Number 2

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,878 draws, 6 from 1–42.

275times drawn · chance expected 268 +0.44σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

37longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 275 times in 1,878 draws against 268.3 expected, +0.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 275 times in 1,878 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest245 · chance 241.5
2nd smallest30 · chance 33.5
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 33.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 8 28 23 6 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-10	5	1st	2 5 12 24 25 36
2026-09-28	6	2nd	1 2 18 22 24 33
2026-09-14	14	1st	2 7 24 33 34 37
2026-08-12	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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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