Number 51

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

39longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

51 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 15 times, counted separately.

Number 51, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 51 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 smallest0 · chance 1.7
4th smallest13 · chance 13.5
5th smallest48 · chance 45.4
6th smallest52 · chance 52.3

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.

17 20 15 34 36 47

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, 51 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 51 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-05	1	6th	3 4 10 20 49 51
2026-09-02	22	6th	1 15 21 24 32 51
2026-06-17	8	6th	26 31 36 41 45 51
2026-05-20	21	4th	9 20

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

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