Number 49

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

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

48longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

49 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 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.

Number 49, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 48 · 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 49 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 smallest1 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest7 · chance 3.3
4th smallest17 · chance 19.2
5th smallest49 · chance 48.0
6th smallest39 · chance 42.2

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.

56 13 45 37 11 20

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, 49 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 49 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-05	34	5th	3 4 10 20 49 51
2026-05-09	5	6th	3 11 13 14 43 49
2026-04-22	2	5th	6 12 18 29 49 56
2026-04-15	16	3rd	22 45

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

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