Number 4

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

206times drawn · chance expected 198 +0.59σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

44longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 206 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, +0.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 206 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 2 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 smallest146 · chance 151.1
2nd smallest53 · chance 50.4
3rd smallest6 · chance 4.4
4th smallest1 · chance 0.1
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 19.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 52 3 5 6 38

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, 4 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	17	1st	4 8 18 28 40 46
2026-08-05	9	1st	4 19 21 22 30 45
2026-07-04	1	1st	4 7 18 34 39 53
2026-07-01

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

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