Number 46

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

107times drawn · chance expected 105 +0.23σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

42longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 107 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +0.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 107 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 10 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 46 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 smallest1 · chance 3.0
4th smallest29 · chance 28.7
5th smallest77 · chance 75.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 27 3 5 28 31

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, 46 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-04	7	5th	11 12 19 27 46
2026-08-11	2	4th	3 11 17 46 48
2026-08-04	12	4th	25 30 34 46 50
2026-06-23	4	5th	3 33 36

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

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