Number 44

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

119times drawn · chance expected 105 +1.46σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

49longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +1.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 49 · 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 44 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 0.5
3rd smallest4 · chance 7.6
4th smallest47 · chance 41.6
5th smallest68 · chance 69.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 23 20 35 4 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 44 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 50. 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 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-29	2	5th	4 7 12 31 44
2026-09-22	1	4th	13 14 16 44 50
2026-09-18	23	5th	8 17 25 30 44
2026-06-30	6	4th	1 8 37

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

2024-12-06	6	4th	14 25 39 44 47
2024-11-15	4	5th	7 8 34 39 44
2024-11-01	13	4th	7 33 38 44 50
2024-09-17	11	5th	20 30 32 41 44
2024-08-09	6	5th	21 23 25 33 44
2024-07-19	20	4th	15 22 35 44 48
2024-05-10	6	4th	13 28 29 44 48
2024-04-19	8	4th	10 20 40 44 46
2024-03-22	4	5th	8 11 23 32 44
2024-03-08	14	5th	8 11 12 16 44
2024-01-19	8	3rd	27 28 44 48 50
2023-12-22	7	4th	6 14 34 44 49
2023-11-28	4	5th	12 16 27 33 44
2023-11-14	23	4th	13 16 36 44 50
2023-08-25	2	5th	16 17 34 35 44
2023-08-18	4	4th	23 25 30 44 47
2023-08-04	9	4th	15 20 31 44 48
2023-07-04	2	5th	14 17 23 36 44
2023-06-27	3	5th	17 22 23 27 44
2023-06-16	10	5th	7 26 34 41 44
2023-05-12	3	5th	9 10 13 39 44
2023-05-02	5	3rd	7 32 44 47 48
2023-04-14	5	4th	4 11 37 44 49
2023-03-28	14	5th	16 21 34 36 44
2023-02-07	9	4th	2 8 34 44 47
2023-01-06	6	4th	16 31 35 44 45
2022-12-16	10	5th	2 15 19 35 44
2022-11-11	13	5th	2 19 24 25 44
2022-09-27	6	5th	4 20 21 34 44
2022-09-06	3	5th	7 10 22 29 44
2022-08-26	6	5th	22 23 25 38 44
2022-08-05	12	5th	3 29 33 35 44
2022-06-24	37	4th	10 17 28 44 50
2022-02-15	10	5th	9 20 31 33 44
2022-01-11	1	5th	4 23 32 33 44
2022-01-07	21	4th	2 14 37 44 50
2021-10-26	18	5th	12 15 20 42 44
2021-08-24	3	4th	19 21 36 44 50
2021-08-13	21	3rd	6 12 44 47 49
2021-06-01	15	5th	3 10 26 35 44
2021-04-09	6	5th	2 8 32 35 44
2021-03-19	2	5th	3 9 35 43 44
2021-03-12	10	5th	4 6 9 11 44
2021-02-05	4	4th	12 19 37 44 45
2021-01-22	6	4th	8 16 42 44 47
2021-01-01	13	4th	16 28 32 44 48
2020-11-17	6	5th	16 19 25 30 44
2020-10-27	8	5th	13 15 28 32 44
2020-09-29	11	5th	4 14 16 41 44
2020-08-21	49	4th	10 15 35 44 50
2020-03-03	13	4th	4 14 27 44 45
2020-01-17	1	5th	8 19 20 29 44
2020-01-14	1	5th	21 25 29 39 44
2020-01-10	20	4th	6 17 32 44 46
2019-11-01	7	4th	2 20 39 44 48
2019-10-08	1	4th	7 10 15 44 49
2019-10-04	5	5th	6 9 35 41 44
2019-09-17	4	4th	22 37 43 44 45
2019-09-03	9	5th	7 11 38 39 44
2019-08-02	9	4th	13 22 33 44 50
2019-07-02	4	4th	11 19 29 44 45
2019-06-18	16	5th	12 24 37 40 44
2019-04-23	2	5th	18 23 27 42 44
2019-04-16	35	4th	1 8 15 44 49
2018-12-14	12	5th	12 29 38 42 44
2018-11-02	1	5th	5 15 17 37 44
2018-10-30	6	5th	17 23 27 43 44
2018-10-09	17	4th	3 12 36 44 45
2018-08-10	14	5th	18 20 36 43 44
2018-06-22	13	5th	14 25 39 41 44
2018-05-08	4	5th	17 25 35 39 44
2018-04-24	1	5th	20 23 28 30 44
2018-04-20	9	5th	3 16 25 39 44
2018-03-20	3	5th	26 29 37 39 44
2018-03-09	1	5th	9 14 21 32 44
2018-03-06	6	5th	15 20 26 31 44
2018-02-13	1	5th	10 13 17 21 44
2018-02-09	6	5th	22 31 36 38 44
2018-01-19	7	4th	3 8 17 44 50
2017-12-26	4	5th	4 17 30 43 44
2017-12-12	2	4th	20 37 39 44 50
2017-12-05	23	4th	11 36 43 44 48
2017-09-15	15	4th	13 18 37 44 49
2017-07-25	10	4th	12 14 43 44 48
2017-06-20	11	5th	11 18 26 43 44
2017-05-12	15	5th	2 20 28 29 44
2017-03-21	2	4th	1 20 23 44 47
2017-03-14	8	5th	3 5 21 36 44
2017-02-14	2	5th	2 10 24 40 44
2017-02-07	2	5th	4 10 31 38 44
2017-01-31	6	5th	3 4 17 23 44
2017-01-10	19	5th	2 11 29 35 44
2016-11-04	4	4th	7 11 12 44 48
2016-10-21	6	4th	9 20 23 44 48
2016-09-30	—	5th	17 35 37 43 44