Number 7

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

148times drawn · chance expected 147 +0.11σ

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

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

34longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 148 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +0.11σ. 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 27 times, counted separately.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 148 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 34 · 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 7 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 smallest71 · chance 71.0
2nd smallest58 · chance 59.2
3rd smallest19 · chance 16.0
4th smallest0 · chance 1.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 40 27 37 45 42

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	5	2nd	1 7 24 33 41 45
2026-09-16	6	2nd	4 7 19 20 35 42
2026-08-26	4	1st	7 9 14 15 24 42
2026-08-12	20	2nd	2 7

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

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