Number 50

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

99times drawn · chance expected 105 −0.60σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

55longest completed wait · 28% chance of one at least that long

50 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 50, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 5 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest99 · chance 99.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 44 3 15 27 10

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, 50 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
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
2026-09-22	3	5th	13 14 16 44 50
2026-09-11	7	5th	1 7 15 39 50
2026-08-18	4	5th	3 9 38 40 50
2026-08-04	42	5th	25 30 34

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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