	2 17 48 50 53
2022-01-02	7	5th	8 12 31 47 50
2021-11-14	17	4th	5 28 37 50 53
2021-07-18	1	5th	4 6 12 36 50
2021-07-11	22	5th	1 18 19 30 50
2021-02-07	2	5th	6 8 26 37 50
2021-01-24	5	4th	8 18 27 50 54
2020-12-20	1	4th	2 6 42 50 54
2020-12-13	9	5th	16 23 33 35 50
2020-10-11	4	5th	13 17 23 25 50
2020-09-13	6	3rd	6 31 50 52 54
2020-08-02	2	4th	6 19 39 50 51
2020-07-19	11	5th	24 30 43 49 50
2020-02-23	9	5th	7 18 20 47 50
2019-12-22	7	4th	14 28 46 50 52
2019-11-03	23	5th	12 14 16 32 50
2019-05-26	16	5th	9 30 32 49 50
2019-02-03	5	4th	33 34 49 50 53
2018-12-30	34	5th	2 7 31 41 50
2018-05-06	9	5th	21 33 39 43 50
2018-03-04	13	5th	1 23 41 43 50
2017-12-03	1	5th	1 11 18 40 50
2017-11-26	12	4th	3 24 39 50 54
2017-09-03	2	5th	6 14 22 46 50
2017-08-20	12	5th	11 14 18 35 50
2017-05-28	47	4th	1 11 13 50 53
2016-07-03	12	5th	6 16 32 42 50
2016-04-10	44	5th	10 11 24 31 50
2015-06-07	6	5th	8 16 34 40 50
2015-04-26	22	5th	19 20 22 42 50
2014-11-23	4	5th	13 17 25 36 50
2014-10-26	3	5th	35 36 38 48 50
2014-10-05	46	5th	7 24 43 44 50
2013-11-17	5	5th	13 15 34 36 50
2013-10-13	1	5th	11 24 27 30 50
2013-10-06	42	5th	11 35 37 49 50
2012-12-16	16	5th	9 20 28 31 50
2012-08-26	14	5th	27 29 34 49 50
2012-05-20	21	5th	5 30 31 36 50
2011-12-25	33	5th	4 9 30 41 50
2011-05-08	9	5th	18 21 43 48 50
2011-03-06	6	5th	1 25 35 39 50
2011-01-23	8	5th	11 14 21 33 50
2010-11-28	3	4th	3 15 27 50 53
2010-11-07	5	5th	7 21 35 44 50
2010-10-03	1	5th	9 11 33 42 50
2010-09-26	15	5th	4 5 11 15 50
2010-06-13	1	4th	20 36 40 50 54
2010-06-06	15	5th	23 32 36 40 50
2010-02-21	5	5th	17 26 37 41 50
2010-01-17	—	5th	24 30 39 40 50