Number 1

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,026 draws, 5 from 1–45.

224times drawn · chance expected 225 −0.08σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

36longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 224 times in 2,026 draws against 225.1 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 224 times in 2,026 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 1 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 1 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 smallest224 · chance 224.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 11 44 19 43 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 45. 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 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-11	20	1st	1 3 20 31 41
2026-09-21	21	1st	1 12 22 23 29
2026-08-31	8	1st	1 15 16 19 40
2026-08-23	5	1st	1 15 31

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: 1 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-04	5	1st	1 20 26 34 39
2026-02-27	8	1st	1 3 5 35 38
2026-02-19	1	1st	1 4 21 31 43
2026-02-18	28	1st	1 2 4 25 30
2026-01-21	1	1st	1 4 11 22 42
2026-01-20	5	1st	1 5 11 35 45
2026-01-15	14	1st	1 4 22 28 39
2026-01-01	3	1st	1 4 7 35 45
2025-12-29	2	1st	1 6 22 26 34
2025-12-27	7	1st	1 2 3 30 44
2025-12-20	7	1st	1 11 14 40 43
2025-12-13	10	1st	1 20 27 38 40
2025-12-03	4	1st	1 12 30 33 39
2025-11-28	19	1st	1 4 6 10 42
2025-11-09	9	1st	1 6 31 42 45
2025-10-31	12	1st	1 2 22 27 37
2025-10-18	9	1st	1 5 6 33 44
2025-10-09	12	1st	1 14 20 34 35
2025-09-27	7	1st	1 12 36 38 43
2025-09-20	17	1st	1 22 29 30 45
2025-09-03	5	1st	1 4 37 38 41
2025-08-29	10	1st	1 3 22 40 42
2025-08-19	3	1st	1 6 39 40 42
2025-08-16	3	1st	1 3 9 18 34
2025-08-13	4	1st	1 10 13 36 40
2025-08-09	19	1st	1 12 35 40 43
2025-07-21	13	1st	1 10 32 39 41
2025-07-08	4	1st	1 4 13 18 36
2025-07-04	2	1st	1 2 6 19 36
2025-07-02	9	1st	1 2 4 17 34
2025-06-23	15	1st	1 9 13 26 43
2025-06-08	10	1st	1 8 19 21 29
2025-05-29	1	1st	1 3 11 24 32
2025-05-28	1	1st	1 2 9 44 45
2025-05-27	2	1st	1 7 9 11 12
2025-05-25	14	1st	1 4 8 18 37
2025-05-11	16	1st	1 3 18 19 38
2025-04-25	5	1st	1 8 15 21 42
2025-04-20	14	1st	1 3 25 35 40
2025-04-06	16	1st	1 15 23 26 34
2025-03-21	9	1st	1 16 33 42 45
2025-03-12	4	1st	1 15 16 37 45
2025-03-08	14	1st	1 7 8 19 26
2025-02-22	14	1st	1 13 20 36 44
2025-02-08	9	1st	1 19 31 33 43
2025-01-30	5	1st	1 13 19 32 39
2025-01-25	10	1st	1 5 9 22 31
2025-01-15	14	1st	1 5 8 16 21
2025-01-01	2	1st	1 4 7 23 38
2024-12-30	8	1st	1 8 23 32 36
2024-12-22	9	1st	1 11 30 31 37
2024-12-13	1	1st	1 11 14 20 21
2024-12-12	3	1st	1 9 12 23 35
2024-12-09	31	1st	1 14 17 20 36
2024-11-08	1	1st	1 16 22 26 41
2024-11-07	2	1st	1 2 13 33 34
2024-11-05	13	1st	1 6 28 41 44
2024-10-23	3	1st	1 12 24 44 45
2024-10-20	14	1st	1 16 18 30 40
2024-10-06	3	1st	1 17 20 29 30
2024-10-03	32	1st	1 5 8 16 44
2024-09-01	11	1st	1 4 21 39 44
2024-08-21	1	1st	1 11 12 31 45
2024-08-20	7	1st	1 11 21 34 41
2024-08-13	19	1st	1 2 3 22 38
2024-07-25	3	1st	1 6 18 21 23
2024-07-22	11	1st	1 3 26 29 36
2024-07-11	3	1st	1 2 5 6 17
2024-07-08	14	1st	1 9 20 30 34
2024-06-24	21	1st	1 2 25 28 38
2024-06-03	4	1st	1 2 11 14 44
2024-05-30	4	1st	1 14 28 30 44
2024-05-26	2	1st	1 14 26 29 39
2024-05-24	6	1st	1 2 24 33 44
2024-05-18	2	1st	1 15 19 31 39
2024-05-16	4	1st	1 9 15 32 40
2024-05-12	3	1st	1 5 19 40 41
2024-05-09	5	1st	1 4 25 36 43
2024-05-04	2	1st	1 5 13 28 41
2024-05-02	2	1st	1 6 19 32 37
2024-04-30	4	1st	1 2 16 32 38
2024-04-26	6	1st	1 8 15 21 30
2024-04-20	7	1st	1 8 19 25 42
2024-04-13	24	1st	1 23 28 40 41
2024-03-20	5	1st	1 10 15 24 38
2024-03-15	1	1st	1 15 16 20 41
2024-03-14	6	1st	1 21 25 39 43
2024-03-08	15	1st	1 27 28 32 33
2024-02-22	1	1st	1 15 30 33 43
2024-02-21	1	1st	1 8 21 22 28
2024-02-20	5	1st	1 27 32 40 44
2024-02-15	7	1st	1 6 12 35 45
2024-02-08	4	1st	1 16 18 27 37
2024-02-04	14	1st	1 20 22 31 42
2024-01-21	6	1st	1 13 39 41 42
2024-01-15	6	1st	1 4 30 33 44
2024-01-09	17	1st	1 5 9 11 29
2023-12-23	6	1st	1 3 7 10 43
2023-12-17	36	1st	1 14 28 33 40
2023-11-11	10	1st	1 6 8 35 43
2023-11-01	6	1st	1 15 19 23 27
2023-10-26	28	1st	1 4 28 31 40
2023-09-28	21	1st	1 11 20 29 33
2023-09-07	22	1st	1 8 20 26 44
2023-08-16	11	1st	1 5 13 26 44
2023-08-05	6	1st	1 13 20 30 44
2023-07-30	8	1st	1 17 20 28 37
2023-07-22	4	1st	1 19 28 39 41
2023-07-18	6	1st	1 6 15 36 40
2023-07-12	8	1st	1 7 20 22 39
2023-07-04	8	1st	1 7 19 20 27
2023-06-26	2	1st	1 12 13 23 26
2023-06-24	33	1st	1 23 38 41 44
2023-05-22	4	1st	1 23 40 43 44
2023-05-18	18	1st	1 15 16 17 43
2023-04-30	8	1st	1 2 17 25 30
2023-04-22	4	1st	1 22 33 43 45
2023-04-18	6	1st	1 11 32 35 39
2023-04-12	6	1st	1 8 11 14 19
2023-04-06	1	1st	1 2 4 12 15
2023-04-05	27	1st	1 2 33 39 45
2023-03-09	36	1st	1 11 16 32 39
2023-02-01	2	1st	1 3 9 26 41
2023-01-30	5	1st	1 10 23 37 44
2023-01-25	4	1st	1 11 13 17 35
2023-01-21	1	1st	1 5 7 9 14
2023-01-20	36	1st	1 2 4 7 22
2022-12-15	27	1st	1 27 33 44 45
2022-11-18	35	1st	1 5 20 23 41
2022-08-17	22	1st	1 14 33 37 44
2022-06-01	5	1st	1 20 28 41 42
2022-05-14	9	1st	1 11 37 39 41
2022-04-13	7	1st	1 14 16 33 36
2022-03-19	18	1st	1 12 21 34 44
2022-01-15	5	1st	1 8 17 23 45
2021-12-29	9	1st	1 2 7 14 29
2021-11-27	6	1st	1 10 11 41 44
2021-11-06	2	1st	1 27 31 34 41
2021-10-30	13	1st	1 25 32 33 36
2021-09-15	6	1st	1 5 22 32 45
2021-08-25	2	1st	1 11 14 22 30
2021-08-18	21	1st	1 9 12 39 42
2021-06-05	5	1st	1 4 11 19 43
2021-05-19	2	1st	1 11 12 13 23
2021-05-12	1	1st	1 3 8 11 38
2021-05-08	5	1st	1 5 22 23 43
2021-04-21	2	1st	1 27 30 33 41
2021-04-14	1	1st	1 5 10 11 24
2021-04-10	6	1st	1 6 14 36 38
2021-03-20	34	1st	1 23 26 29 32
2020-11-21	5	1st	1 10 31 32 43
2020-11-04	1	1st	1 18 23 30 32
2020-10-31	6	1st	1 3 16 23 37
2020-10-10	16	1st	1 15 30 32 42
2020-08-15	11	1st	1 15 17 24 25
2020-07-08	3	1st	1 8 19 22 26
2020-06-27	1	1st	1 22 28 29 39
2020-06-24	4	1st	1 10 19 41 44
2020-06-10	11	1st	1 17 29 38 42
2020-05-02	13	1st	1 2 5 7 43
2020-03-18	13	1st	1 3 26 35 43
2020-02-01	1	1st	1 18 28 40 43
2020-01-29	1	1st	1 10 22 38 44
2020-01-25	6	1st	1 6 34 39 40
2020-01-04	16	1st	1 15 17 19 24
2019-11-09	2	1st	1 19 33 39 43
2019-11-02	1	1st	1 6 11 26 28
2019-10-30	8	1st	1 4 12 20 28
2019-10-02	18	1st	1 13 20 24 39
2019-07-31	5	1st	1 7 8 28 40
2019-07-13	1	1st	1 9 15 36 39
2019-07-10	5	1st	1 20 21 29 45
2019-06-22	3	1st	1 9 12 17 21
2019-06-12	6	1st	1 9 10 27 42
2019-05-22	15	1st	1 7 9 29 31
2019-03-30	4	1st	1 9 12 14 19
2019-03-16	4	1st	1 3 39 40 43
2019-03-02	4	1st	1 11 15 21 32
2019-02-16	10	1st	1 6 16 40 42
2019-01-12	23	1st	1 8 10 22 25
2018-10-24	4	1st	1 6 13 17 19
2018-10-10	9	1st	1 6 19 26 33
2018-09-08	1	1st	1 8 9 19 29
2018-09-05	4	1st	1 11 13 17 27
2018-08-22	4	1st	1 6 7 36 40
2018-08-08	7	1st	1 11 12 28 35
2018-07-14	7	1st	1 2 23 32 44
2018-06-20	28	1st	1 24 26 33 37
2018-03-14	5	1st	1 2 11 34 41
2018-02-24	7	1st	1 9 12 17 22
2018-01-31	3	1st	1 3 26 34 43
2018-01-20	6	1st	1 3 17 24 28
2017-12-30	9	1st	1 20 35 41 44
2017-11-29	6	1st	1 8 14 19 23
2017-11-08	6	1st	1 14 23 39 45
2017-10-18	36	1st	1 21 27 30 38
2017-06-14	3	1st	1 8 13 30 39
2017-06-03	4	1st	1 8 18 22 39
2017-05-20	15	1st	1 9 23 28 38
2017-03-29	—	1st	1 17 24 42 44