Number 2

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

389times drawn · chance expected 393 −0.19σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

49longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 389 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, −0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 389 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 49 · 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 2 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 smallest349 · chance 348.1
2nd smallest40 · chance 40.9
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 40.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 32 9 23 25 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 39. 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 model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	1	1st	2 15 16 29 30
2026-09-18	15	1st	2 4 6 8 17
2026-08-22	2	1st	2 13 18 28 31
2026-08-19	26	1st	2 3 11

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: 2 is drawn with probability 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-12	2	1st	2 13 15 20 26
2025-12-09	23	1st	2 3 8 11 14
2025-10-29	1	1st	2 8 17 20 28
2025-10-28	4	2nd	1 2 10 20 34
2025-10-21	13	1st	2 3 28 37 38
2025-09-27	24	1st	2 7 26 33 35
2025-08-16	2	1st	2 4 14 23 37
2025-08-13	4	1st	2 5 17 30 36
2025-08-06	3	1st	2 3 19 27 38
2025-08-01	3	1st	2 9 20 23 27
2025-07-26	5	1st	2 5 28 38 39
2025-07-18	18	1st	2 9 12 27 30
2025-06-17	2	1st	2 6 12 17 39
2025-06-13	1	2nd	1 2 24 33 39
2025-06-11	9	1st	2 9 13 18 32
2025-05-27	12	1st	2 3 15 28 36
2025-05-06	4	1st	2 3 8 20 37
2025-04-29	28	1st	2 4 15 23 24
2025-03-11	5	1st	2 17 30 33 35
2025-03-01	3	1st	2 3 17 21 28
2025-02-25	12	1st	2 17 24 30 37
2025-02-04	4	1st	2 6 18 27 38
2025-01-28	11	1st	2 3 16 19 24
2025-01-08	3	1st	2 14 16 30 35
2025-01-03	18	2nd	1 2 31 35 39
2024-12-03	22	1st	2 13 22 32 38
2024-10-25	3	1st	2 8 20 30 33
2024-10-19	8	1st	2 13 25 26 37
2024-10-05	26	1st	2 14 22 23 26
2024-08-21	5	2nd	1 2 6 17 22
2024-08-13	5	1st	2 3 7 9 24
2024-08-03	3	1st	2 11 12 23 24
2024-07-30	2	1st	2 15 19 22 35
2024-07-26	8	1st	2 3 15 22 25
2024-07-12	13	1st	2 5 20 22 29
2024-06-19	12	2nd	1 2 18 29 34
2024-05-29	11	1st	2 3 7 19 20
2024-05-10	2	1st	2 4 23 32 33
2024-05-07	3	1st	2 8 9 28 38
2024-05-01	14	1st	2 12 15 21 22
2024-04-06	1	1st	2 11 14 30 33
2024-04-05	31	1st	2 7 23 35 38
2024-02-10	4	1st	2 4 6 14 38
2024-02-03	4	1st	2 11 17 32 39
2024-01-27	3	1st	2 14 18 27 35
2024-01-23	6	1st	2 9 28 35 37
2024-01-12	1	1st	2 7 17 33 34
2024-01-10	1	1st	2 11 14 32 34
2024-01-09	3	1st	2 12 25 32 39
2024-01-03	2	2nd	1 2 16 29 32
2023-12-30	5	2nd	1 2 3 5 22
2023-12-22	2	2nd	1 2 5 25 33
2023-12-19	4	1st	2 18 20 27 39
2023-12-12	2	1st	2 5 12 27 35
2023-12-08	4	1st	2 15 31 35 37
2023-12-01	19	1st	2 28 29 31 35
2023-10-28	1	1st	2 12 16 17 32
2023-10-27	19	1st	2 12 24 30 31
2023-09-23	8	1st	2 7 20 36 38
2023-09-09	17	1st	2 11 15 34 37
2023-08-11	16	1st	2 15 24 26 30
2023-07-14	1	1st	2 10 14 30 36
2023-07-12	1	2nd	1 2 6 28 35
2023-07-11	8	1st	2 4 12 21 25
2023-06-27	1	1st	2 6 12 22 23
2023-06-24	1	1st	2 5 10 15 28
2023-06-23	12	1st	2 11 22 23 35
2023-06-02	4	1st	2 5 11 18 20
2023-05-26	5	1st	2 10 33 34 38
2023-05-17	8	1st	2 25 32 33 34
2023-05-03	11	2nd	1 2 17 18 22
2023-04-14	5	1st	2 5 7 23 32
2023-04-05	15	1st	2 13 26 30 38
2023-03-10	15	1st	2 10 12 13 36
2023-02-11	13	1st	2 4 8 20 29
2023-01-20	4	1st	2 7 25 26 32
2023-01-13	7	1st	2 5 19 20 23
2022-12-31	8	1st	2 11 18 25 31
2022-12-17	3	1st	2 28 29 33 34
2022-12-13	14	1st	2 6 16 22 32
2022-11-18	2	1st	2 20 28 30 38
2022-11-15	1	1st	2 23 24 27 28
2022-11-12	25	1st	2 5 18 25 28
2022-09-30	9	1st	2 17 26 28 31
2022-09-14	25	1st	2 11 20 27 36
2022-08-02	3	1st	2 4 5 29 35
2022-07-27	9	1st	2 7 10 28 33
2022-07-12	8	1st	2 16 28 34 35
2022-06-28	8	1st	2 6 8 11 16
2022-06-14	9	1st	2 7 12 18 36
2022-05-28	9	1st	2 21 25 34 37
2022-05-13	4	1st	2 6 13 29 38
2022-05-06	13	1st	2 18 23 31 37
2022-04-13	14	1st	2 6 16 31 35
2022-03-19	10	1st	2 14 21 23 30
2022-03-02	1	1st	2 7 8 9 10
2022-03-01	4	1st	2 10 22 32 35
2022-02-22	4	1st	2 6 21 34 37
2022-02-15	2	2nd	1 2 12 23 39
2022-02-11	24	1st	2 8 18 37 38
2021-12-31	2	1st	2 6 11 12 37
2021-12-28	6	1st	2 4 13 28 38
2021-12-17	10	2nd	1 2 7 14 21
2021-11-30	1	1st	2 5 28 34 36
2021-11-27	5	1st	2 16 17 21 36
2021-11-19	4	1st	2 9 19 21 32
2021-11-12	4	1st	2 21 24 25 33
2021-11-05	6	1st	2 6 13 14 24
2021-10-26	14	2nd	1 2 7 27 37
2021-10-01	1	1st	2 8 20 28 37
2021-09-29	2	1st	2 12 30 31 35
2021-09-25	7	1st	2 7 9 27 35
2021-09-14	10	1st	2 9 15 32 35
2021-08-27	4	1st	2 18 22 33 35
2021-08-20	8	1st	2 24 33 37 39
2021-08-06	8	1st	2 6 15 23 24
2021-07-23	3	1st	2 9 11 29 39
2021-07-17	1	1st	2 11 13 32 33
2021-07-16	1	1st	2 4 9 18 22
2021-07-14	2	1st	2 11 13 19 31
2021-07-10	2	1st	2 10 13 24 25
2021-07-07	3	1st	2 9 15 23 32
2021-07-02	27	1st	2 9 10 23 36
2021-05-15	4	1st	2 3 15 22 28
2021-05-08	1	1st	2 13 24 36 38
2021-05-07	12	1st	2 3 5 6 17
2021-04-16	1	2nd	1 2 20 30 35
2021-04-14	14	1st	2 21 26 35 39
2021-03-20	3	1st	2 13 20 29 33
2021-03-16	5	1st	2 20 21 22 28
2021-03-06	49	1st	2 13 23 27 32
2020-12-11	15	2nd	1 2 11 12 30
2020-11-14	2	1st	2 17 18 35 37
2020-11-11	6	1st	2 4 7 12 18
2020-10-31	7	1st	2 4 13 24 34
2020-10-20	11	1st	2 3 15 25 30
2020-09-30	3	1st	2 5 6 12 28
2020-09-25	7	1st	2 5 8 14 24
2020-09-12	5	1st	2 5 6 16 33
2020-09-04	3	1st	2 7 34 38 39
2020-08-29	4	2nd	1 2 4 5 12
2020-08-22	7	1st	2 11 23 28 38
2020-08-11	1	1st	2 6 16 20 38
2020-08-08	19	2nd	1 2 5 27 29
2020-07-07	12	1st	2 9 11 15 20
2020-06-16	5	2nd	1 2 9 20 34
2020-06-06	16	1st	2 9 33 37 39
2020-05-09	10	1st	2 23 28 37 39
2020-04-22	25	1st	2 4 8 14 29
2020-03-10	1	1st	2 6 7 10 34
2020-03-07	9	1st	2 10 17 32 37
2020-02-21	22	1st	2 15 17 19 25
2020-01-14	3	1st	2 19 25 35 36
2020-01-08	13	1st	2 24 25 29 32
2019-12-17	2	1st	2 7 24 32 37
2019-12-13	17	1st	2 14 25 31 34
2019-11-13	28	1st	2 14 16 30 33
2019-09-25	30	2nd	1 2 5 17 22
2019-08-03	21	1st	2 9 12 16 35
2019-06-28	4	1st	2 10 18 21 24
2019-06-21	14	1st	2 4 12 22 35
2019-05-28	16	1st	2 6 7 32 39
2019-04-30	1	1st	2 10 15 21 37
2019-04-27	7	1st	2 22 26 32 39
2019-04-16	5	1st	2 14 16 22 38
2019-04-06	8	1st	2 8 14 18 39
2019-03-23	2	1st	2 14 22 31 33
2019-03-20	4	1st	2 12 14 26 27
2019-03-13	25	2nd	1 2 15 30 33
2019-01-29	11	1st	2 7 11 18 33
2019-01-09	5	1st	2 3 22 28 35
2019-01-01	9	1st	2 24 32 33 36
2018-12-15	26	1st	2 10 14 18 34
2018-10-31	3	1st	2 19 26 31 34
2018-10-26	2	1st	2 3 17 22 25
2018-10-23	1	2nd	1 2 9 25 26
2018-10-20	3	1st	2 20 33 36 38
2018-10-16	1	1st	2 7 23 34 35
2018-10-13	13	1st	2 19 21 22 31
2018-09-21	19	1st	2 8 14 20 21
2018-08-18	12	1st	2 10 13 24 33
2018-07-28	9	1st	2 3 9 25 32
2018-07-13	18	1st	2 8 9 20 34
2018-06-12	10	1st	2 5 20 30 39
2018-05-25	2	1st	2 5 19 22 39
2018-05-22	12	1st	2 33 34 35 38
2018-05-01	1	1st	2 4 16 20 21
2018-04-28	3	1st	2 13 21 25 30
2018-04-24	3	1st	2 13 26 30 33
2018-04-18	5	1st	2 3 5 9 21
2018-04-10	9	1st	2 7 23 33 34
2018-03-24	1	1st	2 12 36 37 38
2018-03-23	4	1st	2 4 10 28 35
2018-03-16	12	1st	2 4 25 32 38
2018-02-23	2	2nd	1 2 7 13 16
2018-02-20	19	1st	2 3 5 22 26
2018-01-13	12	1st	2 9 17 19 35
2017-12-16	2	1st	2 11 14 21 34
2017-12-13	3	1st	2 7 8 14 32
2017-12-06	9	1st	2 10 13 16 25
2017-11-15	6	1st	2 20 30 32 37
2017-11-01	3	1st	2 4 17 22 25
2017-10-25	13	2nd	1 2 6 31 34
2017-09-23	9	1st	2 10 13 25 37
2017-09-02	13	1st	2 11 18 28 38
2017-08-04	9	1st	2 16 27 28 37
2017-07-14	5	1st	2 10 12 19 37
2017-07-01	3	1st	2 16 18 30 37
2017-06-24	29	1st	2 4 12 25 39
2017-04-19	6	1st	2 5 27 38 39
2017-04-05	1	1st	2 6 13 34 36
2017-04-01	6	1st	2 9 22 23 29
2017-03-18	15	1st	2 7 16 25 37
2017-02-11	11	1st	2 11 15 27 31
2017-01-18	4	1st	2 10 15 18 39
2017-01-07	8	1st	2 5 23 29 36
2016-12-21	12	1st	2 4 5 13 18
2016-11-23	4	1st	2 4 10 24 29
2016-11-12	2	1st	2 15 21 24 39
2016-11-09	1	1st	2 7 22 26 36
2016-11-05	1	1st	2 16 18 24 26
2016-11-04	6	1st	2 15 27 31 32
2016-10-21	2	1st	2 11 22 29 37
2016-10-15	11	1st	2 9 23 26 32
2016-09-21	9	1st	2 4 7 19 34
2016-08-31	5	2nd	1 2 10 19 29
2016-08-19	4	1st	2 19 20 29 36
2016-08-10	4	1st	2 6 13 20 29
2016-07-30	11	1st	2 3 9 23 24
2016-07-06	1	1st	2 6 15 18 29
2016-07-02	2	1st	2 12 13 17 31
2016-06-29	17	2nd	1 2 5 32 34
2016-05-20	39	2nd	1 2 3 4 15
2016-02-19	17	1st	2 12 24 30 33
2016-01-09	6	1st	2 3 5 11 22
2015-12-26	2	1st	2 6 28 32 35
2015-12-23	4	1st	2 3 20 29 33
2015-12-12	2	1st	2 5 10 14 20
2015-12-09	3	1st	2 5 7 19 31
2015-12-02	4	1st	2 6 25 29 34
2015-11-21	7	1st	2 17 27 34 35
2015-11-06	3	1st	2 15 32 33 39
2015-10-30	11	1st	2 10 31 36 39
2015-10-03	9	1st	2 11 12 16 23
2015-09-12	2	1st	2 24 30 32 36
2015-09-09	27	1st	2 3 9 13 28
2015-07-08	5	1st	2 6 19 37 38
2015-06-26	3	1st	2 3 6 13 20
2015-06-19	2	1st	2 3 4 5 14
2015-06-13	9	2nd	1 2 8 17 21
2015-05-23	4	1st	2 15 16 31 37
2015-05-15	3	1st	2 24 29 30 35
2015-05-08	11	1st	2 3 19 20 34
2015-04-11	2	1st	2 7 11 18 28
2015-04-08	10	1st	2 9 12 29 38
2015-03-14	11	1st	2 5 17 19 37
2015-02-18	9	2nd	1 2 26 32 35
2015-01-28	1	1st	2 12 14 19 21
2015-01-24	8	1st	2 8 9 18 36
2015-01-07	7	2nd	1 2 7 19 39
2014-12-20	3	2nd	1 2 12 29 32
2014-12-13	22	1st	2 16 19 23 25
2014-10-24	3	2nd	1 2 7 27 30
2014-10-17	4	1st	2 6 10 22 38
2014-10-08	7	1st	2 19 23 29 33
2014-09-20	4	1st	2 8 20 24 38
2014-09-12	17	1st	2 3 5 18 27
2014-08-02	1	1st	2 5 11 20 32
2014-08-01	10	1st	2 7 8 9 22
2014-07-09	26	1st	2 6 10 15 25
2014-05-09	13	1st	2 19 20 23 32
2014-04-09	2	1st	2 7 8 13 26
2014-04-04	19	1st	2 20 34 37 39
2014-02-19	5	1st	2 8 9 20 32
2014-02-07	9	1st	2 7 11 16 39
2014-01-17	3	1st	2 18 21 22 37
2014-01-10	3	1st	2 9 20 35 39
2014-01-03	3	1st	2 8 15 22 33
2013-12-27	1	1st	2 5 11 25 39
2013-12-25	4	1st	2 13 26 29 33
2013-12-14	3	1st	2 12 13 19 24
2013-12-07	9	1st	2 11 12 13 22
2013-11-16	1	1st	2 5 7 13 37
2013-11-15	1	1st	2 22 28 29 32
2013-11-13	5	1st	2 10 21 25 27
2013-11-01	18	2nd	1 2 9 10 34
2013-09-20	2	1st	2 3 17 26 37
2013-09-14	2	1st	2 18 23 30 31
2013-09-11	12	1st	2 7 14 29 35
2013-08-14	2	1st	2 4 7 8 22
2013-08-09	15	1st	2 5 15 22 29
2013-07-05	5	1st	2 20 21 25 38
2013-06-22	1	1st	2 11 23 32 38
2013-06-21	4	1st	2 13 20 34 35
2013-06-12	1	1st	2 4 15 20 35
2013-06-08	5	1st	2 19 20 31 38
2013-05-29	15	1st	2 3 9 19 32
2013-04-24	3	1st	2 5 20 33 36
2013-04-17	5	1st	2 12 19 25 29
2013-04-05	16	1st	2 17 19 22 32
2013-02-27	2	1st	2 8 25 29 31
2013-02-22	16	1st	2 8 21 26 32
2013-01-16	6	1st	2 17 27 31 32
2013-01-02	3	1st	2 17 32 34 38
2012-12-26	2	1st	2 3 31 32 36
2012-12-21	6	1st	2 19 21 23 34
2012-12-07	6	1st	2 10 15 30 39
2012-11-23	15	1st	2 4 6 18 19
2012-10-19	1	1st	2 8 9 25 30
2012-10-17	3	1st	2 9 16 31 33
2012-10-10	2	1st	2 30 34 35 38
2012-10-05	2	1st	2 11 20 25 32
2012-09-29	2	1st	2 9 13 16 20
2012-09-26	1	1st	2 3 14 21 37
2012-09-22	10	1st	2 18 28 32 33
2012-08-31	6	1st	2 12 21 24 25
2012-08-17	15	1st	2 7 20 21 33
2012-07-13	10	1st	2 14 22 27 29
2012-06-20	14	1st	2 10 13 26 29
2012-05-18	9	1st	2 24 25 27 32
2012-04-27	12	1st	2 18 23 25 36
2012-03-30	3	1st	2 4 17 20 23
2012-03-23	1	1st	2 4 14 24 30
2012-03-21	4	2nd	1 2 15 18 32
2012-03-10	4	1st	2 15 21 29 34
2012-03-02	1	2nd	1 2 10 26 32
2012-02-29	17	1st	2 7 30 34 36
2012-01-20	1	1st	2 9 11 20 24
2012-01-18	2	1st	2 4 7 23 25
2012-01-13	4	1st	2 9 14 17 30
2012-01-04	7	1st	2 14 18 37 38
2011-12-17	25	1st	2 5 9 27 29
2011-10-21	7	1st	2 4 9 21 25
2011-10-05	6	1st	2 8 9 26 30
2011-09-21	5	1st	2 4 13 15 23
2011-09-09	4	2nd	1 2 10 30 38
2011-08-31	6	1st	2 15 20 29 38
2011-08-17	3	1st	2 11 16 23 31
2011-08-10	16	2nd	1 2 13 21 31
2011-07-02	10	1st	2 9 16 17 34
2011-06-10	15	1st	2 11 13 29 38
2011-05-06	3	1st	2 8 15 21 23
2011-04-29	2	1st	2 17 19 28 30
2011-04-23	26	1st	2 14 15 16 37
2011-02-23	4	1st	2 3 21 27 35
2011-02-12	2	1st	2 10 17 23 25
2011-02-09	11	1st	2 13 22 24 34
2011-01-14	11	1st	2 4 17 34 36
2010-12-18	26	1st	2 8 12 17 21
2010-10-20	6	1st	2 10 29 36 39
2010-10-06	21	1st	2 14 23 30 34
2010-08-18	5	1st	2 7 18 25 39
2010-08-06	6	1st	2 9 12 27 31
2010-07-23	6	1st	2 4 16 23 39
2010-07-09	1	1st	2 21 33 35 38
2010-07-07	14	1st	2 3 9 24 25
2010-06-04	13	1st	2 6 23 33 36
2010-05-01	10	1st	2 6 15 24 30
2010-03-27	7	1st	2 20 22 33 34
2010-03-03	2	2nd	1 2 4 9 11
2010-02-24	5	1st	2 10 11 14 21
2010-02-06	3	1st	2 11 19 21 23
2010-01-27	2	1st	2 10 14 25 27
2010-01-20	5	1st	2 4 31 32 33
2010-01-02	—	1st	2 18 21 26 33