Number 2

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

258times drawn · chance expected 239 +1.34σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

33longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 258 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, +1.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 258 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 3 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 smallest214 · chance 228.0
2nd smallest44 · chance 30.0
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 30.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 8 10 14 12 36

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
2026-09-29	33	1st	2 12 16 20 21 38
2026-06-05	4	1st	2 9 13 24 31 34
2026-05-22	5	1st	2 13 17 23 26 33
2026-05-05	3	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.

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