In Hoosier Lotto +PLUS under the 6/46 · since Apr 2022 rules — 466 draws, 6 from 1–46.
55times drawn · chance expected 61 −0.80σ
18draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number
8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7
34longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long
45 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 55 times in 466 draws against 60.8 expected, −0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
45
Number 45, draw by draw
Drawn 55 times in 466 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 18 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 45 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 45 numbers; chance expects about 0.1 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it
Under the crowd model, 45 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: 45 is drawn with probability 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.