Number 7

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,063 draws, 5 from 1–39.

406times drawn · chance expected 393 +0.72σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

44longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 406 times in 3,063 draws against 392.7 expected, +0.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 406 times in 3,063 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 9 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 smallest194 · chance 197.8
2nd smallest172 · chance 163.7
3rd smallest38 · chance 40.9
4th smallest2 · chance 3.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 19 34 18 13 28

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-26	9	2nd	4 7 12 17 37
2026-09-11	7	2nd	3 7 17 25 28
2026-08-29	2	1st	7 12 18 19 20
2026-08-26	8	1st	7 22 26

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-30	2	2nd	6 7 18 28 35
2025-12-26	19	2nd	3 7 18 23 31
2025-11-22	1	1st	7 10 17 21 30
2025-11-21	21	1st	7 17 21 27 28
2025-10-15	7	1st	7 11 17 26 37
2025-10-03	3	1st	7 16 26 31 37
2025-09-27	10	2nd	2 7 26 33 35
2025-09-10	1	1st	7 8 18 30 32
2025-09-09	2	1st	7 12 19 22 39
2025-09-05	2	2nd	3 7 16 27 36
2025-09-02	1	2nd	3 7 10 16 39
2025-08-30	9	1st	7 18 24 28 31
2025-08-15	9	1st	7 19 25 35 37
2025-07-30	10	2nd	6 7 13 21 31
2025-07-12	10	1st	7 8 16 19 38
2025-06-25	2	1st	7 13 20 23 30
2025-06-21	2	1st	7 17 28 30 37
2025-06-18	5	2nd	5 7 10 11 18
2025-06-10	7	1st	7 15 24 25 32
2025-05-28	8	2nd	3 7 8 18 28
2025-05-14	31	2nd	4 7 27 32 37
2025-03-21	15	2nd	3 7 11 12 29
2025-02-22	13	1st	7 18 27 29 39
2025-01-31	5	1st	7 14 18 24 27
2025-01-22	18	1st	7 20 21 26 33
2024-12-21	2	1st	7 13 26 31 38
2024-12-18	15	1st	7 15 19 28 37
2024-11-22	29	1st	7 13 17 19 25
2024-10-02	17	1st	7 15 21 26 32
2024-09-03	12	1st	7 17 23 24 28
2024-08-13	19	3rd	2 3 7 9 24
2024-07-10	2	1st	7 14 26 30 37
2024-07-06	2	1st	7 8 13 14 35
2024-07-03	20	1st	7 13 20 22 26
2024-05-29	9	3rd	2 3 7 19 20
2024-05-14	6	1st	7 16 17 27 36
2024-05-03	3	2nd	3 7 11 18 32
2024-04-27	5	1st	7 20 24 27 28
2024-04-19	1	1st	7 17 19 21 24
2024-04-17	5	1st	7 16 29 32 35
2024-04-09	2	1st	7 11 25 38 39
2024-04-05	1	2nd	2 7 23 35 38
2024-04-03	7	1st	7 29 34 35 38
2024-03-22	5	1st	7 9 17 19 33
2024-03-13	1	1st	7 8 21 24 29
2024-03-12	12	1st	7 8 9 11 38
2024-02-20	1	1st	7 10 21 28 33
2024-02-17	6	1st	7 15 25 26 39
2024-02-07	3	2nd	3 7 10 13 30
2024-02-02	1	1st	7 11 31 33 37
2024-01-31	8	2nd	5 7 15 26 37
2024-01-17	3	1st	7 17 21 27 36
2024-01-12	19	2nd	2 7 17 33 34
2023-12-09	14	1st	7 16 25 28 31
2023-11-15	7	2nd	4 7 22 26 29
2023-11-03	7	2nd	4 7 19 26 28
2023-10-21	2	3rd	1 5 7 29 30
2023-10-18	2	1st	7 32 34 35 36
2023-10-14	3	3rd	1 6 7 16 36
2023-10-10	3	2nd	5 7 13 20 37
2023-10-04	5	1st	7 12 15 21 23
2023-09-26	1	1st	7 10 12 25 28
2023-09-23	21	2nd	2 7 20 36 38
2023-08-18	5	1st	7 15 18 25 27
2023-08-09	4	2nd	1 7 11 22 24
2023-08-02	7	1st	7 13 26 27 30
2023-07-21	2	1st	7 12 18 25 37
2023-07-18	1	3rd	3 4 7 12 13
2023-07-15	19	1st	7 11 13 30 35
2023-06-13	20	1st	7 8 10 14 18
2023-05-09	5	3rd	1 5 7 31 32
2023-04-29	7	1st	7 17 20 25 37
2023-04-18	2	1st	7 25 28 34 35
2023-04-14	9	3rd	2 5 7 23 32
2023-03-29	7	1st	7 16 21 30 35
2023-03-17	2	1st	7 9 24 32 36
2023-03-14	11	2nd	1 7 16 25 33
2023-02-22	19	2nd	3 7 14 26 29
2023-01-20	3	2nd	2 7 25 26 32
2023-01-14	11	1st	7 8 13 29 33
2022-12-27	4	2nd	5 7 14 16 35
2022-12-20	44	2nd	1 7 10 15 37
2022-10-04	10	1st	7 13 28 34 38
2022-09-16	17	1st	7 11 19 36 38
2022-08-17	7	1st	7 14 20 25 39
2022-08-05	5	1st	7 11 19 27 36
2022-07-27	3	2nd	2 7 10 28 33
2022-07-22	1	2nd	1 7 15 25 30
2022-07-20	9	1st	7 8 14 26 30
2022-07-05	6	1st	7 19 24 27 36
2022-06-24	6	2nd	5 7 8 27 30
2022-06-14	2	2nd	2 7 12 18 36
2022-06-10	6	2nd	4 7 21 25 37
2022-05-31	13	1st	7 11 17 31 36
2022-05-07	9	1st	7 10 20 21 27
2022-04-22	6	1st	7 8 17 24 32
2022-04-12	3	1st	7 21 29 36 37
2022-04-06	5	2nd	4 7 9 20 37
2022-03-29	1	1st	7 26 27 29 34
2022-03-26	12	2nd	4 7 11 31 33
2022-03-05	1	1st	7 20 26 30 34
2022-03-04	1	1st	7 15 25 26 30
2022-03-02	4	2nd	2 7 8 9 10
2022-02-23	3	2nd	1 7 19 24 30
2022-02-18	8	2nd	6 7 9 20 23
2022-02-04	3	1st	7 19 23 26 29
2022-01-29	10	2nd	5 7 11 25 35
2022-01-12	1	2nd	4 7 18 26 31
2022-01-11	10	2nd	6 7 16 17 18
2021-12-24	3	1st	7 22 29 32 38
2021-12-18	1	2nd	3 7 9 32 36
2021-12-17	3	3rd	1 2 7 14 21
2021-12-11	22	1st	7 12 28 34 37
2021-11-03	4	1st	7 10 16 22 35
2021-10-27	1	2nd	6 7 15 22 38
2021-10-26	16	3rd	1 2 7 27 37
2021-09-28	1	2nd	3 7 13 15 21
2021-09-25	2	2nd	2 7 9 27 35
2021-09-22	2	2nd	6 7 11 13 20
2021-09-18	6	1st	7 13 17 19 35
2021-09-08	3	2nd	5 7 22 32 38
2021-09-03	2	1st	7 16 18 32 33
2021-08-31	19	2nd	3 7 18 33 37
2021-07-28	1	1st	7 30 33 36 38
2021-07-27	18	2nd	3 7 9 26 28
2021-06-25	3	1st	7 11 21 33 39
2021-06-19	6	2nd	6 7 18 23 34
2021-06-09	24	2nd	4 7 11 28 34
2021-04-28	5	1st	7 9 10 16 26
2021-04-20	4	2nd	4 7 11 17 22
2021-04-13	1	1st	7 10 20 25 37
2021-04-10	7	2nd	5 7 19 27 37
2021-03-30	17	1st	7 18 20 26 39
2021-02-27	4	2nd	5 7 15 19 31
2021-02-20	7	1st	7 15 27 33 36
2021-02-09	7	1st	7 8 14 21 34
2021-01-27	17	1st	7 10 15 21 33
2020-12-29	1	1st	7 10 15 24 39
2020-12-26	7	2nd	3 7 14 33 38
2020-12-15	5	1st	7 14 17 21 32
2020-12-05	1	1st	7 11 22 36 39
2020-12-04	5	1st	7 14 19 25 34
2020-11-25	1	2nd	5 7 10 11 26
2020-11-24	3	3rd	4 6 7 9 37
2020-11-18	4	2nd	3 7 9 30 35
2020-11-11	19	3rd	2 4 7 12 18
2020-10-09	4	1st	7 12 33 35 38
2020-10-02	5	2nd	6 7 22 33 36
2020-09-23	11	1st	7 17 30 36 39
2020-09-04	8	2nd	2 7 34 38 39
2020-08-21	5	2nd	5 7 15 24 25
2020-08-12	3	3rd	1 3 7 10 35
2020-08-07	16	2nd	1 7 9 34 39
2020-07-10	8	1st	7 14 17 18 33
2020-06-26	2	2nd	4 7 14 29 39
2020-06-23	7	2nd	4 7 10 16 22
2020-06-10	8	1st	7 9 16 28 37
2020-05-27	15	1st	7 14 20 23 36
2020-05-01	1	1st	7 19 26 28 29
2020-04-29	6	2nd	6 7 19 34 39
2020-04-18	1	1st	7 9 10 34 35
2020-04-17	1	1st	7 9 15 21 27
2020-04-15	7	1st	7 21 26 28 36
2020-04-03	1	1st	7 12 18 19 26
2020-04-01	8	2nd	5 7 28 29 34
2020-03-18	5	1st	7 19 21 24 25
2020-03-10	14	3rd	2 6 7 10 34
2020-02-14	3	2nd	3 7 8 10 16
2020-02-08	17	1st	7 21 28 35 38
2020-01-10	12	1st	7 20 28 29 34
2019-12-20	2	1st	7 10 23 29 39
2019-12-17	3	2nd	2 7 24 32 37
2019-12-11	8	2nd	6 7 10 23 34
2019-11-27	10	2nd	3 7 19 32 38
2019-11-09	9	2nd	5 7 13 18 35
2019-10-25	2	1st	7 17 30 33 35
2019-10-22	27	2nd	4 7 20 23 27
2019-09-04	4	2nd	3 7 21 24 29
2019-08-28	2	1st	7 19 25 33 38
2019-08-24	4	1st	7 9 15 33 39
2019-08-17	1	2nd	1 7 8 22 29
2019-08-16	25	2nd	5 7 21 27 32
2019-07-03	18	1st	7 12 14 29 39
2019-06-01	3	1st	7 20 22 23 32
2019-05-28	4	3rd	2 6 7 32 39
2019-05-21	10	2nd	1 7 9 14 31
2019-05-03	16	1st	7 16 22 30 38
2019-04-05	4	1st	7 9 21 27 39
2019-03-29	31	2nd	3 7 16 29 32
2019-02-02	2	1st	7 12 15 22 34
2019-01-30	1	1st	7 10 15 25 37
2019-01-29	23	2nd	2 7 11 18 33
2018-12-19	11	2nd	1 7 9 14 27
2018-11-30	3	2nd	4 7 16 24 34
2018-11-24	3	1st	7 11 18 24 38
2018-11-20	4	2nd	1 7 15 21 30
2018-11-13	5	2nd	3 7 10 22 39
2018-11-03	11	1st	7 21 27 35 39
2018-10-16	2	2nd	2 7 23 34 35
2018-10-12	11	1st	7 18 20 22 31
2018-09-22	5	2nd	5 7 18 20 23
2018-09-14	30	1st	7 17 18 23 30
2018-07-24	9	2nd	4 7 8 14 28
2018-07-07	2	1st	7 18 19 26 35
2018-07-04	2	2nd	5 7 12 15 29
2018-06-30	2	1st	7 10 29 32 34
2018-06-27	3	2nd	5 7 22 35 37
2018-06-22	2	2nd	1 7 19 20 25
2018-06-19	8	2nd	4 7 17 34 36
2018-06-05	2	1st	7 10 13 16 31
2018-06-01	16	1st	7 13 20 21 34
2018-05-04	4	1st	7 10 13 16 19
2018-04-27	1	1st	7 18 25 29 39
2018-04-25	9	2nd	1 7 11 31 34
2018-04-10	4	2nd	2 7 23 33 34
2018-04-03	8	2nd	5 7 10 17 34
2018-03-20	11	1st	7 15 18 19 34
2018-02-28	3	1st	7 9 20 28 30
2018-02-23	4	3rd	1 2 7 13 16
2018-02-16	1	3rd	3 5 7 10 36
2018-02-14	15	1st	7 11 15 19 27
2018-01-17	15	1st	7 21 22 29 37
2017-12-13	7	2nd	2 7 8 14 32
2017-11-25	15	2nd	4 7 11 13 34
2017-10-21	1	3rd	1 3 7 28 38
2017-10-20	6	1st	7 12 19 24 37
2017-10-06	9	2nd	6 7 20 24 39
2017-09-15	7	1st	7 27 28 31 36
2017-08-30	6	1st	7 9 21 25 33
2017-08-16	1	1st	7 10 20 29 38
2017-08-12	5	3rd	4 5 7 16 31
2017-08-02	3	1st	7 10 15 19 24
2017-07-26	2	2nd	6 7 12 19 34
2017-07-21	2	3rd	5 6 7 14 35
2017-07-15	25	1st	7 9 14 30 34
2017-05-19	5	2nd	3 7 9 28 32
2017-05-06	21	2nd	1 7 21 33 34
2017-03-18	2	2nd	2 7 16 25 37
2017-03-15	1	2nd	1 7 23 30 34
2017-03-11	19	2nd	4 7 15 25 34
2017-01-27	12	3rd	3 5 7 17 36
2016-12-30	11	2nd	5 7 17 18 33
2016-12-03	7	1st	7 13 18 23 29
2016-11-18	4	2nd	6 7 9 24 38
2016-11-09	5	2nd	2 7 22 26 36
2016-10-28	1	2nd	1 7 23 33 37
2016-10-26	6	1st	7 13 15 24 38
2016-10-12	6	2nd	1 7 15 21 32
2016-09-28	3	1st	7 13 22 27 34
2016-09-21	17	3rd	2 4 7 19 34
2016-08-12	6	1st	7 13 20 24 33
2016-07-29	2	2nd	6 7 16 22 29
2016-07-23	1	2nd	4 7 22 23 24
2016-07-22	6	1st	7 9 13 21 24
2016-07-08	3	1st	7 13 18 23 36
2016-07-01	7	1st	7 8 11 24 36
2016-06-15	3	1st	7 10 20 27 39
2016-06-08	1	1st	7 10 17 20 22
2016-06-04	18	1st	7 25 26 34 35
2016-04-23	10	1st	7 12 18 25 32
2016-04-01	16	2nd	6 7 10 12 26
2016-02-24	18	2nd	6 7 28 30 38
2016-01-13	2	1st	7 31 34 35 36
2016-01-08	13	2nd	3 7 12 16 34
2015-12-09	38	3rd	2 5 7 19 31
2015-09-11	10	2nd	3 7 13 23 33
2015-08-19	1	1st	7 24 27 34 36
2015-08-15	3	1st	7 10 21 22 33
2015-08-08	6	2nd	1 7 9 14 29
2015-07-25	11	2nd	6 7 11 23 29
2015-07-01	17	1st	7 18 22 27 38
2015-05-22	17	1st	7 15 18 27 32
2015-04-11	7	2nd	2 7 11 18 28
2015-03-27	2	1st	7 9 22 30 34
2015-03-21	7	1st	7 8 12 14 18
2015-03-06	4	2nd	4 7 17 24 37
2015-02-25	17	1st	7 10 24 30 37
2015-01-16	4	2nd	4 7 10 19 26
2015-01-07	5	3rd	1 2 7 19 39
2014-12-26	14	1st	7 19 24 29 37
2014-11-22	5	1st	7 8 11 30 31
2014-11-12	8	1st	7 12 19 30 34
2014-10-24	19	3rd	1 2 7 27 30
2014-09-10	1	1st	7 9 16 31 36
2014-09-06	5	2nd	3 7 14 38 39
2014-08-27	11	2nd	6 7 9 26 35
2014-08-01	3	2nd	2 7 8 9 22
2014-07-25	10	2nd	1 7 23 27 39
2014-07-02	10	3rd	1 5 7 28 32
2014-06-07	16	1st	7 11 23 34 35
2014-05-02	1	2nd	5 7 10 13 33
2014-04-30	4	1st	7 16 17 23 26
2014-04-19	2	2nd	1 7 9 24 38
2014-04-16	3	1st	7 16 19 25 27
2014-04-09	5	2nd	2 7 8 13 26
2014-03-28	6	2nd	4 7 8 17 38
2014-03-14	6	1st	7 9 13 28 31
2014-02-28	3	3rd	3 6 7 26 38
2014-02-21	2	1st	7 10 29 35 37
2014-02-15	4	2nd	6 7 14 17 18
2014-02-07	6	2nd	2 7 11 16 39
2014-01-24	29	2nd	5 7 10 12 29
2013-11-16	5	3rd	2 5 7 13 37
2013-11-06	24	3rd	3 6 7 14 37
2013-09-11	7	2nd	2 7 14 29 35
2013-08-24	5	1st	7 22 30 33 36
2013-08-14	14	3rd	2 4 7 8 22
2013-07-12	1	2nd	4 7 11 15 20
2013-07-10	1	1st	7 19 21 30 36
2013-07-06	18	2nd	5 7 8 13 23
2013-05-25	2	2nd	5 7 21 29 31
2013-05-22	5	1st	7 13 14 20 36
2013-05-10	6	1st	7 15 20 27 31
2013-04-26	3	3rd	5 6 7 14 20
2013-04-19	7	1st	7 9 10 13 29
2013-04-03	4	1st	7 11 13 19 22
2013-03-23	2	1st	7 13 18 28 33
2013-03-20	2	2nd	3 7 14 15 30
2013-03-15	15	1st	7 10 18 30 35
2013-02-08	12	1st	7 23 25 27 35
2013-01-11	6	2nd	3 7 21 25 37
2012-12-28	22	2nd	6 7 8 38 39
2012-11-07	1	3rd	3 6 7 8 39
2012-11-03	5	1st	7 8 30 38 39
2012-10-24	4	2nd	6 7 16 29 34
2012-10-13	24	1st	7 14 23 25 36
2012-08-18	1	2nd	4 7 10 13 29
2012-08-17	6	2nd	2 7 20 21 33
2012-08-03	11	2nd	6 7 13 25 38
2012-07-07	36	2nd	1 7 18 24 33
2012-04-14	16	2nd	1 7 8 16 18
2012-03-09	4	3rd	4 6 7 29 33
2012-02-29	11	2nd	2 7 30 34 36
2012-02-03	2	1st	7 10 19 28 31
2012-01-28	3	2nd	3 7 20 37 38
2012-01-21	2	2nd	5 7 31 34 36
2012-01-18	9	3rd	2 4 7 23 25
2011-12-28	1	2nd	5 7 11 34 39
2011-12-24	5	2nd	6 7 18 20 39
2011-12-14	1	2nd	1 7 9 10 26
2011-12-10	5	1st	7 14 20 24 30
2011-11-30	1	1st	7 17 18 28 31
2011-11-26	1	1st	7 8 17 22 25
2011-11-25	5	1st	7 13 22 24 39
2011-11-12	16	2nd	6 7 18 19 35
2011-10-07	15	2nd	3 7 24 30 33
2011-09-02	5	1st	7 8 24 25 29
2011-08-20	22	2nd	6 7 11 22 33
2011-07-01	3	2nd	5 7 10 21 34
2011-06-24	13	4th	4 5 6 7 28
2011-05-25	2	1st	7 8 26 28 31
2011-05-20	8	1st	7 9 15 29 32
2011-04-30	11	2nd	5 7 24 28 32
2011-04-06	20	1st	7 21 29 31 35
2011-02-18	9	2nd	1 7 28 29 38
2011-01-28	9	2nd	1 7 12 19 25
2011-01-07	5	2nd	3 7 15 17 27
2010-12-25	11	1st	7 9 12 13 14
2010-12-01	1	1st	7 9 19 22 28
2010-11-27	2	1st	7 9 10 20 37
2010-11-24	2	1st	7 15 32 37 38
2010-11-19	9	1st	7 13 25 31 37
2010-10-29	9	2nd	3 7 15 32 36
2010-10-08	4	3rd	1 5 7 8 16
2010-09-29	4	2nd	4 7 13 33 34
2010-09-18	13	1st	7 8 11 19 28
2010-08-20	1	3rd	3 5 7 13 15
2010-08-18	10	2nd	2 7 18 25 39
2010-07-24	2	2nd	1 7 10 12 25
2010-07-21	9	1st	7 19 21 24 34
2010-06-30	2	3rd	1 4 7 19 32
2010-06-25	3	2nd	1 7 11 15 36
2010-06-18	2	2nd	5 7 22 23 39
2010-06-12	13	2nd	6 7 9 18 31
2010-05-14	2	1st	7 17 20 26 31
2010-05-08	14	3rd	5 6 7 8 10
2010-03-20	1	2nd	3 7 9 13 29
2010-03-17	9	2nd	1 7 12 24 29
2010-02-13	1	1st	7 8 10 18 22
2010-02-10	5	1st	7 8 24 28 32
2010-01-23	5	2nd	4 7 10 12 32
2010-01-06	—	2nd	1 7 19 21 25