Number 7

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

85times drawn · chance expected 84 +0.10σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

33longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 85 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, +0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 85 times in 791 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 33 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest46 · chance 47.6
2nd smallest29 · chance 30.9
3rd smallest9 · chance 6.1
4th smallest1 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 11 20 38 3 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-12	2	2nd	4 7 19 26 45
2026-10-05	25	1st	7 9 15 35 47
2026-07-09	7	1st	7 35 40 46 47
2026-06-15	17	1st	7 8 14 17

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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