Number 46

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

113times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.28σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

54longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 17 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 46 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.8
3rd smallest5 · chance 7.0
4th smallest33 · chance 27.3
5th smallest47 · chance 47.8
6th smallest28 · chance 30.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 27 39 52 59 3

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, 46 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-08	12	5th	30 35 39 45 46 53
2026-05-27	15	4th	33 36 38 46 47 50
2026-04-04	9	6th	15 16 23 32 42 46
2026-03-04	7	4th	20 33

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

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