Number 46

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

228times drawn · chance expected 239 −0.71σ

27draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

12.3average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

61longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 228 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 27 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 228 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 12.3 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 27 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 46 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest1 · chance 0.5
2nd smallest10 · chance 8.2
3rd smallest44 · chance 45.1
4th smallest89 · chance 99.5
5th smallest84 · chance 74.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 36 5 9 44 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 46 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 35th most popular of 60. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-01-25	38	2nd	45 46 47 56 58
2025-12-18	10	3rd	20 26 46 57 60
2025-12-08	61	4th	6 22 34 46 60
2025-10-08	32	4th	30 36 42 46

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: 46 is drawn with probability 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-04	11	5th	1 21 24 32 46
2024-12-24	23	4th	7 23 25 46 57
2024-12-01	37	3rd	29 36 46 56 59
2024-10-25	3	5th	5 15 27 40 46
2024-10-22	5	4th	14 18 36 46 55
2024-10-17	11	5th	17 20 34 40 46
2024-10-06	2	4th	23 26 31 46 57
2024-10-04	1	4th	12 13 31 46 54
2024-10-03	3	5th	1 5 26 30 46
2024-09-30	17	4th	14 16 44 46 52
2024-09-13	1	3rd	36 38 46 47 48
2024-09-12	8	3rd	13 45 46 53 57
2024-09-04	15	5th	13 22 27 35 46
2024-08-20	9	5th	9 18 32 37 46
2024-08-11	6	5th	7 11 40 45 46
2024-08-05	4	5th	8 25 33 38 46
2024-08-01	31	2nd	18 46 52 53 58
2024-07-01	5	4th	3 20 34 46 57
2024-06-26	26	3rd	39 44 46 51 58
2024-05-31	1	5th	8 27 32 45 46
2024-05-30	31	4th	12 26 36 46 56
2024-04-29	8	4th	13 26 35 46 50
2024-04-21	15	3rd	2 8 46 53 55
2024-04-06	22	4th	17 23 31 46 48
2024-03-15	10	4th	23 28 44 46 47
2024-03-05	2	4th	9 25 39 46 58
2024-03-03	9	3rd	38 39 46 48 52
2024-02-23	51	4th	9 36 41 46 47
2024-01-03	28	4th	12 28 32 46 51
2023-12-06	13	5th	8 14 38 40 46
2023-11-23	2	3rd	35 44 46 50 55
2023-11-21	14	5th	5 11 25 34 46
2023-11-07	5	5th	2 22 23 34 46
2023-11-02	9	4th	16 34 40 46 52
2023-10-24	15	4th	17 36 43 46 58
2023-10-09	8	3rd	9 24 46 58 59
2023-10-01	19	4th	3 41 42 46 53
2023-09-12	4	4th	8 33 40 46 57
2023-09-08	7	4th	1 2 24 46 49
2023-09-01	2	5th	7 18 20 31 46
2023-08-30	42	5th	3 16 18 20 46
2023-07-19	2	4th	28 31 37 46 58
2023-07-17	3	3rd	19 28 46 52 53
2023-07-14	3	5th	14 27 29 34 46
2023-07-11	33	4th	5 10 16 46 53
2023-06-08	15	2nd	38 46 49 50 59
2023-05-24	9	3rd	13 37 46 49 56
2023-05-15	5	4th	1 6 20 46 54
2023-05-10	9	5th	1 5 8 23 46
2023-05-01	8	4th	37 41 42 46 48
2023-04-23	11	4th	9 11 26 46 52
2023-04-12	14	5th	19 29 34 37 46
2023-03-29	2	5th	2 13 16 39 46
2023-03-27	16	5th	6 29 37 38 46
2023-03-11	10	3rd	14 27 46 51 53
2023-03-01	19	4th	3 5 22 46 56
2023-02-10	10	5th	5 8 30 43 46
2023-01-31	1	5th	5 11 24 26 46
2023-01-30	6	3rd	36 43 46 55 59
2023-01-24	13	3rd	11 22 46 47 54
2023-01-11	8	5th	13 20 26 44 46
2023-01-03	5	4th	5 14 27 46 53
2022-12-29	21	5th	13 14 21 44 46
2022-12-08	14	3rd	24 33 46 51 54
2022-11-24	29	3rd	4 21 46 56 59
2022-10-26	1	3rd	32 44 46 54 59
2022-10-25	11	4th	9 23 27 46 49
2022-10-14	14	5th	5 9 27 35 46
2022-09-30	3	3rd	16 33 46 53 58
2022-09-27	57	4th	4 10 30 46 52
2022-08-01	14	5th	11 20 36 40 46
2022-07-18	3	5th	7 20 22 30 46
2022-07-15	3	5th	4 6 7 17 46
2022-07-12	17	4th	8 28 35 46 57
2022-06-25	13	2nd	3 46 49 55 60
2022-06-12	7	4th	4 18 25 46 59
2022-06-05	11	3rd	39 43 46 47 52
2022-05-25	27	4th	8 11 39 46 47
2022-04-28	4	3rd	15 23 46 55 57
2022-04-24	10	4th	7 14 33 46 48
2022-04-14	6	5th	15 16 26 27 46
2022-04-08	10	4th	21 25 45 46 54
2022-03-29	5	4th	10 40 44 46 60
2022-03-24	1	2nd	35 46 47 49 56
2022-03-23	28	4th	12 21 25 46 50
2022-02-23	10	4th	27 36 40 46 53
2022-02-13	3	4th	6 16 31 46 50
2022-02-10	11	4th	3 28 36 46 53
2022-01-30	9	3rd	13 33 46 47 49
2022-01-21	1	5th	5 21 24 36 46
2022-01-20	9	4th	5 26 38 46 58
2022-01-11	11	3rd	4 26 46 53 58
2021-12-31	13	4th	8 13 34 46 60
2021-12-18	23	4th	2 27 37 46 57
2021-11-25	3	5th	24 39 40 43 46
2021-11-22	12	5th	2 3 22 45 46
2021-11-10	7	5th	20 31 39 42 46
2021-11-03	8	4th	10 36 45 46 60
2021-10-26	1	5th	3 5 23 37 46
2021-10-25	2	3rd	18 35 46 47 51
2021-10-23	1	5th	8 24 32 34 46
2021-10-22	12	2nd	16 46 51 52 54
2021-10-10	13	4th	22 23 40 46 55
2021-09-27	6	5th	3 10 11 21 46
2021-09-21	15	5th	4 10 22 38 46
2021-09-06	11	5th	11 31 39 42 46
2021-08-26	6	4th	1 4 11 46 52
2021-08-20	8	3rd	29 36 46 50 60
2021-08-12	10	5th	9 10 15 28 46
2021-08-02	3	2nd	18 46 48 50 54
2021-07-30	7	5th	2 12 15 33 46
2021-07-23	7	5th	3 29 37 42 46
2021-07-16	2	5th	3 9 14 41 46
2021-07-14	1	4th	10 21 35 46 48
2021-07-13	6	5th	3 23 29 33 46
2021-07-07	6	5th	5 12 19 44 46
2021-07-01	6	4th	5 32 45 46 54
2021-06-25	23	4th	9 28 44 46 53
2021-06-02	2	3rd	40 44 46 51 54
2021-05-31	14	4th	19 22 43 46 54
2021-05-17	21	4th	31 43 44 46 58
2021-04-26	8	5th	7 16 30 34 46
2021-04-18	1	3rd	16 41 46 52 57
2021-04-17	2	3rd	15 18 46 48 50
2021-04-15	14	4th	18 24 44 46 49
2021-04-01	1	4th	19 36 41 46 55
2021-03-31	16	4th	2 27 35 46 55
2021-03-15	28	4th	4 12 37 46 60
2021-02-15	36	5th	8 18 21 28 46
2021-01-10	1	3rd	5 43 46 49 52
2021-01-09	18	3rd	19 27 46 49 50
2020-12-22	22	5th	1 5 15 27 46
2020-11-30	6	4th	3 25 35 46 57
2020-11-24	11	3rd	14 27 46 52 57
2020-11-13	45	5th	12 18 23 29 46
2020-09-29	3	4th	6 10 37 46 52
2020-09-26	8	5th	12 15 27 45 46
2020-09-18	5	4th	14 33 39 46 59
2020-09-13	28	5th	1 19 27 44 46
2020-08-16	5	5th	10 27 30 38 46
2020-08-11	19	3rd	27 45 46 48 60
2020-07-23	3	3rd	8 30 46 47 50
2020-07-20	22	5th	24 33 39 40 46
2020-06-28	6	4th	15 23 44 46 54
2020-06-22	19	3rd	7 14 46 48 58
2020-06-03	5	4th	13 28 38 46 48
2020-05-29	4	5th	12 21 35 43 46
2020-05-25	21	4th	8 14 42 46 58
2020-05-04	24	5th	4 11 30 31 46
2020-04-10	2	4th	11 27 45 46 50
2020-04-08	7	5th	2 21 22 28 46
2020-04-01	17	5th	5 14 18 27 46
2020-03-15	21	5th	21 24 34 39 46
2020-02-23	3	4th	5 26 32 46 50
2020-02-20	6	4th	3 9 25 46 49
2020-02-14	23	3rd	20 42 46 57 59
2020-01-22	7	5th	2 28 29 45 46
2020-01-15	4	5th	14 16 18 25 46
2020-01-11	10	4th	17 20 23 46 57
2020-01-01	19	5th	2 17 26 44 46
2019-12-13	9	4th	27 40 45 46 60
2019-12-04	2	3rd	23 44 46 49 56
2019-12-02	2	5th	15 20 36 44 46
2019-11-30	11	4th	13 16 34 46 55
2019-11-19	1	4th	10 14 40 46 49
2019-11-18	3	4th	25 34 35 46 59
2019-11-15	25	4th	12 21 28 46 56
2019-10-21	11	5th	28 32 36 43 46
2019-10-10	22	4th	15 20 26 46 50
2019-09-18	3	5th	9 13 29 39 46
2019-09-15	13	4th	20 34 42 46 48
2019-09-02	4	4th	6 9 22 46 48
2019-08-29	11	4th	8 9 15 46 48
2019-08-18	26	5th	21 23 35 44 46
2019-07-23	26	2nd	24 46 50 55 60
2019-06-17	11	4th	31 36 45 46 59
2019-05-09	17	5th	12 22 27 43 46
2019-03-11	20	5th	12 17 18 38 46
2018-12-31	12	4th	18 28 39 46 54
2018-11-19	8	4th	14 16 28 46 49
2018-10-22	3	5th	1 11 19 24 46
2018-10-11	25	3rd	21 27 46 51 53
2018-07-16	31	4th	17 18 45 46 55
2018-03-29	26	4th	34 35 36 46 58
2017-12-28	7	5th	9 14 24 41 46
2017-12-04	13	3rd	16 17 46 51 52
2017-10-19	13	5th	15 16 39 41 46
2017-09-04	2	5th	2 11 20 36 46
2017-08-28	25	5th	4 9 20 42 46
2017-06-01	7	3rd	5 9 46 55 58
2017-05-08	6	4th	22 34 42 46 57
2017-04-17	4	5th	5 9 12 33 46
2017-04-03	4	4th	12 15 28 46 57
2017-03-20	21	4th	13 22 41 46 56
2017-01-05	12	5th	5 18 42 44 46
2016-11-24	24	5th	4 24 25 32 46
2016-09-01	9	3rd	17 45 46 51 53
2016-08-01	11	5th	32 34 36 39 46
2016-06-23	44	5th	1 9 36 38 46
2016-01-21	11	4th	11 13 36 46 48
2015-12-14	16	1st	46 50 56 57 58
2015-10-19	12	4th	4 8 31 46 54
2015-09-07	1	5th	4 21 26 45 46
2015-09-03	—	3rd	20 33 46 49 51