Number 10

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

159times drawn · chance expected 147 +1.08σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

30longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

10 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 159 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +1.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 10, draw by draw

Drawn 159 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 6 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 10 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 smallest44 · chance 50.6
2nd smallest78 · chance 68.9
3rd smallest29 · chance 32.4
4th smallest8 · chance 6.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 7 37 5 22 46

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, 10 is picked about 1.41× as often as an indifferent choice — 5th 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 10 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	8	1st	10 11 20 28 41 44
2026-08-22	6	2nd	8 10 23 27 42 43
2026-08-01	3	1st	10 11 15 35 42 47
2026-07-22	3	1st	10 15

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: 10 is drawn with probability 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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