Number 55

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

103times drawn · chance expected 116 −1.26σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

11.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

58longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

55 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −1.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 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 55, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 11.0 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 12 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 55 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 0.1
4th smallest4 · chance 3.3
5th smallest36 · chance 28.4
6th smallest63 · chance 71.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 54 58 1 22 49

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, 55 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 55 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-25	2	5th	2 6 29 36 55 59
2026-07-18	13	6th	22 32 34 47 52 55
2026-06-03	45	4th	7 10 20 55 57 59
2025-12-27	9	6th	20 36

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

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