Number 53

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

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

44longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

53 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 19 times, counted separately.

Number 53, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 53 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.6
4th smallest10 · chance 7.9
5th smallest39 · chance 38.6
6th smallest60 · chance 61.8

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.

14 3 22 5 13 29

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, 53 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 53 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-08	5	6th	14 18 26 45 50 53
2026-07-22	4	6th	3 9 12 23 32 53
2026-07-08	21	6th	30 35 39 45 46 53
2026-04-25	3	6th	3 10

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

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