Number 2

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

108times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.77σ

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

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

57longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 57 · 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 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 smallest94 · chance 98.7
2nd smallest14 · chance 9.3
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

54 23 32 1 40 51

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, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-29	10	1st	2 6 28 33 43 54
2026-07-25	39	1st	2 6 29 36 55 59
2026-03-11	5	1st	2 3 18 25 40 54
2026-02-21	5	1st	2 14

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

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