Number 4

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

298times drawn · chance expected 268 +1.96σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

33longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 298 times in 1,878 draws against 268.3 expected, +1.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 298 times in 1,878 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 33 · 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 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 smallest200 · chance 199.6
2nd smallest85 · chance 88.1
3rd smallest11 · chance 10.1
4th smallest2 · chance 0.3
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 36.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 16 38 11 27 29

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, 4 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-26	1	1st	4 12 16 22 27 32
2026-09-23	7	1st	4 24 25 29 38 40
2026-09-07	5	1st	4 6 8 17 19 32
2026-08-26	4	1st	4

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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