Number 2

In Loto under the 5/49 + 1/10 · since Oct 2008 rules — 2,820 draws, 5 from 1–49.

277times drawn · chance expected 288 −0.67σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

54longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 277 times in 2,820 draws against 287.8 expected, −0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 277 times in 2,820 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 54 · 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 2 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 smallest248 · chance 253.9
2nd smallest29 · chance 23.1
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 5 1 21 25 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 49. 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 model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	2	1st	2 10 16 18 36
2026-09-28	9	1st	2 30 36 44 48
2026-09-07	38	1st	2 13 18 21 36
2026-06-10	18	1st	2 12 14 38 47

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

2025-03-08	11	1st	2 3 10 11 18
2025-02-10	17	1st	2 12 29 39 44
2025-01-01	4	1st	2 8 11 21 25
2024-12-23	28	1st	2 13 17 22 38
2024-10-19	7	1st	2 10 44 45 46
2024-10-02	5	1st	2 4 10 12 49
2024-09-21	1	1st	2 4 19 30 32
2024-09-18	6	1st	2 23 42 44 47
2024-09-04	14	1st	2 4 22 26 40
2024-08-03	27	1st	2 4 14 34 47
2024-06-01	12	1st	2 3 27 43 48
2024-05-04	8	1st	2 6 12 16 19
2024-04-15	3	1st	2 21 24 31 36
2024-04-08	1	1st	2 21 22 46 49
2024-04-06	4	1st	2 6 27 36 43
2024-03-27	12	1st	2 15 23 28 45
2024-02-28	5	1st	2 27 38 43 46
2024-02-17	7	1st	2 13 19 23 36
2024-01-31	2	1st	2 13 15 31 34
2024-01-27	16	1st	2 14 30 33 47
2023-12-20	15	1st	2 3 29 30 31
2023-11-15	3	1st	2 7 16 22 30
2023-11-08	28	2nd	1 2 14 36 49
2023-09-04	13	1st	2 11 13 27 36
2023-08-05	14	1st	2 7 10 40 42
2023-07-03	4	1st	2 8 23 35 42
2023-06-24	9	1st	2 3 21 30 40
2023-06-03	7	1st	2 37 39 44 46
2023-05-17	5	1st	2 8 11 40 47
2023-05-06	29	1st	2 25 30 42 47
2023-02-27	33	1st	2 5 6 14 37
2022-12-12	2	1st	2 25 35 46 47
2022-12-07	4	1st	2 10 12 15 38
2022-11-28	1	1st	2 9 13 24 46
2022-11-26	7	1st	2 5 7 23 28
2022-11-09	6	2nd	1 2 15 30 41
2022-10-26	2	1st	2 4 23 30 45
2022-10-22	26	1st	2 7 12 25 35
2022-08-22	10	1st	2 9 39 44 46
2022-07-30	15	1st	2 14 21 24 38
2022-06-25	10	1st	2 31 40 47 49
2022-06-01	9	1st	2 4 22 33 35
2022-05-11	21	1st	2 7 23 45 46
2022-03-23	13	1st	2 18 20 29 39
2022-02-21	28	1st	2 6 10 17 32
2021-12-18	18	1st	2 10 31 38 46
2021-11-06	21	1st	2 4 18 19 22
2021-09-18	12	1st	2 9 21 38 39
2021-08-21	14	1st	2 8 19 29 46
2021-07-19	7	1st	2 3 4 15 28
2021-07-03	9	1st	2 13 19 33 48
2021-06-12	1	1st	2 5 9 10 29
2021-06-09	8	1st	2 16 24 33 41
2021-05-22	11	1st	2 7 9 19 45
2021-04-26	9	1st	2 8 32 34 41
2021-04-05	1	1st	2 12 15 22 32
2021-04-03	1	2nd	1 2 17 38 45
2021-03-31	41	1st	2 22 24 27 35
2020-12-26	5	1st	2 3 31 35 40
2020-12-14	7	1st	2 13 34 47 48
2020-11-28	13	1st	2 9 25 35 47
2020-10-28	12	1st	2 19 25 30 43
2020-09-30	22	1st	2 24 26 32 49
2020-08-10	12	2nd	1 2 11 28 38
2020-07-13	3	1st	2 3 24 35 46
2020-07-06	4	1st	2 11 30 35 42
2020-06-27	5	2nd	1 2 6 27 39
2020-06-15	3	1st	2 22 26 47 49
2020-06-08	3	1st	2 8 22 26 46
2020-06-01	25	1st	2 24 26 32 36
2020-04-04	33	1st	2 35 39 40 42
2020-01-18	3	2nd	1 2 12 13 33
2020-01-11	19	1st	2 13 14 23 48
2019-11-27	11	1st	2 15 18 29 44
2019-10-30	10	1st	2 13 22 46 48
2019-10-07	1	1st	2 4 11 19 35
2019-10-05	2	1st	2 16 30 31 38
2019-09-30	9	1st	2 23 33 43 47
2019-09-09	1	1st	2 5 28 42 44
2019-09-07	1	1st	2 12 16 27 30
2019-09-04	1	1st	2 4 7 25 35
2019-09-02	6	1st	2 6 21 33 44
2019-08-19	19	1st	2 7 14 28 31
2019-07-06	9	1st	2 6 12 13 27
2019-06-15	9	1st	2 13 20 30 37
2019-05-25	7	1st	2 13 42 43 47
2019-05-08	17	1st	2 4 16 20 35
2019-03-30	4	1st	2 3 15 41 44
2019-03-20	33	1st	2 3 13 21 40
2019-01-02	7	1st	2 12 26 29 36
2018-12-17	20	1st	2 9 25 30 35
2018-10-31	6	1st	2 14 28 34 38
2018-10-17	7	1st	2 7 13 33 41
2018-10-01	12	2nd	1 2 6 7 40
2018-09-03	9	2nd	1 2 15 18 41
2018-08-13	24	1st	2 10 19 21 40
2018-06-18	10	1st	2 7 13 34 44
2018-05-26	14	1st	2 3 24 26 43
2018-04-23	1	1st	2 20 29 32 33
2018-04-21	9	1st	2 11 20 26 39
2018-03-31	12	1st	2 18 31 41 42
2018-03-03	4	1st	2 3 4 8 31
2018-02-21	5	1st	2 12 16 28 41
2018-02-10	11	1st	2 19 31 40 42
2018-01-15	22	1st	2 5 15 22 28
2017-11-25	1	2nd	1 2 43 47 48
2017-11-22	6	2nd	1 2 10 30 39
2017-11-08	8	1st	2 13 26 37 41
2017-10-21	29	1st	2 6 20 21 42
2017-08-14	18	1st	2 9 13 15 39
2017-07-03	40	1st	2 8 10 28 48
2017-04-01	2	1st	2 9 25 44 46
2017-03-27	1	1st	2 9 18 38 49
2017-03-25	1	1st	2 5 8 43 49
2017-03-22	23	1st	2 11 25 28 43
2017-01-28	8	1st	2 5 6 10 26
2017-01-09	10	1st	2 6 16 21 42
2016-12-17	4	1st	2 5 13 16 32
2016-12-07	6	1st	2 5 7 44 45
2016-11-23	5	1st	2 7 12 25 47
2016-11-12	13	1st	2 11 16 19 29
2016-10-12	3	1st	2 19 23 34 47
2016-10-05	17	1st	2 15 18 28 43
2016-08-27	8	1st	2 21 23 31 45
2016-08-08	7	2nd	1 2 3 26 36
2016-07-23	2	1st	2 15 21 27 33
2016-07-18	3	1st	2 20 25 29 39
2016-07-11	11	1st	2 25 27 35 36
2016-06-15	5	1st	2 5 8 33 34
2016-06-04	15	1st	2 16 19 25 39
2016-04-30	3	1st	2 29 30 36 49
2016-04-23	4	1st	2 15 17 22 26
2016-04-13	7	1st	2 4 31 34 49
2016-03-28	15	1st	2 4 15 26 28
2016-02-22	2	1st	2 5 23 26 48
2016-02-17	5	1st	2 17 29 34 40
2016-02-06	8	1st	2 25 28 41 44
2016-01-18	5	2nd	1 2 3 5 10
2016-01-06	3	1st	2 5 14 22 49
2015-12-30	8	2nd	1 2 16 25 34
2015-12-12	19	1st	2 13 15 34 40
2015-10-28	9	1st	2 5 17 30 49
2015-10-07	8	1st	2 14 27 28 29
2015-09-19	9	1st	2 16 25 33 43
2015-08-29	13	1st	2 23 38 40 43
2015-07-29	4	1st	2 3 22 36 42
2015-07-20	2	1st	2 17 24 29 31
2015-07-15	7	1st	2 14 30 43 46
2015-06-29	18	1st	2 12 14 16 42
2015-05-18	8	1st	2 10 38 39 41
2015-04-29	4	1st	2 20 35 42 49
2015-04-20	5	1st	2 10 15 28 37
2015-04-08	12	1st	2 15 30 36 38
2015-03-11	11	2nd	1 2 35 36 49
2015-02-14	13	1st	2 26 27 38 41
2015-01-14	2	1st	2 7 18 21 23
2015-01-10	18	1st	2 5 18 23 33
2014-11-29	12	1st	2 18 44 47 49
2014-11-01	20	1st	2 9 29 36 48
2014-09-15	46	1st	2 10 16 35 44
2014-05-31	8	1st	2 14 16 28 40
2014-05-12	3	1st	2 12 33 36 43
2014-05-05	4	1st	2 16 19 28 37
2014-04-26	11	1st	2 3 14 38 43
2014-03-31	23	1st	2 6 7 28 32
2014-02-05	2	1st	2 7 16 41 48
2014-02-01	1	1st	2 10 21 41 48
2014-01-29	5	1st	2 6 8 25 35
2014-01-18	18	2nd	1 2 37 43 47
2013-12-07	3	1st	2 8 14 17 34
2013-11-30	3	1st	2 19 20 36 40
2013-11-23	25	1st	2 4 12 33 48
2013-09-25	1	1st	2 6 12 43 44
2013-09-23	10	2nd	1 2 11 21 36
2013-08-31	1	1st	2 3 14 26 33
2013-08-28	4	1st	2 23 30 33 40
2013-08-19	20	1st	2 3 25 40 46
2013-07-03	18	1st	2 7 25 36 39
2013-05-22	40	1st	2 3 13 17 34
2013-02-18	4	1st	2 5 13 19 41
2013-02-09	6	1st	2 4 5 23 47
2013-01-26	13	1st	2 18 23 34 39
2012-12-26	2	1st	2 3 5 17 31
2012-12-22	19	2nd	1 2 24 34 47
2012-11-07	5	1st	2 16 21 34 40
2012-10-27	11	1st	2 10 29 41 47
2012-10-01	16	1st	2 29 34 40 41
2012-08-25	3	1st	2 9 10 13 29
2012-08-18	1	1st	2 12 25 26 42
2012-08-15	19	1st	2 13 15 19 24
2012-07-02	28	1st	2 6 7 15 46
2012-04-28	5	1st	2 10 22 37 48
2012-04-16	3	2nd	1 2 13 16 21
2012-04-09	4	1st	2 14 26 31 33
2012-03-31	9	2nd	1 2 16 25 26
2012-03-10	3	1st	2 4 37 40 44
2012-03-03	13	1st	2 3 24 27 39
2012-02-01	3	1st	2 5 16 43 49
2012-01-25	9	1st	2 8 23 30 48
2012-01-04	2	1st	2 10 23 34 43
2011-12-31	13	1st	2 17 28 32 35
2011-11-30	1	1st	2 4 29 42 49
2011-11-28	9	2nd	1 2 11 15 24
2011-11-07	1	1st	2 11 18 30 47
2011-11-05	1	1st	2 13 20 32 38
2011-11-02	3	1st	2 35 38 42 44
2011-10-26	9	1st	2 3 6 20 35
2011-10-05	8	1st	2 7 20 27 42
2011-09-17	38	2nd	1 2 15 23 40
2011-06-20	10	1st	2 8 23 27 36
2011-05-28	12	2nd	1 2 3 5 43
2011-04-30	2	1st	2 8 9 42 49
2011-04-25	23	1st	2 10 18 21 34
2011-03-02	3	1st	2 3 20 22 40
2011-02-23	2	1st	2 5 21 28 33
2011-02-19	3	2nd	1 2 25 32 49
2011-02-12	54	1st	2 4 13 38 45
2010-10-09	7	1st	2 17 23 26 43
2010-09-22	23	1st	2 14 17 37 38
2010-07-31	12	1st	2 8 25 28 44
2010-07-03	18	1st	2 10 28 33 46
2010-05-22	14	1st	2 17 40 46 48
2010-04-19	2	1st	2 17 22 38 44
2010-04-14	3	1st	2 9 12 21 29
2010-04-07	4	1st	2 11 28 33 43
2010-03-29	4	1st	2 34 41 44 46
2010-03-20	7	1st	2 15 28 36 49
2010-03-03	2	1st	2 17 23 25 37
2010-02-27	1	1st	2 10 13 35 40
2010-02-24	14	2nd	1 2 27 31 45
2010-01-23	10	1st	2 13 24 39 48
2009-12-30	22	1st	2 5 15 21 39
2009-11-09	17	2nd	1 2 3 29 48
2009-09-30	2	1st	2 5 33 35 40
2009-09-26	17	1st	2 21 25 37 43
2009-08-17	3	1st	2 9 14 17 25
2009-08-10	1	1st	2 5 22 24 31
2009-08-08	11	1st	2 16 20 38 41
2009-07-13	25	1st	2 18 20 26 34
2009-05-16	10	2nd	1 2 7 26 44
2009-04-22	5	1st	2 31 33 43 49
2009-04-11	8	1st	2 5 19 21 23
2009-03-23	1	2nd	1 2 10 25 33
2009-03-21	6	1st	2 15 32 39 45
2009-03-07	21	1st	2 15 22 24 36
2009-01-17	10	1st	2 5 27 37 46
2008-12-24	1	1st	2 4 27 33 41
2008-12-22	1	1st	2 5 27 35 48
2008-12-20	2	1st	2 22 26 41 46
2008-12-15	4	1st	2 5 15 27 48
2008-12-06	7	1st	2 5 13 24 48
2008-11-19	7	1st	2 26 34 37 41
2008-11-03	—	1st	2 20 23 24 26