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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

Cash Ball · every number · star deck

Star 7

In Cash Ball under the 4/35 + 1/25 · since Jan 2017 rules — 3,521 draws, 1 from 0–25.

139times drawn · chance expected 135 +0.31σ

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

25.2average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0

201longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 3,521 draws against 135.4 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 139 times in 3,521 draws · average wait 25.2 draws · longest completed wait 201 · 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 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 smallest139 · chance 139.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 such strangers 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 26. 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
2026-10-18	15	1st	7
2026-10-03	67	1st	7
2026-07-28	8	1st	7
2026-07-20	27	1st	7
2026-06-23	2	1st	7
2026-06-21	26	1st	7
2026-05-26	19	1st	7
2026-05-07	16	1st	7
2026-04-21	8	1st	7
2026-04-13	21	1st	7
2026-03-23	17	1st	7
2026-03-06	48	1st	7
2026-01-17	5	1st	7
2026-01-12	1	1st	7
2026-01-11	21	1st	7
2025-12-21	1	1st	7
2025-12-20	11	1st	7
2025-12-09	20	1st	7
2025-11-19	2	1st	7
2025-11-17	1	1st	7
2025-11-16	3	1st	7
2025-11-13	14	1st	7
2025-10-30	87	1st	7
2025-08-04	15	1st	7

The other 115 appearances

2025-07-20	38	1st	7
2025-06-12	15	1st	7
2025-05-28	16	1st	7
2025-05-12	17	1st	7
2025-04-25	10	1st	7
2025-04-15	26	1st	7
2025-03-20	6	1st	7
2025-03-14	8	1st	7
2025-03-06	4	1st	7
2025-03-02	74	1st	7
2024-12-18	59	1st	7
2024-10-20	12	1st	7
2024-10-08	55	1st	7
2024-08-14	44	1st	7
2024-07-01	13	1st	7
2024-06-18	6	1st	7
2024-06-12	23	1st	7
2024-05-20	19	1st	7
2024-05-01	46	1st	7
2024-03-16	22	1st	7
2024-02-23	14	1st	7
2024-02-09	49	1st	7
2023-12-22	16	1st	7
2023-12-06	58	1st	7
2023-10-09	7	1st	7
2023-10-02	10	1st	7
2023-09-22	6	1st	7
2023-09-16	25	1st	7
2023-08-22	32	1st	7
2023-07-21	8	1st	7
2023-07-13	7	1st	7
2023-07-06	13	1st	7
2023-06-23	45	1st	7
2023-05-09	201	1st	7
2022-10-20	43	1st	7
2022-09-07	11	1st	7
2022-08-27	10	1st	7
2022-08-17	13	1st	7
2022-08-04	12	1st	7
2022-07-23	10	1st	7
2022-07-13	15	1st	7
2022-06-28	9	1st	7
2022-06-19	39	1st	7
2022-05-11	20	1st	7
2022-04-21	9	1st	7
2022-04-12	11	1st	7
2022-04-01	7	1st	7
2022-03-25	21	1st	7
2022-03-04	125	1st	7
2021-10-29	8	1st	7
2021-10-21	50	1st	7
2021-09-01	3	1st	7
2021-08-29	12	1st	7
2021-08-17	14	1st	7
2021-08-03	20	1st	7
2021-07-14	33	1st	7
2021-06-11	28	1st	7
2021-05-14	1	1st	7
2021-05-13	1	1st	7
2021-05-12	6	1st	7
2021-05-06	17	1st	7
2021-04-19	10	1st	7
2021-04-09	32	1st	7
2021-03-08	52	1st	7
2021-01-15	7	1st	7
2021-01-08	60	1st	7
2020-11-09	20	1st	7
2020-10-20	61	1st	7
2020-08-20	65	1st	7
2020-06-16	14	1st	7
2020-06-02	15	1st	7
2020-05-18	6	1st	7
2020-05-12	2	1st	7
2020-05-10	47	1st	7
2020-03-24	9	1st	7
2020-03-15	4	1st	7
2020-03-11	3	1st	7
2020-03-08	38	1st	7
2020-01-30	2	1st	7
2020-01-28	14	1st	7
2020-01-14	8	1st	7
2020-01-06	4	1st	7
2020-01-02	87	1st	7
2019-10-07	5	1st	7
2019-10-02	36	1st	7
2019-08-27	35	1st	7
2019-07-23	9	1st	7
2019-07-14	8	1st	7
2019-07-06	89	1st	7
2019-04-08	71	1st	7
2019-01-27	5	1st	7
2019-01-22	67	1st	7
2018-11-16	7	1st	7
2018-11-09	12	1st	7
2018-10-28	53	1st	7
2018-09-05	2	1st	7
2018-09-03	87	1st	7
2018-06-08	38	1st	7
2018-05-01	18	1st	7
2018-04-13	16	1st	7
2018-03-28	18	1st	7
2018-03-10	72	1st	7
2017-12-28	41	1st	7
2017-11-14	15	1st	7
2017-10-27	48	1st	7
2017-08-30	64	1st	7
2017-06-16	9	1st	7
2017-06-06	29	1st	7
2017-05-03	6	1st	7
2017-04-26	4	1st	7
2017-04-21	4	1st	7
2017-04-17	1	1st	7
2017-04-15	29	1st	7
2017-03-10	10	1st	7
2017-02-27	—	1st	7

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 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.