Number 49

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

98times drawn · chance expected 105 −0.70σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

45longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

49 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 98 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 49, draw by draw

Drawn 98 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 49 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest3 · chance 8.0
5th smallest95 · chance 90.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 22 9 14 3 5

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, 49 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 49 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-25	12	5th	11 12 15 38 49
2026-08-14	5	5th	5 29 39 48 49
2026-07-28	15	5th	5 7 24 30 49
2026-06-05	17	5th	5 6 16

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

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