Number 7

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

223times drawn · chance expected 225 −0.14σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

42longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 223 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, −0.14σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 223 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 10 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 7 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 smallest123 · chance 121.3
2nd smallest79 · chance 83.1
3rd smallest16 · chance 17.3
4th smallest5 · chance 1.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 9 22 42 2 34

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-01	1	1st	7 15 16 30 31
2026-09-30	2	2nd	4 7 9 15 34
2026-09-28	2	2nd	4 7 9 30 32
2026-09-26	16	1st	7 13 14

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

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