Number 7

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

118times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.21σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

47longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 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 7, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 18 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 7 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest72 · chance 66.9
2nd smallest38 · chance 41.8
3rd smallest6 · chance 8.5
4th smallest2 · chance 0.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 40 8 37 58 17

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10
The number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-04	3	1st	7 20 33 48 57 59
2026-06-24	6	1st	7 8 12 23 28 43
2026-06-03	3	1st	7 10 20 55 57 59
2026-05-23	5	4th	4 5

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

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