Number 56

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

114times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.18σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 34% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

60longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

56 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 114 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 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 56, draw by draw

Drawn 114 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 11 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 56 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 0.0
4th smallest2 · chance 2.0
5th smallest28 · chance 25.5
6th smallest84 · chance 86.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

49 33 4 10 13 50

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, 56 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 56 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-29	9	5th	5 10 22 38 56 58
2026-06-27	8	6th	22 34 41 43 54 56
2026-05-30	7	6th	4 17 18 20 23 56
2026-05-06	4	6th	7 31

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

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