Number 7

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

192times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.86σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

36longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 192 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, −0.86σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 45 times, counted separately.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 192 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 1 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 smallest78 · chance 79.1
2nd smallest87 · chance 81.9
3rd smallest23 · chance 27.3
4th smallest4 · chance 3.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 31 38 37 1 32

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	5	1st	7 14 18 22 28 39
2026-09-19	3	1st	7 10 11 28 35 37
2026-09-09	20	2nd	4 7 20 23 33 34
2026-07-01	1	2nd	1 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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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