Number 15

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

114times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.18σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

44longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

15 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 114 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 15, draw by draw

Drawn 114 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 1 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 15 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 smallest29 · chance 27.0
2nd smallest52 · chance 47.3
3rd smallest23 · chance 30.0
4th smallest8 · chance 8.6
5th smallest1 · chance 1.1
6th smallest1 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 45 12 37 59 1

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, 15 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 15 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-02	21	2nd	1 15 21 24 32 51
2026-06-20	2	1st	15 28 30 33 39 58
2026-06-13	9	2nd	12 15 31 32 48 58
2026-05-13	7	3rd	9 12

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

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