In Hoosier Lotto +PLUS under the 6/46 · since Apr 2022 rules — 466 draws, 6 from 1–46.
68times drawn · chance expected 61 +0.99σ
19draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number
6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7
21longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long
41 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 68 times in 466 draws against 60.8 expected, +0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
41
Number 41, draw by draw
Drawn 68 times in 466 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 21 · waiting 19 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 41 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 45 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →
How many people play it
Under the crowd model, 41 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd most popular of 46. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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: 41 is drawn with probability 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.