Star 2

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,049 draws, 2 from 1–12.

204times drawn · chance expected 175 +2.42σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

5.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0

28longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 204 times in 1,049 draws against 174.8 expected, +2.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 204 times in 1,049 draws · average wait 5.1 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 3 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 smallest195 · chance 185.5
2nd smallest9 · chance 18.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 10 7 12 6 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 11 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 12. 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
2026-10-02	4	1st	2 10
2026-09-18	11	1st	2 3
2026-08-11	1	2nd	1 2
2026-08-07	5	2nd	1 2
2026-07-21	5	1st	2 11
2026-07-03	1	2nd	1 2
2026-06-30

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 2/12 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-23	4	1st	2 5
2025-09-09	7	1st	2 8
2025-08-15	4	1st	2 6
2025-08-01	4	1st	2 10
2025-07-18	2	1st	2 9
2025-07-11	10	1st	2 10
2025-06-06	7	1st	2 12
2025-05-13	14	1st	2 9
2025-03-25	3	1st	2 6
2025-03-14	3	1st	2 9
2025-03-04	3	1st	2 9
2025-02-21	6	1st	2 11
2025-01-31	13	1st	2 7
2024-12-17	9	1st	2 7
2024-11-15	4	1st	2 6
2024-11-01	3	1st	2 7
2024-10-22	12	2nd	1 2
2024-09-10	2	1st	2 9
2024-09-03	8	1st	2 5
2024-08-06	2	1st	2 12
2024-07-30	28	1st	2 8
2024-04-23	3	1st	2 10
2024-04-12	1	1st	2 11
2024-04-09	11	1st	2 10
2024-03-01	4	1st	2 4
2024-02-16	17	2nd	1 2
2023-12-19	8	1st	2 12
2023-11-21	1	1st	2 3
2023-11-17	2	1st	2 7
2023-11-10	3	1st	2 12
2023-10-31	5	1st	2 10
2023-10-13	2	1st	2 4
2023-10-06	2	1st	2 9
2023-09-29	3	1st	2 7
2023-09-19	2	1st	2 5
2023-09-12	20	1st	2 11
2023-07-04	8	1st	2 8
2023-06-06	2	1st	2 10
2023-05-30	2	1st	2 8
2023-05-23	9	1st	2 11
2023-04-21	3	1st	2 8
2023-04-11	6	1st	2 10
2023-03-21	3	1st	2 3
2023-03-10	5	1st	2 7
2023-02-21	2	1st	2 7
2023-02-14	8	1st	2 3
2023-01-17	9	1st	2 6
2022-12-16	6	1st	2 7
2022-11-25	4	1st	2 6
2022-11-11	2	1st	2 10
2022-11-04	21	1st	2 3
2022-08-23	1	1st	2 3
2022-08-19	9	1st	2 6
2022-07-19	6	1st	2 12
2022-06-28	6	1st	2 11
2022-06-07	4	1st	2 6
2022-05-24	12	1st	2 10
2022-04-12	8	1st	2 10
2022-03-15	1	1st	2 8
2022-03-11	1	1st	2 6
2022-03-08	6	1st	2 9
2022-02-15	6	1st	2 12
2022-01-25	2	1st	2 4
2022-01-18	8	1st	2 5
2021-12-21	1	1st	2 3
2021-12-17	2	1st	2 7
2021-12-10	6	1st	2 8
2021-11-19	7	1st	2 6
2021-10-26	1	2nd	1 2
2021-10-22	2	1st	2 12
2021-10-15	7	1st	2 5
2021-09-21	2	1st	2 8
2021-09-14	1	1st	2 8
2021-09-10	3	1st	2 8
2021-08-31	6	1st	2 10
2021-08-10	5	1st	2 7
2021-07-23	11	1st	2 4
2021-06-15	3	1st	2 3
2021-06-04	3	1st	2 4
2021-05-25	7	1st	2 8
2021-04-30	2	1st	2 11
2021-04-23	3	1st	2 8
2021-04-13	3	1st	2 8
2021-04-02	5	1st	2 5
2021-03-16	11	1st	2 6
2021-02-05	3	1st	2 6
2021-01-26	12	1st	2 8
2020-12-15	2	2nd	1 2
2020-12-08	6	1st	2 12
2020-11-17	3	1st	2 6
2020-11-06	28	2nd	1 2
2020-07-31	1	1st	2 5
2020-07-28	2	1st	2 7
2020-07-21	3	1st	2 4
2020-07-10	3	1st	2 7
2020-06-30	4	1st	2 10
2020-06-16	2	1st	2 10
2020-06-09	5	1st	2 8
2020-05-22	5	1st	2 7
2020-05-05	1	1st	2 3
2020-05-01	8	1st	2 6
2020-04-03	2	1st	2 6
2020-03-27	3	1st	2 3
2020-03-17	8	1st	2 12
2020-02-18	5	1st	2 10
2020-01-31	6	1st	2 4
2020-01-10	3	1st	2 6
2019-12-31	5	1st	2 4
2019-12-13	1	1st	2 10
2019-12-10	8	1st	2 8
2019-11-12	1	1st	2 4
2019-11-08	1	1st	2 8
2019-11-05	11	1st	2 12
2019-09-27	1	1st	2 8
2019-09-24	5	2nd	1 2
2019-09-06	4	1st	2 5
2019-08-23	3	1st	2 8
2019-08-13	3	1st	2 3
2019-08-02	4	1st	2 5
2019-07-19	6	1st	2 7
2019-06-28	4	1st	2 11
2019-06-14	2	1st	2 7
2019-06-07	1	1st	2 5
2019-06-04	6	1st	2 8
2019-05-14	2	1st	2 10
2019-05-07	2	1st	2 11
2019-04-30	2	1st	2 11
2019-04-23	2	1st	2 7
2019-04-16	6	1st	2 11
2019-03-26	4	1st	2 6
2019-03-12	7	1st	2 9
2019-02-15	3	1st	2 10
2019-02-05	8	1st	2 3
2019-01-08	4	1st	2 11
2018-12-25	3	1st	2 9
2018-12-14	5	1st	2 12
2018-11-27	6	1st	2 11
2018-11-06	4	1st	2 9
2018-10-23	7	1st	2 12
2018-09-28	5	1st	2 9
2018-09-11	17	1st	2 3
2018-07-13	2	1st	2 12
2018-07-06	4	1st	2 10
2018-06-22	4	1st	2 8
2018-06-08	3	1st	2 8
2018-05-29	4	1st	2 4
2018-05-15	2	1st	2 12
2018-05-08	18	1st	2 5
2018-03-06	9	1st	2 9
2018-02-02	4	1st	2 3
2018-01-19	3	1st	2 7
2018-01-09	4	1st	2 9
2017-12-26	3	1st	2 10
2017-12-15	3	1st	2 11
2017-12-05	2	1st	2 7
2017-11-28	6	1st	2 7
2017-11-07	6	1st	2 12
2017-10-17	8	1st	2 3
2017-09-19	9	1st	2 3
2017-08-18	4	1st	2 8
2017-08-04	2	1st	2 9
2017-07-28	1	1st	2 4
2017-07-25	17	1st	2 11
2017-05-26	8	1st	2 10
2017-04-28	5	1st	2 8
2017-04-11	2	1st	2 8
2017-04-04	10	1st	2 6
2017-02-28	3	1st	2 12
2017-02-17	2	1st	2 9
2017-02-10	7	1st	2 9
2017-01-17	7	1st	2 10
2016-12-23	1	1st	2 5
2016-12-20	2	1st	2 3
2016-12-13	3	1st	2 8
2016-12-02	3	1st	2 12
2016-11-22	3	1st	2 10
2016-11-11	4	1st	2 9
2016-10-28	8	1st	2 8
2016-09-30	1	1st	2 10
2016-09-27	—	1st	2 12