Number 46

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

139times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.69σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

38longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 34 times, counted separately.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 139 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 11 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 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest19 · chance 15.1
6th smallest120 · chance 123.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 12 7 22 29 38

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, 46 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-02	4	6th	2 13 37 38 41 46
2026-08-19	1	6th	11 17 26 28 33 46
2026-08-15	2	6th	6 14 36 43 44 46
2026-08-08	4	5th	21 22

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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