Number 2

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

222times drawn · chance expected 225 −0.21σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

52longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 222 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, −0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 222 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 14 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 smallest199 · chance 201.8
2nd smallest23 · chance 20.2
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 20.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 45 33 7 17 39

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, 2 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 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-27	5	1st	2 10 16 20 33
2026-09-22	27	1st	2 6 16 34 41
2026-08-26	10	1st	2 10 12 13 27
2026-08-16	3	1st	2 4 28

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-07	5	1st	2 8 16 29 44
2026-03-02	12	1st	2 16 17 19 33
2026-02-18	2	2nd	1 2 4 25 30
2026-02-16	10	1st	2 23 31 39 45
2026-02-06	6	1st	2 4 15 26 41
2026-01-31	14	1st	2 4 13 15 44
2026-01-17	5	1st	2 14 15 19 23
2026-01-12	8	1st	2 8 41 42 45
2026-01-04	4	1st	2 23 24 27 36
2025-12-31	4	1st	2 3 5 27 37
2025-12-27	4	2nd	1 2 3 30 44
2025-12-23	27	1st	2 3 21 31 38
2025-11-25	25	1st	2 7 9 19 25
2025-10-31	1	2nd	1 2 22 27 37
2025-10-30	52	1st	2 8 12 30 33
2025-09-07	1	1st	2 6 20 38 45
2025-09-06	6	1st	2 9 13 35 44
2025-08-31	7	1st	2 14 15 25 26
2025-08-24	1	1st	2 10 25 33 34
2025-08-23	1	1st	2 5 17 33 39
2025-08-22	14	1st	2 6 22 41 45
2025-08-08	1	1st	2 3 22 39 42
2025-08-07	2	1st	2 13 28 33 43
2025-08-05	8	1st	2 9 14 27 37
2025-07-28	4	1st	2 15 18 32 35
2025-07-24	2	1st	2 7 14 35 44
2025-07-22	2	1st	2 13 23 35 39
2025-07-20	2	1st	2 9 24 33 35
2025-07-18	14	1st	2 11 19 33 42
2025-07-04	2	2nd	1 2 6 19 36
2025-07-02	1	2nd	1 2 4 17 34
2025-07-01	7	1st	2 10 24 30 31
2025-06-24	27	1st	2 4 26 31 36
2025-05-28	4	2nd	1 2 9 44 45
2025-05-24	1	1st	2 3 4 23 40
2025-05-23	4	1st	2 7 21 42 45
2025-05-19	3	1st	2 9 27 33 43
2025-05-16	23	1st	2 5 11 30 34
2025-04-23	1	1st	2 15 18 27 36
2025-04-22	10	1st	2 5 9 20 34
2025-04-12	2	1st	2 10 14 23 29
2025-04-10	1	1st	2 11 25 30 43
2025-04-09	4	1st	2 5 15 17 29
2025-04-05	2	1st	2 11 33 42 43
2025-04-03	51	1st	2 19 37 40 41
2025-02-11	2	1st	2 6 11 26 34
2025-02-09	2	1st	2 11 18 24 45
2025-02-07	12	1st	2 10 17 40 45
2025-01-26	29	1st	2 5 8 15 24
2024-12-28	4	1st	2 12 16 32 41
2024-12-24	21	1st	2 10 30 43 45
2024-12-03	3	1st	2 11 31 39 43
2024-11-30	2	1st	2 14 31 37 42
2024-11-28	16	1st	2 11 12 36 42
2024-11-12	3	1st	2 18 27 30 41
2024-11-09	2	1st	2 8 9 18 34
2024-11-07	10	2nd	1 2 13 33 34
2024-10-28	19	1st	2 3 7 12 43
2024-10-09	17	1st	2 12 19 30 43
2024-09-22	10	1st	2 3 4 24 28
2024-09-12	1	1st	2 25 30 34 41
2024-09-11	12	1st	2 24 34 42 45
2024-08-30	3	1st	2 7 12 25 33
2024-08-27	14	1st	2 22 23 30 35
2024-08-13	1	2nd	1 2 3 22 38
2024-08-12	3	1st	2 8 14 15 45
2024-08-09	3	1st	2 5 19 26 28
2024-08-06	3	1st	2 10 11 19 35
2024-08-03	23	1st	2 4 6 15 34
2024-07-11	1	2nd	1 2 5 6 17
2024-07-10	16	1st	2 12 17 40 45
2024-06-24	15	2nd	1 2 25 28 38
2024-06-09	6	1st	2 9 25 30 36
2024-06-03	10	2nd	1 2 11 14 44
2024-05-24	24	2nd	1 2 24 33 44
2024-04-30	7	2nd	1 2 16 32 38
2024-04-23	25	1st	2 6 16 26 36
2024-03-29	2	1st	2 13 21 43 44
2024-03-27	8	1st	2 4 7 37 42
2024-03-19	21	1st	2 4 17 22 34
2024-02-27	1	1st	2 18 26 29 34
2024-02-26	12	1st	2 17 18 36 37
2024-02-14	1	1st	2 7 23 32 45
2024-02-13	3	1st	2 12 13 21 27
2024-02-10	34	1st	2 4 8 24 42
2024-01-07	7	1st	2 6 17 24 45
2023-12-31	7	1st	2 6 7 32 42
2023-12-24	6	1st	2 12 21 37 39
2023-12-18	4	1st	2 16 18 40 43
2023-12-14	10	1st	2 17 19 28 31
2023-12-04	1	1st	2 7 18 21 40
2023-12-03	31	1st	2 13 22 38 39
2023-11-02	20	1st	2 4 8 26 34
2023-10-13	10	1st	2 13 19 22 25
2023-10-03	13	1st	2 5 7 34 39
2023-09-20	2	1st	2 12 21 35 45
2023-09-18	4	1st	2 3 12 22 37
2023-09-14	3	1st	2 22 25 41 45
2023-09-11	1	1st	2 6 13 32 42
2023-09-10	4	1st	2 4 8 20 32
2023-09-06	1	1st	2 6 26 27 34
2023-09-05	3	1st	2 13 24 39 45
2023-09-02	33	1st	2 5 9 31 39
2023-07-31	4	1st	2 6 10 27 34
2023-07-27	28	1st	2 7 20 36 43
2023-06-29	4	1st	2 3 4 41 42
2023-06-25	3	1st	2 19 21 27 42
2023-06-22	12	1st	2 7 43 44 45
2023-06-10	20	1st	2 16 20 29 36
2023-05-21	5	1st	2 15 36 39 42
2023-05-16	3	1st	2 4 15 17 31
2023-05-13	13	1st	2 7 9 15 43
2023-04-30	10	2nd	1 2 17 25 30
2023-04-20	14	1st	2 18 34 39 45
2023-04-06	1	2nd	1 2 4 12 15
2023-04-05	2	2nd	1 2 33 39 45
2023-04-03	13	1st	2 10 12 21 39
2023-03-21	31	1st	2 8 29 33 34
2023-02-18	15	1st	2 19 23 39 45
2023-02-03	14	1st	2 7 9 19 44
2023-01-20	1	2nd	1 2 4 7 22
2023-01-19	5	1st	2 13 16 30 38
2023-01-14	5	1st	2 12 16 17 33
2023-01-09	16	1st	2 17 20 22 42
2022-12-24	13	1st	2 12 30 31 34
2022-12-11	5	1st	2 15 21 22 27
2022-12-06	16	1st	2 13 20 32 42
2022-11-20	15	1st	2 13 32 37 38
2022-11-05	1	1st	2 11 24 37 40
2022-11-04	6	1st	2 34 35 37 43
2022-10-22	1	1st	2 6 8 35 37
2022-10-19	2	1st	2 13 14 42 45
2022-10-12	8	1st	2 14 28 38 40
2022-08-31	1	1st	2 7 24 34 45
2022-08-27	2	1st	2 16 18 37 45
2022-08-20	7	1st	2 24 27 29 39
2022-07-27	4	1st	2 17 28 36 43
2022-07-13	2	1st	2 22 26 36 42
2022-07-06	17	1st	2 11 15 16 35
2022-05-07	16	1st	2 7 19 34 36
2022-03-12	2	1st	2 6 17 18 39
2022-03-05	19	1st	2 9 36 41 45
2021-12-29	6	2nd	1 2 7 14 29
2021-12-08	27	1st	2 7 20 28 38
2021-09-04	2	1st	2 14 31 39 43
2021-08-28	16	1st	2 12 14 29 32
2021-07-03	3	1st	2 11 19 24 34
2021-06-23	1	1st	2 3 6 11 36
2021-06-19	18	1st	2 5 24 39 45
2021-04-17	9	1st	2 11 20 23 35
2021-03-17	5	1st	2 11 18 21 23
2021-02-27	1	1st	2 5 13 24 42
2021-02-24	6	1st	2 4 21 29 39
2021-02-03	19	1st	2 13 15 34 35
2020-11-28	21	1st	2 10 23 33 40
2020-09-16	27	1st	2 9 20 22 45
2020-06-13	9	1st	2 13 15 27 33
2020-05-13	3	1st	2 19 21 25 33
2020-05-02	36	2nd	1 2 5 7 43
2019-12-28	12	1st	2 9 10 12 36
2019-11-16	1	1st	2 24 25 27 44
2019-11-13	16	1st	2 11 16 23 34
2019-09-18	6	1st	2 16 36 39 41
2019-08-28	1	1st	2 3 15 22 34
2019-08-24	2	1st	2 7 12 13 36
2019-08-17	51	1st	2 12 17 21 24
2019-02-20	2	1st	2 23 24 25 30
2019-02-13	10	1st	2 7 9 18 31
2019-01-09	4	1st	2 20 22 30 43
2018-12-26	4	1st	2 6 9 41 43
2018-12-12	3	1st	2 11 17 39 45
2018-12-01	16	1st	2 15 29 30 37
2018-10-06	2	1st	2 3 14 17 32
2018-09-29	4	1st	2 13 22 23 31
2018-09-15	9	1st	2 15 38 42 45
2018-08-15	7	1st	2 4 5 16 40
2018-07-21	2	1st	2 17 29 33 36
2018-07-14	4	2nd	1 2 23 32 44
2018-06-30	4	1st	2 3 14 32 42
2018-06-16	1	1st	2 8 17 25 34
2018-06-13	5	1st	2 12 20 38 39
2018-05-26	8	1st	2 12 25 33 44
2018-04-28	8	1st	2 10 16 17 27
2018-03-31	5	1st	2 28 32 34 38
2018-03-14	2	2nd	1 2 11 34 41
2018-03-07	2	1st	2 6 15 26 34
2018-02-28	4	1st	2 6 25 37 43
2018-02-14	6	1st	2 9 27 39 40
2018-01-24	10	1st	2 7 8 22 34
2017-12-20	22	1st	2 6 11 33 37
2017-10-04	1	1st	2 12 25 31 42
2017-09-30	26	1st	2 14 24 30 33
2017-07-01	3	1st	2 4 13 14 28
2017-06-21	1	1st	2 4 10 21 38
2017-06-17	3	1st	2 24 26 40 42
2017-06-07	10	1st	2 3 6 7 44
2017-05-03	2	1st	2 13 20 21 30
2017-04-26	—	1st	2 10 21 44 45