Number 14

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

116times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.02σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

43longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

14 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 14, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 3 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 14 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 smallest27 · chance 30.9
2nd smallest48 · chance 49.0
3rd smallest34 · chance 28.0
4th smallest5 · chance 7.2
5th smallest2 · chance 0.8
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 19 11 53 10 33

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, 14 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 14 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-26	4	3rd	11 13 14 21 47 54
2026-08-12	1	2nd	3 14 22 24 34 54
2026-08-08	7	1st	14 18 26 45 50 53
2026-07-15	19	3rd	4 13

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

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