Number 59

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

124times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.80σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

62longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

59 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 124 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 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 59, draw by draw

Drawn 124 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 4 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 59 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest124 · chance 124.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 18 36 15 20 46

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, 59 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 59 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-22	2	6th	11 28 41 48 57 59
2026-08-15	6	6th	17 27 28 42 47 59
2026-07-25	6	6th	2 6 29 36 55 59
2026-07-04	9	6th	7 20

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

2024-11-16	13	6th	12 16 31 38 58 59
2024-10-02	13	6th	4 5 6 20 21 59
2024-08-17	2	6th	3 6 10 18 52 59
2024-08-10	10	6th	2 25 40 42 48 59
2024-07-06	7	6th	11 18 24 37 47 59
2024-06-12	11	6th	13 40 41 42 51 59
2024-05-04	3	6th	2 7 16 31 54 59
2024-04-24	15	6th	8 14 18 53 56 59
2024-03-02	17	6th	2 20 34 40 48 59
2024-01-03	7	6th	1 5 19 27 38 59
2023-12-09	13	6th	15 27 33 44 46 59
2023-10-25	11	6th	16 20 33 41 47 59
2023-09-16	2	6th	7 17 22 24 31 59
2023-09-09	3	6th	15 20 39 43 49 59
2023-08-30	4	6th	11 19 20 25 48 59
2023-08-16	11	6th	8 10 32 43 51 59
2023-07-08	3	6th	6 15 18 23 24 59
2023-06-28	7	6th	31 32 33 40 56 59
2023-06-03	22	6th	4 13 15 20 22 59
2023-03-18	3	6th	13 22 39 46 54 59
2023-03-08	10	6th	5 29 41 49 57 59
2023-02-01	11	6th	16 28 29 31 53 59
2022-12-24	18	6th	1 8 14 46 49 59
2022-10-22	1	6th	11 33 42 56 58 59
2022-10-19	17	6th	2 13 18 45 50 59
2022-08-20	11	6th	3 5 6 9 35 59
2022-07-13	4	6th	12 13 19 39 42 59
2022-06-29	3	6th	3 17 21 26 46 59
2022-06-18	2	6th	11 14 36 39 42 59
2022-06-11	2	6th	20 21 32 34 52 59
2022-06-04	16	6th	9 19 41 46 52 59
2022-04-09	15	6th	10 11 18 29 44 59
2022-02-16	4	6th	21 27 31 50 53 59
2022-02-02	3	6th	6 22 29 48 50 59
2022-01-22	3	6th	1 20 25 35 46 59
2022-01-12	5	6th	8 21 37 39 56 59
2021-12-25	10	6th	15 24 26 30 42 59
2021-11-20	6	6th	5 16 17 32 51 59
2021-10-30	19	6th	7 18 47 51 56 59
2021-08-25	8	6th	7 15 30 39 52 59
2021-07-28	16	6th	23 26 34 36 44 59
2021-06-02	10	6th	1 15 17 33 53 59
2021-04-28	41	6th	1 4 27 48 57 59
2020-12-05	7	6th	13 38 47 51 52 59
2020-11-11	3	6th	6 36 46 49 50 59
2020-10-31	1	6th	1 6 16 34 49 59
2020-10-28	32	6th	11 18 27 38 47 59
2020-07-08	13	6th	5 18 22 31 50 59
2020-05-23	8	6th	15 37 38 42 45 59
2020-04-25	1	6th	3 9 21 25 28 59
2020-04-22	21	6th	3 8 18 47 50 59
2020-02-08	2	6th	8 35 42 43 54 59
2020-02-01	1	6th	7 42 44 47 58 59
2020-01-29	6	6th	7 23 40 42 47 59
2020-01-08	15	6th	2 23 42 47 50 59
2019-11-16	6	6th	2 10 25 51 56 59
2019-10-26	62	6th	16 23 26 38 56 59
2019-03-23	2	6th	6 26 30 50 52 59
2019-03-16	12	6th	6 26 32 37 42 59
2019-02-02	15	6th	1 6 41 53 55 59
2018-12-12	10	6th	3 22 31 46 51 59
2018-11-07	4	6th	4 5 9 40 46 59
2018-10-24	1	6th	9 22 32 40 51 59
2018-10-20	7	6th	12 18 40 42 46 59
2018-09-26	6	6th	3 8 37 39 47 59
2018-09-05	34	6th	12 18 22 23 48 59
2018-05-09	6	6th	18 21 25 30 56 59
2018-04-18	2	6th	4 11 21 39 41 59
2018-04-11	5	6th	21 25 32 52 56 59
2018-03-24	4	6th	3 11 16 36 43 59
2018-03-10	13	6th	3 7 36 42 53 59
2018-01-24	8	6th	1 22 39 44 48 59
2017-12-27	12	6th	18 36 48 57 58 59
2017-11-15	7	6th	2 11 22 36 51 59
2017-10-21	14	6th	3 31 37 41 44 59
2017-09-02	1	6th	30 33 35 40 41 59
2017-08-30	6	6th	34 42 46 57 58 59
2017-08-09	3	6th	5 9 25 34 51 59
2017-07-29	8	6th	1 26 41 55 56 59
2017-07-01	9	6th	2 19 36 52 54 59
2017-05-31	2	6th	18 23 28 52 56 59
2017-05-24	8	6th	3 30 44 45 55 59
2017-04-26	2	6th	12 15 30 43 47 59
2017-04-19	17	6th	4 27 47 54 55 59
2017-02-18	11	6th	11 13 21 37 49 59
2017-01-11	24	6th	21 26 29 35 46 59
2016-10-19	16	6th	2 3 4 32 54 59
2016-08-24	2	6th	4 10 15 37 38 59
2016-08-17	2	6th	4 15 27 36 37 59
2016-08-10	5	6th	11 17 35 36 40 59
2016-07-23	1	6th	19 20 30 37 54 59
2016-07-20	25	6th	18 29 30 37 46 59
2016-04-23	18	6th	2 14 26 35 44 59
2016-02-20	1	6th	2 17 35 41 57 59
2016-02-17	1	6th	5 15 33 47 51 59
2016-02-13	9	6th	15 16 23 39 48 59
2016-01-13	4	6th	4 12 38 46 57 59
2015-12-30	17	6th	22 31 47 52 55 59
2015-10-31	2	6th	26 39 41 42 55 59
2015-10-24	—	6th	29 31 43 55 58 59