Number 1

In Lotto under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 6 from 1–40.

213times drawn · chance expected 203 +0.74σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

35longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 213 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, +0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 28 times, counted separately.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 213 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 3 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 1 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 smallest213 · chance 213.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
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 27.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 20 11 12 5 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 40. 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 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	2	1st	1 8 19 23 25 30
2026-09-23	2	1st	1 4 6 9 16 27
2026-09-16	15	1st	1 10 20 25 29 30
2026-07-25	7	1st	1 12

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: 1 is drawn with probability 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-19	2	1st	1 4 13 25 26 27
2025-03-12	9	1st	1 9 25 29 31 33
2025-02-08	1	1st	1 7 9 12 15 33
2025-02-05	1	1st	1 5 11 18 21 37
2025-02-01	1	1st	1 4 24 30 34 39
2025-01-29	1	1st	1 3 15 16 27 40
2025-01-25	1	1st	1 9 17 23 34 38
2025-01-22	25	1st	1 5 10 16 20 25
2024-10-26	5	1st	1 10 17 25 26 28
2024-10-09	6	1st	1 3 10 24 32 38
2024-09-18	6	1st	1 5 8 19 34 37
2024-08-28	7	1st	1 4 20 31 35 37
2024-08-03	2	1st	1 17 19 27 28 29
2024-07-27	1	1st	1 10 12 14 34 38
2024-07-24	7	1st	1 11 18 29 31 38
2024-06-29	2	1st	1 7 8 32 34 35
2024-06-22	19	1st	1 3 10 17 30 31
2024-04-17	8	1st	1 2 14 15 17 19
2024-03-20	5	1st	1 18 21 23 32 37
2024-03-02	3	1st	1 5 6 28 29 40
2024-02-21	5	1st	1 20 22 24 28 34
2024-02-03	5	1st	1 11 16 17 20 35
2024-01-17	9	1st	1 3 12 18 25 40
2023-12-16	4	1st	1 7 23 31 35 37
2023-12-02	15	1st	1 16 18 33 34 36
2023-10-11	3	1st	1 7 12 14 19 31
2023-09-30	5	1st	1 21 22 27 29 31
2023-09-13	3	1st	1 2 16 21 33 40
2023-09-02	3	1st	1 5 6 20 36 39
2023-08-23	35	1st	1 14 15 17 18 24
2023-04-22	2	1st	1 12 13 18 21 34
2023-04-15	1	1st	1 2 19 23 29 35
2023-04-12	10	1st	1 10 12 19 28 35
2023-03-08	4	1st	1 2 9 17 23 39
2023-02-22	6	1st	1 2 23 25 30 31
2023-02-01	4	1st	1 3 9 11 31 39
2023-01-18	3	1st	1 4 7 23 28 35
2023-01-07	3	1st	1 3 7 15 24 30
2022-12-28	7	1st	1 3 11 27 33 37
2022-12-03	19	1st	1 9 12 19 21 33
2022-09-28	12	1st	1 3 6 20 31 37
2022-08-17	2	1st	1 5 11 20 27 32
2022-08-10	5	1st	1 2 20 29 32 33
2022-07-23	17	1st	1 7 8 11 26 33
2022-05-25	2	1st	1 3 14 20 29 33
2022-05-18	16	1st	1 7 23 29 31 37
2022-03-23	7	1st	1 5 16 23 24 39
2022-02-26	18	1st	1 20 21 26 27 36
2021-12-25	22	1st	1 3 5 11 12 38
2021-10-09	15	1st	1 5 13 28 33 37
2021-08-18	14	1st	1 5 18 23 32 40
2021-06-30	1	1st	1 8 9 13 22 35
2021-06-26	11	1st	1 2 6 11 26 32
2021-05-19	8	1st	1 11 16 22 30 34
2021-04-21	1	1st	1 18 23 33 37 38
2021-04-17	1	1st	1 8 22 24 35 40
2021-04-14	7	1st	1 9 12 16 21 23
2021-03-20	2	1st	1 11 17 23 31 40
2021-03-13	2	1st	1 7 11 19 22 26
2021-03-06	6	1st	1 6 11 17 18 35
2021-02-13	3	1st	1 8 16 18 20 27
2021-02-03	1	1st	1 19 24 26 32 37
2021-01-30	7	1st	1 11 18 20 29 34
2021-01-06	3	1st	1 6 16 18 23 32
2020-12-26	4	1st	1 7 11 16 21 38
2020-12-12	2	1st	1 5 9 18 21 35
2020-12-05	8	1st	1 4 10 14 15 20
2020-11-07	5	1st	1 14 16 20 24 31
2020-10-21	2	1st	1 6 18 26 38 40
2020-10-14	1	1st	1 5 16 21 31 34
2020-10-10	4	1st	1 5 20 31 32 33
2020-09-26	1	1st	1 3 9 11 23 37
2020-09-23	3	1st	1 4 11 17 18 24
2020-09-12	1	1st	1 3 17 23 32 35
2020-09-09	15	1st	1 5 15 21 24 36
2020-07-18	5	1st	1 9 10 16 22 23
2020-07-01	10	1st	1 15 22 25 35 39
2020-05-27	6	1st	1 9 20 29 31 34
2020-05-06	5	1st	1 9 12 23 36 39
2020-04-18	25	1st	1 4 6 8 11 19
2020-01-22	1	1st	1 14 29 35 36 39
2020-01-18	13	1st	1 5 20 24 34 37
2019-12-04	2	1st	1 8 15 16 22 30
2019-11-27	2	1st	1 4 9 22 26 28
2019-11-20	4	1st	1 2 11 17 30 35
2019-11-06	17	1st	1 7 9 10 15 19
2019-09-07	6	1st	1 7 20 29 31 38
2019-08-17	6	1st	1 6 10 12 29 32
2019-07-27	3	1st	1 4 6 17 19 21
2019-07-17	4	1st	1 10 16 18 26 27
2019-07-03	9	1st	1 15 22 31 38 39
2019-06-01	12	1st	1 19 22 30 33 37
2019-04-20	2	1st	1 10 21 32 37 39
2019-04-13	13	1st	1 8 10 18 26 28
2019-02-27	2	1st	1 9 31 32 36 38
2019-02-20	1	1st	1 7 20 22 23 28
2019-02-16	2	1st	1 2 27 35 36 40
2019-02-09	6	1st	1 4 24 25 26 37
2019-01-19	13	1st	1 12 17 24 32 33
2018-12-05	8	1st	1 5 18 23 24 25
2018-11-07	1	1st	1 12 15 22 39 40
2018-11-03	6	1st	1 7 22 23 29 36
2018-10-13	3	1st	1 4 5 9 26 34
2018-10-03	6	1st	1 16 28 32 39 40
2018-09-12	3	1st	1 3 8 11 19 36
2018-09-01	12	1st	1 8 18 21 34 36
2018-07-21	9	1st	1 8 10 12 31 34
2018-06-20	8	1st	1 4 6 26 27 33
2018-05-23	2	1st	1 14 21 23 38 39
2018-05-16	8	1st	1 13 14 16 28 29
2018-04-18	3	1st	1 19 20 24 35 39
2018-04-07	1	1st	1 10 13 17 19 23
2018-04-04	2	1st	1 13 14 15 22 38
2018-03-28	5	1st	1 12 28 34 36 37
2018-03-10	13	1st	1 12 14 34 37 40
2018-01-24	1	1st	1 16 20 24 25 28
2018-01-20	3	1st	1 12 17 20 26 39
2018-01-10	3	1st	1 2 4 8 16 26
2017-12-30	3	1st	1 3 12 20 21 32
2017-12-20	15	1st	1 3 12 14 17 33
2017-10-28	1	1st	1 9 10 12 23 37
2017-10-25	5	1st	1 3 19 22 23 25
2017-10-07	3	1st	1 12 20 23 25 35
2017-09-27	16	1st	1 12 15 22 27 34
2017-08-02	10	1st	1 2 6 8 26 28
2017-06-28	5	1st	1 10 18 26 27 40
2017-06-10	3	1st	1 7 9 31 35 37
2017-05-31	3	1st	1 2 5 9 12 36
2017-05-20	3	1st	1 6 14 16 20 31
2017-05-10	3	1st	1 3 4 9 15 33
2017-04-29	2	1st	1 19 25 30 32 36
2017-04-22	1	1st	1 9 16 26 33 36
2017-04-19	4	1st	1 2 11 26 28 34
2017-04-05	6	1st	1 2 9 11 26 36
2017-03-15	3	1st	1 5 23 32 38 40
2017-03-04	1	1st	1 7 14 25 35 38
2017-03-01	10	1st	1 11 18 21 22 38
2017-01-25	3	1st	1 14 22 27 34 36
2017-01-14	7	1st	1 2 11 31 32 38
2016-12-21	8	1st	1 5 13 26 30 32
2016-11-23	4	1st	1 2 6 7 30 40
2016-11-09	8	1st	1 3 21 22 29 30
2016-10-12	28	1st	1 5 11 12 14 15
2016-07-06	2	1st	1 6 12 14 29 30
2016-06-29	5	1st	1 6 7 25 31 32
2016-06-11	13	1st	1 2 7 16 17 18
2016-04-27	5	1st	1 12 15 20 29 32
2016-04-09	6	1st	1 5 9 22 30 35
2016-03-19	4	1st	1 5 7 12 24 38
2016-03-05	18	1st	1 5 8 17 29 35
2016-01-02	3	1st	1 5 22 24 30 32
2015-12-23	3	1st	1 2 7 13 23 28
2015-12-12	16	1st	1 16 23 25 27 33
2015-10-17	4	1st	1 6 12 24 26 34
2015-10-03	1	1st	1 17 22 23 26 38
2015-09-26	1	1st	1 18 22 23 26 34
2015-09-19	2	1st	1 14 15 27 33 39
2015-09-05	2	1st	1 11 19 31 35 40
2015-08-22	11	1st	1 3 8 20 26 38
2015-06-06	2	1st	1 10 19 29 32 37
2015-05-23	1	1st	1 3 9 34 36 37
2015-05-16	6	1st	1 3 5 31 32 38
2015-04-04	4	1st	1 2 7 9 17 32
2015-03-07	3	1st	1 2 6 24 26 30
2015-02-14	11	1st	1 5 16 20 30 34
2014-11-29	22	1st	1 2 5 23 28 39
2014-06-28	17	1st	1 2 3 14 36 38
2014-03-01	13	1st	1 9 13 20 31 33
2013-11-30	4	1st	1 4 11 17 31 37
2013-11-02	4	1st	1 5 12 15 21 29
2013-10-05	1	1st	1 13 19 20 28 37
2013-09-28	6	1st	1 21 29 33 39 40
2013-08-17	3	1st	1 11 16 23 29 34
2013-07-27	1	1st	1 2 24 32 36 37
2013-07-20	17	1st	1 6 10 20 21 36
2013-03-23	8	1st	1 16 18 29 30 32
2013-01-26	2	1st	1 2 12 27 29 31
2013-01-12	1	1st	1 2 3 7 8 30
2013-01-05	7	1st	1 3 8 14 26 30
2012-11-17	2	1st	1 17 18 22 28 32
2012-11-03	3	1st	1 2 15 21 35 36
2012-10-13	4	1st	1 7 29 30 31 40
2012-09-15	2	1st	1 3 14 16 36 38
2012-09-01	6	1st	1 5 15 26 33 35
2012-07-21	12	1st	1 13 15 17 26 31
2012-04-28	14	1st	1 4 12 13 20 24
2012-01-21	1	1st	1 4 7 13 20 38
2012-01-14	9	1st	1 3 5 16 19 34
2011-11-12	—	1st	1 2 5 6 8 18