Number 45

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

161times drawn · chance expected 147 +1.25σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

27longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 161 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +1.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 161 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 27 · waiting 2 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 45 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 0.0
4th smallest2 · chance 1.6
5th smallest31 · chance 31.9
6th smallest128 · chance 127.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 16 30 7 20 1

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, 45 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	21	6th	1 7 24 33 41 45
2026-07-22	1	6th	10 15 25 31 37 45
2026-07-18	9	5th	26 30 31 37 45 47
2026-06-17	7	6th	20 21

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

2025-01-22	3	5th	1 2 17 18 45 46
2025-01-11	3	5th	10 12 15 25 45 46
2025-01-01	15	6th	9 16 20 33 39 45
2024-11-09	4	6th	11 12 17 31 43 45
2024-10-26	4	6th	3 28 31 32 41 45
2024-10-12	1	5th	6 18 29 31 45 47
2024-10-09	1	5th	13 24 30 37 45 46
2024-10-05	9	6th	16 22 36 39 41 45
2024-09-04	3	5th	33 34 37 42 45 47
2024-08-24	3	6th	7 20 28 42 43 45
2024-08-14	4	6th	5 16 32 37 41 45
2024-07-31	2	6th	8 15 22 35 38 45
2024-07-24	16	6th	3 20 25 27 37 45
2024-05-29	15	6th	12 25 35 38 39 45
2024-04-06	10	6th	4 8 9 22 27 45
2024-03-02	8	6th	2 5 7 24 38 45
2024-02-03	7	6th	2 12 20 24 36 45
2024-01-10	9	6th	2 8 12 26 44 45
2023-12-09	9	6th	2 10 11 21 34 45
2023-11-08	11	6th	2 10 16 25 39 45
2023-09-30	9	6th	2 21 28 32 43 45
2023-08-30	1	6th	2 3 26 30 32 45
2023-08-26	1	6th	6 11 17 37 39 45
2023-08-23	11	6th	6 18 19 27 39 45
2023-07-15	19	6th	12 26 28 34 42 45
2023-05-10	6	6th	6 26 27 40 41 45
2023-04-19	16	6th	19 21 25 28 38 45
2023-02-22	7	6th	7 11 20 34 36 45
2023-01-28	9	6th	4 17 30 34 38 45
2022-12-28	1	6th	1 18 20 27 36 45
2022-12-24	1	6th	4 18 21 30 41 45
2022-12-21	1	6th	17 20 21 23 31 45
2022-12-17	8	5th	23 24 37 42 45 46
2022-11-19	6	6th	17 21 27 40 42 45
2022-10-29	1	5th	12 16 20 26 45 46
2022-10-26	8	6th	15 22 25 27 32 45
2022-09-28	23	5th	16 20 30 33 45 47
2022-07-09	4	6th	18 29 35 39 40 45
2022-06-25	2	6th	2 6 27 28 41 45
2022-06-18	8	5th	4 16 21 27 45 47
2022-05-21	1	6th	20 26 29 41 42 45
2022-05-18	15	5th	4 13 30 40 45 47
2022-03-26	2	6th	1 4 5 27 36 45
2022-03-19	2	5th	6 8 38 39 45 47
2022-03-12	5	5th	13 21 28 37 45 46
2022-02-23	7	6th	1 7 28 33 35 45
2022-01-29	1	6th	7 10 26 35 43 45
2022-01-26	6	6th	2 17 19 22 36 45
2022-01-05	20	6th	8 24 36 38 41 45
2021-10-27	6	6th	3 11 25 32 40 45
2021-10-06	2	6th	5 6 9 31 35 45
2021-09-29	6	6th	6 18 27 33 37 45
2021-09-08	1	6th	1 5 18 22 32 45
2021-09-04	2	6th	22 29 30 31 44 45
2021-08-28	1	6th	4 14 25 27 42 45
2021-08-25	11	6th	1 21 28 30 43 45
2021-07-17	4	6th	12 16 23 26 34 45
2021-07-03	1	6th	29 30 36 38 44 45
2021-06-30	3	6th	33 38 39 40 43 45
2021-06-19	1	6th	10 14 33 40 42 45
2021-06-16	7	6th	1 14 22 28 37 45
2021-05-22	14	5th	1 5 12 23 45 46
2021-04-03	5	6th	15 17 23 32 35 45
2021-03-17	7	6th	1 7 20 26 43 45
2021-02-20	1	6th	16 27 34 35 37 45
2021-02-17	11	6th	6 7 13 19 21 45
2021-01-09	5	5th	10 17 42 43 45 47
2020-12-23	7	6th	22 30 33 39 40 45
2020-11-28	5	5th	5 6 16 18 45 47
2020-11-11	1	6th	3 26 27 29 41 45
2020-11-07	15	6th	14 26 27 35 38 45
2020-09-16	4	6th	4 7 10 37 38 45
2020-09-02	2	5th	3 5 16 40 45 47
2020-08-26	27	5th	9 13 33 38 45 46
2020-05-23	2	6th	15 24 28 34 40 45
2020-05-16	5	6th	23 28 33 34 41 45
2020-04-29	15	6th	8 23 31 39 41 45
2020-03-07	8	6th	12 14 22 26 33 45
2020-02-08	2	6th	14 20 24 38 41 45
2020-02-01	6	6th	3 10 12 23 29 45
2020-01-11	25	6th	3 15 20 22 24 45
2019-10-16	17	6th	7 14 17 23 30 45
2019-08-17	2	6th	1 15 16 28 34 45
2019-08-10	20	6th	6 12 28 33 44 45
2019-06-01	17	6th	1 2 3 10 30 45
2019-04-03	6	6th	2 11 22 23 29 45
2019-03-13	14	4th	7 10 18 45 46 47
2019-01-23	1	6th	14 26 36 37 40 45
2019-01-19	3	5th	7 33 34 37 45 46
2019-01-09	5	6th	15 16 18 23 39 45
2018-12-22	11	6th	5 20 21 24 34 45
2018-11-14	5	5th	1 8 14 15 45 47
2018-10-27	1	6th	14 24 30 38 40 45
2018-10-24	2	6th	8 19 24 29 42 45
2018-10-17	5	6th	13 16 20 39 42 45
2018-09-29	14	6th	6 9 13 14 27 45
2018-08-11	9	5th	4 22 30 37 45 47
2018-07-11	3	6th	2 14 21 39 42 45
2018-06-30	4	6th	19 22 24 30 38 45
2018-06-16	6	5th	6 26 27 32 45 47
2018-05-26	2	6th	6 15 22 30 39 45
2018-05-19	12	6th	3 11 14 23 36 45
2018-04-07	9	6th	4 18 30 35 40 45
2018-03-07	10	6th	15 19 22 35 36 45
2018-01-31	15	6th	2 9 13 19 21 45
2017-12-09	9	6th	5 13 15 23 36 45
2017-11-08	17	5th	7 11 26 30 45 47
2017-09-09	8	6th	2 8 20 25 33 45
2017-08-12	7	6th	1 19 22 26 44 45
2017-07-19	3	6th	1 5 27 28 32 45
2017-07-08	3	6th	11 31 32 33 38 45
2017-06-28	10	6th	6 10 15 25 34 45
2017-05-24	11	6th	6 16 21 22 30 45
2017-04-15	2	6th	7 9 16 26 40 45
2017-04-08	7	6th	2 7 9 35 41 45
2017-03-15	7	6th	7 9 15 30 37 45
2017-02-18	12	4th	27 32 44 45 46 47
2017-01-07	3	5th	33 36 39 42 45 47
2016-12-28	3	5th	1 12 34 43 45 47
2016-12-17	12	6th	7 20 25 27 41 45
2016-11-05	4	6th	1 16 27 32 35 45
2016-10-22	2	6th	7 9 12 15 28 45
2016-10-15	1	6th	5 10 27 30 32 45
2016-10-12	8	6th	4 6 9 20 29 45
2016-09-14	16	6th	6 7 15 17 20 45
2016-07-20	6	6th	22 35 36 41 44 45
2016-06-29	1	6th	7 10 16 40 44 45
2016-06-25	9	6th	1 4 27 29 42 45
2016-05-25	6	6th	16 18 27 31 39 45
2016-05-04	2	5th	2 28 34 36 45 46
2016-04-27	5	6th	2 5 17 27 34 45
2016-04-09	18	6th	14 22 37 40 43 45
2016-02-06	4	6th	3 4 14 25 42 45
2016-01-23	5	6th	10 12 13 19 43 45
2016-01-06	5	5th	2 15 25 43 45 46
2015-12-19	14	5th	3 14 22 38 45 46
2015-10-31	—	6th	3 8 15 25 39 45