Number 7

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

109times drawn · chance expected 105 +0.43σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

33longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 2 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 7 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 smallest61 · chance 63.5
2nd smallest44 · chance 38.1
3rd smallest4 · chance 7.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 5 45 12 20 26

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10
The number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-02	1	1st	7 8 10 22 35
2026-09-29	5	2nd	4 7 12 31 44
2026-09-11	4	2nd	1 7 15 39 50
2026-08-28	9	1st	7 14 28

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

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