Number 54

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

131times drawn · chance expected 116 +1.49σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

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

54 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 131 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +1.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 54, draw by draw

Drawn 131 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 2 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 54 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 0.4
4th smallest6 · chance 6.7
5th smallest43 · chance 41.9
6th smallest82 · chance 82.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 22 23 11 10 34

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, 54 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 54 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-29	1	6th	2 6 28 33 43 54
2026-08-26	2	6th	11 13 14 21 47 54
2026-08-19	2	6th	1 6 24 32 48 54
2026-08-12	12	6th	3 14

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

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