Number 10

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

118times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.21σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

49longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

10 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 10, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 49 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 10 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 smallest52 · chance 49.1
2nd smallest46 · chance 49.1
3rd smallest18 · chance 17.1
4th smallest2 · chance 2.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 35 54 56 14 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 10 is picked about 1.41× as often as an indifferent choice — 5th most popular of 59. 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 10 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-05	11	3rd	3 4 10 20 49 51
2026-07-29	15	2nd	5 10 22 38 56 58
2026-06-06	1	2nd	8 10 26 30 35 42
2026-06-03	11	2nd	7 10

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: 10 is drawn with probability 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-17	3	3rd	3 6 10 18 52 59
2024-08-07	17	1st	10 11 22 42 49 56
2024-06-08	18	3rd	3 7 10 23 24 41
2024-04-06	5	1st	10 12 14 17 20 29
2024-03-20	14	2nd	8 10 14 25 29 35
2024-01-31	4	2nd	5 10 11 22 27 54
2024-01-17	10	1st	10 24 28 30 44 48
2023-12-13	19	1st	10 28 31 34 43 48
2023-10-07	3	1st	10 16 20 22 47 52
2023-09-27	4	2nd	8 10 11 20 31 44
2023-09-13	8	2nd	7 10 23 29 31 42
2023-08-16	2	2nd	8 10 32 43 51 59
2023-08-09	2	1st	10 16 24 29 34 48
2023-08-02	2	2nd	5 10 21 23 35 49
2023-07-26	3	1st	10 12 19 27 29 50
2023-07-15	3	1st	10 11 37 45 46 58
2023-07-05	12	1st	10 15 16 38 44 47
2023-05-24	16	3rd	3 4 10 13 14 36
2023-03-29	12	1st	10 24 27 32 42 52
2023-02-15	49	1st	10 20 34 42 50 56
2022-08-27	1	2nd	7 10 20 24 30 38
2022-08-24	9	1st	10 14 25 32 35 39
2022-07-23	23	2nd	2 10 13 34 41 54
2022-05-04	2	2nd	6 10 29 50 55 57
2022-04-27	1	1st	10 22 35 38 56 57
2022-04-23	3	2nd	7 10 24 31 48 56
2022-04-13	1	3rd	1 7 10 30 40 53
2022-04-09	9	1st	10 11 18 29 44 59
2022-03-09	1	2nd	3 10 26 38 41 47
2022-03-05	33	1st	10 21 29 33 42 51
2021-11-10	24	1st	10 11 18 20 37 49
2021-08-18	3	2nd	4 10 27 30 48 50
2021-08-07	20	1st	10 15 22 41 51 57
2021-05-29	5	2nd	1 10 16 36 46 55
2021-05-12	1	1st	10 17 23 40 51 52
2021-05-08	2	1st	10 12 23 31 37 46
2021-05-01	38	2nd	7 10 31 32 34 40
2020-12-19	3	2nd	4 10 14 21 27 28
2020-12-09	10	3rd	7 8 10 14 28 33
2020-11-04	10	1st	10 20 28 32 35 50
2020-09-30	9	1st	10 25 34 41 46 55
2020-08-29	4	2nd	5 10 21 47 51 57
2020-08-15	4	1st	10 14 16 22 25 34
2020-08-01	2	2nd	4 10 13 24 53 56
2020-07-25	4	1st	10 13 14 18 33 34
2020-07-11	8	2nd	9 10 14 17 32 58
2020-06-13	27	1st	10 12 19 21 35 51
2020-03-11	7	1st	10 39 45 46 52 54
2020-02-15	15	1st	10 11 33 41 45 54
2019-12-25	11	2nd	5 10 11 45 54 58
2019-11-16	18	2nd	2 10 25 51 56 59
2019-09-14	4	2nd	6 10 14 19 26 43
2019-08-31	4	2nd	5 10 16 26 41 58
2019-08-17	11	3rd	6 9 10 41 46 58
2019-07-10	2	2nd	4 10 11 17 53 54
2019-07-03	18	1st	10 20 27 29 38 52
2019-05-01	5	1st	10 12 23 29 35 57
2019-04-13	29	2nd	4 10 15 24 37 38
2019-01-02	24	3rd	8 9 10 35 40 53
2018-10-10	17	1st	10 49 50 53 54 56
2018-08-11	14	3rd	1 3 10 18 19 37
2018-06-23	2	2nd	1 10 15 25 31 47
2018-06-16	13	1st	10 18 36 37 41 46
2018-05-02	5	3rd	4 8 10 26 38 48
2018-04-14	11	1st	10 40 42 46 47 48
2018-03-07	2	2nd	8 10 22 37 55 57
2018-02-28	3	2nd	9 10 27 30 33 45
2018-02-17	8	4th	5 8 9 10 38 53
2018-01-20	9	2nd	2 10 19 28 29 31
2017-12-20	37	1st	10 20 28 38 41 46
2017-08-12	5	1st	10 27 49 52 55 56
2017-07-26	8	2nd	5 10 29 35 55 56
2017-06-28	5	2nd	2 10 21 23 54 56
2017-06-10	16	1st	10 18 28 35 36 50
2017-04-15	3	2nd	8 10 16 19 23 31
2017-04-05	26	1st	10 16 18 32 42 45
2017-01-04	1	1st	10 29 37 42 48 49
2016-12-31	3	1st	10 17 35 41 51 54
2016-12-21	6	1st	10 13 22 35 42 52
2016-11-30	21	1st	10 20 25 39 45 55
2016-09-17	3	1st	10 14 25 29 52 54
2016-09-07	3	2nd	3 10 12 29 30 44
2016-08-27	1	2nd	5 10 22 23 34 54
2016-08-24	11	2nd	4 10 15 37 38 59
2016-07-16	5	1st	10 14 17 32 36 50
2016-06-29	3	1st	10 19 21 45 46 56
2016-06-18	6	1st	10 17 26 31 35 38
2016-05-28	11	2nd	8 10 36 40 52 57
2016-04-20	21	4th	1 7 9 10 12 31
2016-02-06	4	1st	10 12 18 34 52 56
2016-01-23	11	3rd	8 9 10 11 41 54
2015-12-16	3	1st	10 12 35 46 48 57
2015-12-05	4	1st	10 11 15 50 51 56
2015-11-21	—	3rd	2 8 10 11 32 47