Number 50

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

109times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.67σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

10.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

49longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

50 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 25 times, counted separately.

Number 50, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.4 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 8 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 50 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 0.1
3rd smallest5 · chance 2.3
4th smallest21 · chance 15.8
5th smallest36 · chance 45.4
6th smallest47 · chance 45.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 56 8 13 18 30

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, 50 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 50 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-08	1	5th	14 18 26 45 50 53
2026-08-05	20	6th	24 26 27 39 47 50
2026-05-27	24	6th	33 36 38 46 47 50
2026-03-04	5	5th	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: 50 is drawn with probability 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

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