Number 2

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,962 draws, 6 from 1–44.

296times drawn · chance expected 268 +1.87σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

40longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 296 times in 1,962 draws against 267.5 expected, +1.87σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 296 times in 1,962 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 6 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 2 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 smallest261 · chance 261.6
2nd smallest35 · chance 34.4
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 34.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 32 34 3 13 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 44. 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 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	2	1st	2 12 16 21 27 40
2026-09-23	1	1st	2 20 23 28 30 31
2026-09-21	4	1st	2 31 32 35 38 39
2026-09-12	1	1st	2

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: 2 is drawn with probability 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-16	4	1st	2 11 16 23 30 34
2025-08-06	1	1st	2 6 9 17 31 40
2025-08-04	2	1st	2 6 10 25 32 44
2025-07-30	9	1st	2 10 11 12 23 44
2025-07-09	5	1st	2 9 15 36 37 39
2025-06-28	2	2nd	1 2 21 22 23 26
2025-06-23	4	1st	2 5 11 25 32 42
2025-06-14	4	1st	2 3 6 7 24 30
2025-06-04	2	1st	2 8 13 14 26 35
2025-05-31	6	1st	2 5 20 22 36 37
2025-05-17	1	1st	2 11 21 29 38 41
2025-05-14	2	2nd	1 2 7 19 34 40
2025-05-10	6	1st	2 3 18 24 28 38
2025-04-26	4	1st	2 7 8 13 22 35
2025-04-16	4	1st	2 10 13 14 17 31
2025-04-07	26	1st	2 3 17 26 27 38
2025-02-05	4	1st	2 10 11 30 34 43
2025-01-27	3	1st	2 16 20 23 41 42
2025-01-20	5	1st	2 7 9 14 15 16
2025-01-08	3	2nd	1 2 11 21 27 43
2025-01-01	6	1st	2 13 35 37 40 43
2024-12-18	6	1st	2 14 17 35 36 41
2024-12-04	14	1st	2 12 25 28 36 41
2024-11-02	5	1st	2 14 17 28 32 34
2024-10-21	2	1st	2 7 11 20 34 44
2024-10-16	3	1st	2 9 15 28 40 42
2024-10-09	4	1st	2 4 6 7 32 34
2024-09-30	5	2nd	1 2 12 23 31 42
2024-09-18	1	1st	2 4 7 22 28 37
2024-09-16	2	1st	2 19 27 33 38 41
2024-09-11	1	1st	2 5 7 16 19 43
2024-09-09	18	1st	2 12 18 27 41 42
2024-07-29	8	1st	2 10 13 17 19 39
2024-07-10	3	1st	2 13 17 27 38 44
2024-07-03	15	2nd	1 2 7 11 26 42
2024-05-29	16	1st	2 3 6 22 39 40
2024-04-22	1	1st	2 8 28 31 32 41
2024-04-20	13	1st	2 18 25 27 30 42
2024-03-20	3	1st	2 6 13 17 23 24
2024-03-13	2	1st	2 3 8 13 16 36
2024-03-09	16	1st	2 11 20 23 40 43
2024-01-31	1	1st	2 3 14 21 28 33
2024-01-29	10	1st	2 15 38 41 43 44
2024-01-06	1	1st	2 15 22 24 30 44
2024-01-03	15	1st	2 22 35 36 40 43
2023-11-29	7	2nd	1 2 18 19 39 43
2023-11-13	8	1st	2 5 6 9 18 36
2023-10-25	19	1st	2 6 17 24 36 40
2023-09-11	2	1st	2 8 11 18 35 39
2023-09-06	14	1st	2 9 19 33 35 38
2023-08-05	6	1st	2 3 13 21 30 38
2023-07-22	2	1st	2 6 11 24 34 42
2023-07-17	8	1st	2 5 6 7 8 27
2023-06-28	1	1st	2 5 25 31 39 40
2023-06-26	8	1st	2 12 25 27 32 34
2023-06-07	2	1st	2 6 15 19 31 34
2023-06-03	5	1st	2 6 22 24 29 43
2023-05-22	10	1st	2 6 15 17 22 33
2023-04-29	3	1st	2 3 10 22 29 38
2023-04-22	6	1st	2 19 20 22 25 32
2023-04-08	8	1st	2 3 31 32 34 39
2023-03-20	1	1st	2 10 16 28 41 44
2023-03-18	5	1st	2 3 16 28 29 31
2023-03-06	1	1st	2 14 19 29 36 40
2023-03-04	1	1st	2 12 15 27 28 43
2023-03-01	1	1st	2 5 19 26 29 41
2023-02-27	3	1st	2 12 15 20 33 34
2023-02-20	1	1st	2 14 34 35 36 42
2023-02-18	2	1st	2 16 21 34 37 41
2023-02-13	9	1st	2 9 12 14 33 37
2023-01-23	26	1st	2 9 25 29 37 38
2022-11-23	2	1st	2 13 14 15 19 26
2022-11-19	4	1st	2 4 10 19 23 32
2022-11-09	4	1st	2 6 17 23 37 41
2022-10-31	5	1st	2 11 16 20 24 37
2022-10-19	1	1st	2 6 7 13 42 43
2022-10-17	8	1st	2 9 12 14 26 30
2022-09-28	4	1st	2 7 20 23 35 44
2022-09-19	5	1st	2 4 14 15 26 33
2022-09-07	5	1st	2 17 19 27 33 34
2022-08-27	5	1st	2 11 16 26 31 35
2022-08-15	1	1st	2 15 25 33 36 43
2022-08-13	1	1st	2 4 11 13 18 43
2022-08-10	7	2nd	1 2 18 23 35 39
2022-07-25	3	1st	2 3 31 34 36 43
2022-07-18	10	1st	2 8 13 23 24 34
2022-06-25	23	1st	2 3 12 18 29 35
2022-05-02	8	2nd	1 2 5 17 27 34
2022-04-13	2	1st	2 13 17 28 33 36
2022-04-09	1	1st	2 4 19 35 37 40
2022-04-06	23	1st	2 8 18 24 28 40
2022-01-19	8	1st	2 6 21 23 33 37
2021-12-22	2	1st	2 13 21 29 43 44
2021-12-15	3	2nd	1 2 18 32 33 44
2021-12-04	2	1st	2 15 17 18 39 41
2021-11-27	13	1st	2 12 24 26 34 38
2021-10-13	8	1st	2 19 24 33 42 44
2021-09-15	11	1st	2 7 9 19 28 42
2021-08-07	3	2nd	1 2 5 7 18 37
2021-07-28	1	2nd	1 2 5 29 37 38
2021-07-24	17	1st	2 3 19 20 27 34
2021-05-26	3	1st	2 9 14 15 27 44
2021-05-15	1	1st	2 6 13 16 30 40
2021-05-12	9	1st	2 3 19 21 27 44
2021-04-10	8	1st	2 6 25 32 35 40
2021-03-13	4	1st	2 19 20 27 42 43
2021-02-27	7	1st	2 11 15 20 38 44
2021-02-03	12	2nd	1 2 7 13 15 18
2020-12-23	5	1st	2 5 13 15 27 41
2020-12-05	2	1st	2 24 25 31 34 43
2020-11-28	1	1st	2 3 16 24 30 42
2020-11-25	8	1st	2 10 19 20 25 34
2020-10-28	1	2nd	1 2 13 17 37 41
2020-10-24	7	1st	2 11 12 20 31 40
2020-09-30	22	1st	2 3 9 26 31 39
2020-07-15	18	1st	2 10 22 25 40 41
2020-05-13	7	1st	2 8 14 23 37 39
2020-04-18	11	2nd	1 2 16 28 33 40
2020-03-11	2	2nd	1 2 3 22 25 28
2020-03-04	1	2nd	1 2 4 11 26 38
2020-02-29	10	1st	2 6 8 23 25 42
2020-01-25	3	1st	2 15 17 23 28 39
2020-01-15	5	1st	2 4 20 21 27 39
2019-12-28	7	1st	2 16 17 21 26 30
2019-12-04	3	1st	2 7 9 17 26 27
2019-11-23	6	1st	2 3 7 16 32 42
2019-11-02	1	1st	2 9 26 36 38 41
2019-10-30	2	2nd	1 2 18 32 39 43
2019-10-23	7	1st	2 9 23 31 34 39
2019-09-28	4	1st	2 20 26 31 39 42
2019-09-14	15	2nd	1 2 24 29 32 37
2019-07-24	9	2nd	1 2 3 11 22 41
2019-06-22	23	1st	2 11 17 31 35 43
2019-04-03	1	1st	2 17 22 32 34 39
2019-03-30	1	1st	2 21 27 28 29 37
2019-03-27	2	1st	2 9 17 30 36 44
2019-03-20	6	1st	2 18 26 31 36 42
2019-02-27	5	1st	2 3 5 8 11 22
2019-02-09	1	1st	2 3 28 31 35 44
2019-02-06	4	1st	2 25 27 35 38 41
2019-01-23	12	1st	2 14 15 25 41 44
2018-12-12	6	1st	2 11 26 30 39 43
2018-11-21	4	2nd	1 2 3 8 37 42
2018-11-07	12	1st	2 6 10 31 33 42
2018-09-26	7	2nd	1 2 15 24 29 35
2018-09-01	18	1st	2 10 13 17 27 40
2018-06-30	2	1st	2 13 17 27 29 39
2018-06-23	4	1st	2 7 12 14 16 39
2018-06-09	5	1st	2 11 17 19 26 41
2018-05-23	2	1st	2 5 22 32 34 35
2018-05-16	24	1st	2 3 9 18 20 32
2018-02-21	1	1st	2 3 5 26 34 37
2018-02-17	6	1st	2 23 26 32 35 38
2018-01-27	10	1st	2 5 9 20 33 34
2017-12-23	6	1st	2 3 13 19 26 33
2017-12-02	13	1st	2 16 19 31 32 36
2017-10-18	1	1st	2 5 12 29 37 42
2017-10-14	17	1st	2 7 8 11 24 28
2017-08-16	40	1st	2 11 14 29 36 40
2017-03-29	5	1st	2 14 15 25 36 43
2017-03-11	6	1st	2 4 7 24 42 43
2017-02-18	16	1st	2 4 16 17 37 42
2016-12-24	20	1st	2 11 12 18 31 32
2016-10-15	2	1st	2 3 12 14 32 41
2016-10-08	7	1st	2 14 18 27 29 44
2016-09-14	3	2nd	1 2 6 20 21 24
2016-09-03	9	1st	2 13 14 32 34 41
2016-08-03	24	1st	2 17 21 32 33 42
2016-05-11	1	1st	2 14 23 24 29 35
2016-05-07	11	1st	2 12 28 29 32 34
2016-03-30	1	1st	2 8 25 33 36 38
2016-03-26	16	1st	2 4 6 16 20 21
2016-01-30	4	1st	2 4 16 21 31 38
2016-01-16	6	1st	2 3 14 32 34 35
2015-12-26	1	2nd	1 2 11 23 31 44
2015-12-23	1	1st	2 7 9 12 18 19
2015-12-19	2	1st	2 15 20 22 25 29
2015-12-12	11	1st	2 4 21 22 31 35
2015-11-04	21	1st	2 6 16 20 21 43
2015-08-22	14	1st	2 5 13 24 31 42
2015-07-04	12	1st	2 12 16 17 35 39
2015-05-23	1	2nd	1 2 26 29 36 44
2015-05-20	9	1st	2 5 6 7 30 32
2015-04-18	1	1st	2 6 13 33 34 38
2015-04-15	7	1st	2 16 18 22 36 42
2015-03-21	1	2nd	1 2 9 27 37 40
2015-03-18	1	1st	2 5 14 15 30 35
2015-03-14	6	1st	2 16 21 27 37 38
2015-02-21	2	1st	2 22 23 27 33 37
2015-02-14	4	1st	2 3 6 8 11 15
2015-01-31	7	1st	2 9 18 28 29 35
2015-01-07	15	2nd	1 2 32 34 37 40
2014-11-15	2	1st	2 7 13 17 19 22
2014-11-08	4	1st	2 9 13 27 28 30
2014-10-25	1	1st	2 15 20 22 29 35
2014-10-22	2	1st	2 5 19 23 40 41
2014-10-15	3	1st	2 13 15 23 24 43
2014-10-04	11	1st	2 8 17 18 38 44
2014-08-27	4	1st	2 16 32 38 43 44
2014-08-13	1	1st	2 16 17 27 30 38
2014-08-09	2	1st	2 4 19 20 23 29
2014-08-02	6	1st	2 5 12 30 35 40
2014-07-12	3	1st	2 3 19 23 26 30
2014-07-02	3	1st	2 6 20 26 42 43
2014-06-21	12	1st	2 5 13 30 41 44
2014-05-10	3	1st	2 17 25 33 39 41
2014-04-30	5	2nd	1 2 16 25 30 34
2014-04-12	7	1st	2 3 10 17 22 28
2014-03-19	7	1st	2 7 21 35 36 43
2014-02-22	2	1st	2 6 13 30 37 41
2014-02-15	1	1st	2 15 28 37 40 44
2014-02-12	18	1st	2 8 15 29 32 44
2013-12-11	2	1st	2 10 13 19 21 39
2013-12-04	7	1st	2 4 28 30 31 44
2013-11-09	9	1st	2 3 6 16 30 39
2013-10-09	4	1st	2 17 20 22 36 41
2013-09-25	4	1st	2 8 12 17 25 37
2013-09-11	3	1st	2 4 11 18 29 38
2013-08-31	7	1st	2 7 22 31 34 44
2013-08-07	6	1st	2 8 14 20 28 31
2013-07-17	20	1st	2 3 10 11 12 36
2013-05-08	15	1st	2 6 12 21 22 34
2013-03-16	2	1st	2 5 7 38 41 44
2013-03-09	10	1st	2 7 18 22 23 24
2013-02-02	10	1st	2 15 27 37 43 44
2012-12-29	9	1st	2 10 13 19 23 41
2012-11-28	2	1st	2 12 23 28 38 42
2012-11-21	8	1st	2 11 14 17 27 39
2012-10-24	9	1st	2 4 15 25 33 44
2012-09-22	1	1st	2 14 16 17 24 43
2012-09-19	3	1st	2 12 13 18 29 37
2012-09-08	9	1st	2 7 21 27 38 41
2012-08-08	8	1st	2 3 12 15 18 34
2012-07-11	4	1st	2 3 6 9 10 32
2012-06-27	1	2nd	1 2 17 18 20 36
2012-06-23	9	1st	2 15 27 31 41 42
2012-05-23	20	1st	2 15 25 34 39 40
2012-03-14	25	2nd	1 2 3 13 32 44
2011-12-17	2	1st	2 14 18 24 28 42
2011-12-10	1	1st	2 21 22 35 40 43
2011-12-07	5	1st	2 14 34 40 43 44
2011-11-19	14	2nd	1 2 4 12 20 32
2011-10-01	14	1st	2 15 31 32 35 43
2011-08-13	3	1st	2 17 24 29 31 36
2011-08-03	4	1st	2 4 16 31 35 43
2011-07-20	6	1st	2 4 18 32 33 36
2011-06-29	19	1st	2 7 8 35 37 41
2011-04-23	1	1st	2 15 17 34 37 44
2011-04-20	4	1st	2 8 11 25 38 40
2011-04-06	16	1st	2 6 8 24 31 37
2011-02-09	1	1st	2 11 21 33 38 41
2011-02-05	3	1st	2 7 22 23 28 44
2011-01-26	5	1st	2 12 36 41 43 44
2011-01-08	7	1st	2 17 18 32 34 41
2010-12-15	4	1st	2 6 12 25 26 32
2010-12-01	3	1st	2 10 14 22 30 36
2010-11-20	2	1st	2 6 13 24 25 35
2010-11-13	5	1st	2 17 23 28 32 43
2010-10-27	1	1st	2 9 11 15 23 32
2010-10-23	2	1st	2 7 12 15 29 39
2010-10-16	2	1st	2 8 10 16 26 34
2010-10-09	6	1st	2 3 9 18 21 33
2010-09-18	3	1st	2 7 30 31 41 44
2010-09-08	2	1st	2 3 12 16 24 39
2010-09-01	1	1st	2 6 19 38 40 43
2010-08-28	2	2nd	1 2 6 15 17 28
2010-08-21	8	1st	2 28 31 35 36 41
2010-07-24	5	1st	2 15 17 21 40 41
2010-07-07	18	1st	2 3 8 11 24 28
2010-05-05	1	1st	2 6 7 11 17 39
2010-05-01	8	2nd	1 2 5 9 10 39
2010-04-03	—	1st	2 8 12 16 30 40