Number 4

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

199times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.32σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

42longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 199 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, −0.32σ. 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 4, draw by draw

Drawn 199 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 4 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 smallest128 · chance 130.3
2nd smallest63 · chance 61.1
3rd smallest8 · chance 7.4
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
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 25.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 27 40 9 15 33

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, 4 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	3	2nd	3 4 5 17 18 36
2026-09-23	3	2nd	1 4 6 9 16 27
2026-09-12	1	2nd	3 4 26 29 38 40
2026-09-09	2	1st	4 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: 4 is drawn with probability 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-10	6	1st	4 14 17 22 27 35
2025-04-19	1	2nd	1 4 9 11 23 29
2025-04-16	5	1st	4 9 10 25 32 39
2025-03-29	3	1st	4 11 14 15 21 36
2025-03-19	1	2nd	1 4 13 25 26 27
2025-03-15	6	1st	4 10 12 27 29 36
2025-02-22	6	1st	4 8 10 16 23 33
2025-02-01	42	2nd	1 4 24 30 34 39
2024-09-07	3	2nd	2 4 8 9 33 40
2024-08-28	11	2nd	1 4 20 31 35 37
2024-07-20	24	2nd	2 4 10 25 30 40
2024-04-27	31	1st	4 5 6 12 16 21
2024-01-10	4	1st	4 5 12 13 28 34
2023-12-27	4	1st	4 7 9 13 16 21
2023-12-13	1	1st	4 10 21 24 34 40
2023-12-09	16	1st	4 16 22 24 27 30
2023-10-14	7	1st	4 6 9 12 20 36
2023-09-20	3	1st	4 12 27 29 37 38
2023-09-09	9	1st	4 8 17 24 32 37
2023-08-09	3	1st	4 13 14 34 35 40
2023-07-29	2	1st	4 10 13 18 21 34
2023-07-22	5	2nd	3 4 12 22 24 25
2023-07-05	2	1st	4 7 26 29 36 38
2023-06-28	2	1st	4 5 8 15 31 33
2023-06-21	5	1st	4 8 10 16 28 32
2023-06-03	2	2nd	3 4 6 19 25 29
2023-05-27	5	1st	4 15 17 21 22 29
2023-05-10	3	1st	4 20 22 31 35 38
2023-04-29	10	1st	4 8 25 27 36 40
2023-03-25	2	1st	4 5 8 19 28 31
2023-03-18	1	1st	4 11 17 27 37 38
2023-03-15	7	2nd	3 4 5 24 33 39
2023-02-18	8	1st	4 5 16 20 22 33
2023-01-21	1	1st	4 19 28 35 37 40
2023-01-18	7	2nd	1 4 7 23 28 35
2022-12-24	7	3rd	2 3 4 19 30 31
2022-11-30	3	1st	4 8 10 12 21 28
2022-11-19	10	1st	4 6 12 23 26 27
2022-10-15	2	2nd	2 4 8 10 15 33
2022-10-08	2	1st	4 10 12 25 31 40
2022-10-01	5	1st	4 16 29 31 32 33
2022-09-14	21	1st	4 5 18 27 31 34
2022-07-02	2	1st	4 7 23 26 27 33
2022-06-25	4	1st	4 20 33 37 39 40
2022-06-11	15	2nd	3 4 5 21 24 40
2022-04-20	1	2nd	3 4 15 17 19 34
2022-04-16	1	1st	4 21 22 23 30 37
2022-04-13	1	1st	4 5 31 32 39 40
2022-04-09	3	1st	4 13 27 28 35 36
2022-03-30	4	1st	4 5 6 15 22 40
2022-03-16	15	1st	4 11 14 15 24 35
2022-01-22	1	2nd	2 4 11 13 25 27
2022-01-19	9	2nd	2 4 11 13 23 32
2021-12-18	1	2nd	3 4 6 13 14 17
2021-12-15	6	1st	4 9 19 23 27 29
2021-11-24	1	2nd	2 4 6 13 20 36
2021-11-20	9	3rd	2 3 4 17 24 28
2021-10-20	11	3rd	2 3 4 7 19 31
2021-09-11	6	1st	4 14 17 21 23 35
2021-08-21	14	1st	4 12 14 18 23 24
2021-07-03	6	1st	4 5 12 21 22 40
2021-06-12	3	1st	4 12 15 18 24 36
2021-06-02	11	2nd	3 4 10 14 37 38
2021-04-24	11	1st	4 5 21 26 31 36
2021-03-17	15	2nd	3 4 10 15 20 33
2021-01-23	6	1st	4 6 16 20 30 40
2021-01-02	8	1st	4 15 20 29 36 39
2020-12-05	1	2nd	1 4 10 14 15 20
2020-12-02	6	2nd	2 4 6 25 30 40
2020-11-11	14	2nd	3 4 13 17 26 35
2020-09-23	13	2nd	1 4 11 17 18 24
2020-08-08	5	1st	4 7 11 16 23 28
2020-07-22	7	1st	4 10 18 20 30 40
2020-06-27	1	1st	4 8 20 29 31 35
2020-06-24	7	1st	4 29 34 35 39 40
2020-05-30	12	2nd	2 4 12 13 15 28
2020-04-18	14	2nd	1 4 6 8 11 19
2020-02-29	4	1st	4 18 25 27 28 32
2020-02-15	9	2nd	2 4 10 17 29 31
2020-01-15	2	1st	4 6 21 29 32 35
2020-01-08	12	2nd	2 4 6 23 24 25
2019-11-27	16	2nd	1 4 9 22 26 28
2019-10-02	8	2nd	3 4 6 22 25 32
2019-09-04	1	1st	4 6 20 22 30 39
2019-08-31	1	2nd	2 4 5 24 30 37
2019-08-28	1	1st	4 15 19 23 24 25
2019-08-24	7	2nd	2 4 6 17 22 35
2019-07-31	1	1st	4 10 16 22 25 40
2019-07-27	2	2nd	1 4 6 17 19 21
2019-07-20	9	1st	4 5 13 22 24 28
2019-06-19	13	1st	4 11 19 30 31 33
2019-05-04	2	1st	4 27 29 34 36 37
2019-04-27	15	1st	4 8 22 24 29 37
2019-03-06	7	1st	4 7 16 21 32 36
2019-02-09	8	2nd	1 4 24 25 26 37
2019-01-12	1	1st	4 6 18 19 24 40
2019-01-09	1	1st	4 6 11 12 23 40
2019-01-05	16	2nd	2 4 20 23 24 34
2018-11-10	6	1st	4 9 10 20 27 30
2018-10-20	2	1st	4 12 26 28 32 35
2018-10-13	1	2nd	1 4 5 9 26 34
2018-10-10	10	2nd	2 4 9 12 13 37
2018-09-05	3	1st	4 12 13 30 33 35
2018-08-25	3	2nd	3 4 8 9 13 15
2018-08-15	4	1st	4 12 18 27 33 35
2018-08-01	1	1st	4 5 21 22 31 34
2018-07-28	10	1st	4 10 14 17 21 23
2018-06-23	1	1st	4 15 17 18 30 39
2018-06-20	3	2nd	1 4 6 26 27 33
2018-06-09	8	3rd	2 3 4 9 20 24
2018-05-12	4	1st	4 10 12 33 38 40
2018-04-28	8	1st	4 5 11 16 36 40
2018-03-31	14	2nd	2 4 6 11 16 23
2018-02-10	9	2nd	2 4 5 22 30 33
2018-01-10	9	3rd	1 2 4 8 16 26
2017-12-09	16	1st	4 5 8 15 16 22
2017-10-14	1	2nd	3 4 7 11 31 38
2017-10-11	3	1st	4 15 24 29 33 35
2017-09-30	10	1st	4 16 24 25 32 34
2017-08-26	1	1st	4 6 11 29 33 35
2017-08-23	1	1st	4 7 10 25 26 39
2017-08-19	3	1st	4 17 22 27 28 32
2017-08-09	4	1st	4 7 12 19 32 37
2017-07-26	7	1st	4 5 12 21 34 40
2017-07-01	15	1st	4 8 10 12 21 35
2017-05-10	1	3rd	1 3 4 9 15 33
2017-05-06	11	1st	4 5 11 23 26 34
2017-03-29	1	1st	4 9 15 28 35 38
2017-03-25	5	1st	4 9 10 24 37 38
2017-03-08	8	3rd	2 3 4 5 13 36
2017-02-08	10	1st	4 6 25 35 39 40
2017-01-04	14	1st	4 13 16 25 26 27
2016-11-16	1	1st	4 7 11 17 32 37
2016-11-12	5	1st	4 13 27 32 33 38
2016-10-26	17	2nd	3 4 6 11 28 29
2016-08-27	5	1st	4 6 7 9 15 25
2016-08-10	3	1st	4 5 11 14 31 36
2016-07-30	5	1st	4 8 15 26 27 29
2016-07-13	25	1st	4 14 16 17 22 32
2016-04-16	1	2nd	3 4 19 20 28 35
2016-04-13	24	1st	4 14 15 17 29 36
2016-01-20	7	1st	4 12 17 24 28 34
2015-12-26	3	1st	4 7 16 27 36 38
2015-12-16	13	1st	4 5 14 18 19 21
2015-10-31	15	1st	4 9 20 24 26 37
2015-08-15	18	1st	4 12 22 26 35 40
2015-04-11	2	2nd	3 4 19 21 26 33
2015-03-28	12	1st	4 9 14 15 27 33
2015-01-03	12	1st	4 6 17 27 31 32
2014-10-11	5	1st	4 10 20 24 25 39
2014-09-06	2	2nd	3 4 14 17 35 38
2014-08-23	3	1st	4 16 20 25 29 37
2014-08-02	7	1st	4 20 22 34 36 37
2014-06-14	1	1st	4 8 11 20 39 40
2014-06-07	4	2nd	2 4 7 27 32 33
2014-05-10	6	2nd	3 4 5 9 24 35
2014-03-29	14	1st	4 10 13 19 21 24
2013-12-21	3	1st	4 7 12 19 20 25
2013-11-30	2	2nd	1 4 11 17 31 37
2013-11-16	3	1st	4 8 9 18 25 28
2013-10-26	7	1st	4 15 19 27 32 33
2013-09-07	2	2nd	2 4 24 32 33 38
2013-08-24	3	1st	4 7 19 27 36 40
2013-08-03	10	1st	4 6 9 15 23 29
2013-05-25	15	2nd	2 4 9 17 19 27
2013-02-09	11	1st	4 9 17 19 20 28
2012-11-24	15	2nd	3 4 18 19 34 35
2012-08-11	4	2nd	2 4 15 20 26 31
2012-07-14	11	1st	4 7 11 12 15 34
2012-04-28	4	2nd	1 4 12 13 20 24
2012-03-31	2	1st	4 5 21 24 35 40
2012-03-17	8	1st	4 5 11 18 33 40
2012-01-21	3	2nd	1 4 7 13 20 38
2011-12-31	4	1st	4 10 13 27 36 39
2011-12-03	—	1st	4 15 18 21 32 33