Number 2

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

197times drawn · chance expected 198 −0.09σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

36longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, −0.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 197 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 12 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 smallest175 · chance 178.1
2nd smallest22 · chance 18.9
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 18.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

52 40 9 26 31 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 53. 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
2026-08-29	18	1st	2 18 20 22 43 52
2026-06-27	13	1st	2 10 21 26 30 44
2026-05-13	2	1st	2 11 15 20 37 46
2026-05-06

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-11	15	1st	2 11 15 16 18 26
2024-03-20	8	1st	2 10 13 16 32 41
2024-02-21	15	1st	2 7 15 25 35 36
2023-12-30	1	1st	2 4 14 15 34 52
2023-12-27	4	1st	2 8 19 21 27 46
2023-12-13	1	1st	2 7 26 40 47 51
2023-12-09	1	1st	2 27 30 32 45 48
2023-12-06	10	1st	2 23 30 44 45 48
2023-11-01	28	1st	2 15 27 33 34 53
2023-07-26	2	1st	2 5 6 28 32 49
2023-07-19	3	1st	2 8 9 32 41 45
2023-07-08	10	2nd	1 2 6 10 36 48
2023-06-03	9	1st	2 9 16 17 35 50
2023-05-03	5	1st	2 12 17 28 47 48
2023-04-15	21	2nd	1 2 28 29 38 44
2023-02-01	31	1st	2 4 13 23 28 32
2022-10-15	26	1st	2 5 10 44 49 50
2022-07-16	2	1st	2 4 13 23 39 40
2022-07-09	4	1st	2 9 33 37 40 47
2022-06-25	5	1st	2 3 7 22 36 43
2022-06-08	1	1st	2 8 9 15 43 50
2022-06-04	2	2nd	1 2 8 13 19 50
2022-05-28	10	1st	2 7 14 16 28 30
2022-04-23	4	1st	2 13 27 30 39 42
2022-04-09	9	1st	2 26 38 40 43 50
2022-03-09	6	1st	2 12 14 24 48 50
2022-02-16	1	1st	2 10 18 29 31 49
2022-02-12	9	1st	2 6 13 16 32 47
2022-01-12	3	1st	2 9 17 33 34 35
2022-01-01	2	1st	2 8 20 31 39 51
2021-12-25	8	1st	2 8 27 40 43 47
2021-11-27	6	1st	2 3 6 12 20 51
2021-11-06	4	1st	2 5 19 30 31 46
2021-10-23	16	1st	2 6 34 36 44 50
2021-08-28	12	1st	2 5 9 18 22 25
2021-07-17	2	2nd	1 2 5 15 31 49
2021-07-10	24	1st	2 10 13 33 39 48
2021-04-17	4	1st	2 7 10 11 31 33
2021-04-03	8	1st	2 12 16 27 31 36
2021-03-06	5	1st	2 19 32 36 50 52
2021-02-17	10	1st	2 5 28 31 39 46
2021-01-13	7	1st	2 9 15 20 25 46
2020-12-19	1	1st	2 8 35 37 40 53
2020-12-16	4	1st	2 7 17 25 44 53
2020-12-02	1	1st	2 7 24 34 43 47
2020-11-28	3	1st	2 4 8 11 26 32
2020-11-18	9	1st	2 38 42 45 47 50
2020-10-17	1	1st	2 5 36 38 39 53
2020-10-14	3	1st	2 10 27 31 34 42
2020-10-03	1	1st	2 22 24 29 38 44
2020-09-30	2	1st	2 15 26 32 34 41
2020-09-23	10	1st	2 16 23 24 34 52
2020-08-19	11	1st	2 4 6 42 43 51
2020-07-11	4	1st	2 20 24 26 38 48
2020-06-27	5	1st	2 4 6 11 16 38
2020-06-10	16	1st	2 30 32 41 51 52
2020-04-15	11	1st	2 5 7 31 37 43
2020-03-07	13	2nd	1 2 13 31 33 53
2020-01-22	1	1st	2 9 20 21 26 44
2020-01-18	1	1st	2 10 29 34 46 51
2020-01-15	3	1st	2 26 27 29 46 51
2020-01-04	7	1st	2 10 18 30 35 49
2019-12-11	1	1st	2 25 30 34 49 51
2019-12-07	13	2nd	1 2 10 17 26 30
2019-10-23	19	1st	2 15 19 29 30 36
2019-08-17	5	1st	2 6 19 25 41 42
2019-07-31	6	1st	2 4 25 28 38 46
2019-07-10	10	2nd	1 2 9 25 28 33
2019-06-05	12	1st	2 4 24 30 39 40
2019-04-24	2	1st	2 4 21 27 32 45
2019-04-17	7	1st	2 25 31 45 52 53
2019-03-23	10	1st	2 21 23 25 33 34
2019-02-16	2	1st	2 12 16 29 43 52
2019-02-09	1	1st	2 12 40 44 47 49
2019-02-06	1	1st	2 5 10 35 51 53
2019-02-02	2	1st	2 6 15 20 24 47
2019-01-26	13	1st	2 14 26 29 36 51
2018-12-12	10	1st	2 9 25 28 32 43
2018-11-07	12	1st	2 12 23 27 44 48
2018-09-26	12	1st	2 8 9 25 35 53
2018-08-15	22	1st	2 17 27 32 33 52
2018-05-30	20	1st	2 41 46 48 50 52
2018-03-21	10	1st	2 6 8 22 35 52
2018-02-14	24	2nd	1 2 14 26 32 38
2017-11-22	9	1st	2 13 19 22 36 51
2017-10-21	14	1st	2 8 23 26 37 40
2017-09-02	2	1st	2 4 12 19 48 49
2017-08-26	1	2nd	1 2 25 29 40 44
2017-08-23	11	1st	2 12 18 22 24 25
2017-07-15	8	1st	2 17 21 22 39 43
2017-06-17	2	1st	2 6 19 38 47 48
2017-06-10	17	1st	2 15 28 34 46 52
2017-04-12	3	1st	2 8 12 15 18 47
2017-04-01	14	1st	2 8 9 36 42 48
2017-02-11	10	2nd	1 2 3 4 37 47
2017-01-07	2	1st	2 5 28 30 31 33
2016-12-31	3	1st	2 4 11 14 38 44
2016-12-21	8	1st	2 4 7 21 34 48
2016-11-23	3	1st	2 4 10 26 29 31
2016-11-12	3	1st	2 16 22 28 38 42
2016-11-02	9	1st	2 4 9 14 18 39
2016-10-01	12	1st	2 8 22 24 27 48
2016-08-20	12	1st	2 5 7 17 29 41
2016-07-09	15	1st	2 4 16 29 33 52
2016-05-18	5	1st	2 8 13 17 25 49
2016-04-30	12	2nd	1 2 12 22 41 46
2016-03-19	32	1st	2 17 25 27 38 50
2015-11-28	6	2nd	1 2 4 32 33 42
2015-11-07	34	1st	2 8 9 11 13 27
2015-07-11	25	1st	2 10 17 30 37 39
2015-04-15	10	1st	2 13 15 26 27 34
2015-03-11	3	1st	2 18 32 33 39 40
2015-02-28	8	1st	2 12 13 14 37 47
2015-01-31	5	1st	2 21 28 31 47 52
2015-01-14	3	1st	2 5 8 11 20 40
2015-01-03	19	1st	2 21 24 44 50 51
2014-10-29	7	1st	2 12 23 26 39 52
2014-10-04	2	1st	2 5 15 25 39 48
2014-09-27	2	1st	2 3 9 21 23 33
2014-09-20	20	1st	2 10 14 15 36 45
2014-07-12	5	1st	2 4 14 16 44 48
2014-06-25	7	1st	2 9 21 36 39 48
2014-05-31	6	1st	2 11 31 38 49 52
2014-05-10	13	2nd	1 2 10 35 42 44
2014-03-26	7	1st	2 16 24 32 40 47
2014-03-01	10	1st	2 7 9 16 19 45
2014-01-25	11	1st	2 3 7 21 36 43
2013-12-18	2	1st	2 5 9 24 34 40
2013-12-11	2	1st	2 33 38 51 52 53
2013-12-04	2	1st	2 6 10 32 41 46
2013-11-27	7	1st	2 8 20 33 35 49
2013-11-02	4	1st	2 11 13 20 27 28
2013-10-19	7	1st	2 3 15 39 44 49
2013-09-25	11	2nd	1 2 25 43 48 53
2013-08-17	10	1st	2 7 11 15 43 45
2013-07-13	6	1st	2 10 11 41 42 53
2013-06-22	3	1st	2 7 31 40 46 52
2013-06-12	19	1st	2 29 35 37 41 42
2013-04-06	12	1st	2 13 16 17 20 40
2013-02-23	6	2nd	1 2 3 9 23 53
2013-02-02	6	2nd	1 2 31 40 46 52
2013-01-12	12	1st	2 9 12 24 31 46
2012-12-01	9	1st	2 5 33 45 48 50
2012-10-31	1	1st	2 17 34 36 43 52
2012-10-27	3	2nd	1 2 29 30 31 35
2012-10-17	10	1st	2 9 16 18 34 46
2012-09-12	3	1st	2 6 7 11 21 41
2012-09-01	8	1st	2 8 23 27 43 53
2012-08-04	8	1st	2 26 36 37 40 43
2012-07-07	3	1st	2 6 17 26 31 40
2012-06-27	4	1st	2 7 18 29 35 44
2012-06-13	8	2nd	1 2 21 42 45 49
2012-05-16	3	1st	2 27 43 44 47 52
2012-05-05	13	1st	2 13 20 26 45 53
2012-03-21	7	1st	2 3 4 10 18 26
2012-02-25	18	2nd	1 2 6 14 19 31
2011-12-24	8	1st	2 11 15 19 24 26
2011-11-26	9	1st	2 9 13 22 26 37
2011-10-26	35	1st	2 12 13 27 48 50
2011-06-25	1	1st	2 27 36 43 44 52
2011-06-22	22	1st	2 6 19 31 36 39
2011-04-06	6	1st	2 15 21 22 24 45
2011-03-16	36	2nd	1 2 5 41 49 50
2010-11-10	8	1st	2 15 24 34 39 52
2010-10-13	8	2nd	1 2 32 35 38 47
2010-09-15	3	1st	2 10 16 27 48 49
2010-09-04	5	1st	2 7 9 22 29 42
2010-08-18	12	1st	2 3 5 22 41 45
2010-07-07	7	1st	2 5 9 20 26 38
2010-06-12	5	1st	2 6 17 39 44 45
2010-05-26	19	1st	2 3 25 30 35 40
2010-03-20	21	1st	2 3 16 30 45 50
2010-01-06	—	1st	2 8 14 19 22 29