Number 46

In Euro Millions Plus under the 5/50 · since Sep 2024 rules — 211 draws, 5 from 1–50.

17times drawn · chance expected 21 −0.94σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

12.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

40longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 17 times in 211 draws against 21.1 expected, −0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 17 times in 211 draws · average wait 12.1 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 10 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 46 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 0.5
4th smallest7 · chance 4.6
5th smallest10 · chance 12.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 1.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 2 49 1 9 16

Never drawn alongside 16 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 12 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 46 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 50. 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-04	23	5th	1 11 38 39 46
2026-06-16	4	5th	2 24 26 31 46
2026-06-02	4	4th	2 16 43 46 49
2026-05-19	4	4th	2 33

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: 46 is drawn with probability 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.