Number 2

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

145times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.16σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

57longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 145 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −0.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 27 times, counted separately.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 145 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 5 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 smallest129 · chance 129.2
2nd smallest16 · chance 15.8
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 21 5 24 29 10

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, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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 model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-23	6	1st	2 12 17 26 30 37
2026-09-02	6	1st	2 13 37 38 41 46
2026-08-12	18	1st	2 7 11 13 17 33
2026-06-10	57	1st	2 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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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