Number 52

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

130times drawn · chance expected 116 +1.39σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

48longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

52 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 130 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +1.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 52, draw by draw

Drawn 130 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 14 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 52 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 smallest1 · chance 1.3
4th smallest15 · chance 12.4
5th smallest53 · chance 49.6
6th smallest61 · chance 66.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 27 39 47 58 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, 52 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 52 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-18	17	5th	22 32 34 47 52 55
2026-05-20	6	5th	9 20 24 51 52 59
2026-04-29	9	6th	4 14 22 32 38 52
2026-03-28	14	6th	9 24

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

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