Number 2

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

206times drawn · chance expected 218 −0.89σ

24draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

49longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 206 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 24 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 206 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 24 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 smallest189 · chance 183.1
2nd smallest17 · chance 22.9
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 22.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 10 14 15 17 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-07-18	1	1st	2 4 7 19 36
2026-07-15	3	2nd	1 2 23 24 26
2026-07-04	20	1st	2 4 14 20 31
2026-04-25	7	1st	2 5 9 15

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-28	3	1st	2 5 13 32 37
2024-12-14	3	1st	2 9 10 21 32
2024-12-04	4	1st	2 9 11 17 23
2024-11-20	18	1st	2 5 16 20 28
2024-09-18	19	1st	2 13 15 16 36
2024-07-13	6	1st	2 20 29 35 36
2024-06-22	6	1st	2 4 20 27 30
2024-06-01	19	2nd	1 2 10 16 23
2024-03-27	22	1st	2 5 12 13 35
2024-01-10	2	1st	2 9 22 23 32
2024-01-03	9	1st	2 15 20 28 32
2023-12-02	5	1st	2 21 27 30 33
2023-11-15	6	1st	2 3 12 14 30
2023-10-25	9	1st	2 10 22 32 37
2023-09-23	9	1st	2 5 8 23 31
2023-08-23	2	1st	2 7 16 17 21
2023-08-16	2	1st	2 5 10 27 29
2023-08-09	11	2nd	1 2 5 18 36
2023-07-01	1	1st	2 5 17 22 34
2023-06-28	13	1st	2 3 9 33 36
2023-05-13	4	1st	2 6 8 14 37
2023-04-29	2	1st	2 4 9 10 30
2023-04-22	7	1st	2 17 26 29 33
2023-03-29	5	1st	2 13 24 28 29
2023-03-11	2	1st	2 8 19 25 36
2023-03-04	8	1st	2 7 22 24 27
2023-02-04	1	1st	2 14 19 20 25
2023-02-01	19	1st	2 5 28 30 32
2022-11-26	3	1st	2 9 10 13 26
2022-11-16	5	1st	2 9 12 19 23
2022-10-29	4	1st	2 4 9 15 18
2022-10-15	14	1st	2 3 18 22 27
2022-08-27	18	2nd	1 2 7 13 20
2022-06-25	1	1st	2 3 8 11 35
2022-06-22	1	1st	2 3 6 7 32
2022-06-18	10	1st	2 7 12 15 29
2022-05-14	19	1st	2 16 17 19 29
2022-03-09	14	1st	2 11 14 17 23
2022-01-19	4	2nd	1 2 26 27 29
2022-01-05	4	1st	2 6 16 18 22
2021-12-18	23	1st	2 9 16 24 26
2021-09-29	4	1st	2 6 21 27 34
2021-09-15	1	1st	2 14 19 20 32
2021-09-11	1	1st	2 5 15 18 20
2021-09-08	1	2nd	1 2 19 31 34
2021-09-04	7	1st	2 8 15 35 37
2021-08-11	2	1st	2 5 6 14 22
2021-08-04	3	1st	2 19 20 22 36
2021-07-24	4	1st	2 10 12 16 34
2021-07-10	4	1st	2 4 9 12 28
2021-06-26	8	1st	2 3 7 19 23
2021-05-29	3	1st	2 3 5 25 26
2021-05-19	9	1st	2 18 19 21 36
2021-04-17	21	1st	2 6 7 9 12
2021-02-03	25	1st	2 14 16 21 26
2020-11-07	14	1st	2 3 16 32 33
2020-09-19	4	1st	2 14 24 28 29
2020-09-05	15	1st	2 11 32 35 36
2020-07-15	1	1st	2 3 13 18 26
2020-07-11	5	1st	2 3 15 20 30
2020-06-24	7	1st	2 14 22 28 36
2020-05-30	6	1st	2 3 5 18 37
2020-05-09	2	2nd	1 2 24 30 36
2020-05-02	15	1st	2 10 14 22 25
2020-03-11	9	1st	2 7 10 16 35
2020-02-08	19	1st	2 15 16 25 36
2019-11-30	4	1st	2 17 19 20 33
2019-11-16	30	1st	2 15 17 34 36
2019-08-03	11	1st	2 22 25 26 30
2019-06-26	3	1st	2 5 27 28 37
2019-06-15	2	1st	2 11 12 17 29
2019-06-08	1	1st	2 15 27 29 37
2019-06-05	1	2nd	1 2 8 24 30
2019-06-01	3	1st	2 4 13 17 28
2019-05-22	7	1st	2 4 10 12 16
2019-04-27	5	1st	2 8 11 27 31
2019-04-10	12	1st	2 9 11 21 26
2019-02-27	2	1st	2 13 15 19 36
2019-02-20	7	1st	2 6 13 23 29
2019-01-26	3	1st	2 5 17 24 25
2019-01-16	13	1st	2 14 15 20 28
2018-12-01	10	1st	2 5 7 19 24
2018-10-27	25	1st	2 3 26 33 35
2018-08-01	9	1st	2 12 14 31 32
2018-06-30	2	1st	2 9 33 36 37
2018-06-23	5	1st	2 3 12 14 15
2018-06-06	9	1st	2 3 13 20 33
2018-05-05	2	1st	2 21 23 27 28
2018-04-28	8	1st	2 14 18 27 36
2018-03-31	3	1st	2 11 16 24 28
2018-03-21	41	1st	2 7 15 23 31
2016-10-29	4	1st	2 4 7 20 31
2016-10-15	8	1st	2 18 25 28 33
2016-09-17	3	1st	2 9 17 23 30
2016-09-07	3	1st	2 15 19 32 34
2016-08-27	3	1st	2 6 11 16 27
2016-08-17	6	1st	2 8 14 16 25
2016-07-27	2	1st	2 4 10 17 37
2016-07-20	2	1st	2 15 26 30 32
2016-07-13	8	1st	2 10 16 22 23
2016-06-15	14	1st	2 9 25 32 35
2016-04-27	8	1st	2 21 24 27 37
2016-03-30	24	1st	2 23 25 26 37
2016-01-06	5	2nd	1 2 14 16 35
2015-12-19	3	1st	2 16 24 26 33
2015-12-09	8	1st	2 5 10 20 36
2015-11-11	1	1st	2 13 23 30 34
2015-11-07	2	1st	2 6 14 18 29
2015-10-31	12	1st	2 20 33 35 37
2015-09-19	5	1st	2 24 28 29 31
2015-09-02	6	1st	2 4 9 27 37
2015-08-12	5	1st	2 6 11 22 25
2015-07-25	18	1st	2 6 18 34 35
2015-05-23	28	1st	2 12 16 23 28
2015-02-14	7	1st	2 10 11 23 24
2015-01-21	1	1st	2 16 21 32 34
2015-01-17	16	1st	2 7 11 16 28
2014-11-22	5	2nd	1 2 14 17 19
2014-11-05	7	1st	2 8 10 13 19
2014-10-11	10	1st	2 6 19 26 33
2014-09-06	5	1st	2 10 11 18 24
2014-08-20	2	1st	2 4 11 18 23
2014-08-13	3	1st	2 13 27 29 32
2014-08-02	4	1st	2 11 18 27 35
2014-07-19	2	1st	2 13 22 27 33
2014-07-12	7	1st	2 4 6 31 37
2014-06-18	2	1st	2 7 22 27 37
2014-06-11	3	1st	2 8 11 13 15
2014-05-31	6	1st	2 5 6 16 26
2014-05-10	5	1st	2 8 20 27 29
2014-04-23	6	1st	2 3 10 32 35
2014-04-02	5	1st	2 12 17 33 37
2014-03-15	9	1st	2 10 17 27 34
2014-02-12	5	1st	2 5 9 10 14
2014-01-25	1	1st	2 10 13 21 32
2014-01-22	2	2nd	1 2 5 7 20
2014-01-15	12	1st	2 4 24 26 28
2013-11-30	6	1st	2 3 6 15 32
2013-11-09	10	1st	2 12 16 19 25
2013-10-05	12	1st	2 4 14 16 17
2013-08-24	2	1st	2 4 12 18 37
2013-08-17	19	1st	2 7 32 33 37
2013-06-12	28	1st	2 12 14 17 18
2013-03-06	2	1st	2 3 12 13 14
2013-02-27	2	1st	2 8 10 13 36
2013-02-20	2	1st	2 8 18 30 34
2013-02-13	13	2nd	1 2 11 17 20
2012-12-29	5	1st	2 14 15 19 21
2012-12-12	3	1st	2 3 4 34 37
2012-12-01	2	2nd	1 2 4 17 25
2012-11-24	3	1st	2 10 24 29 34
2012-11-14	3	2nd	1 2 10 13 15
2012-11-03	3	1st	2 9 30 34 35
2012-10-24	24	1st	2 5 9 33 36
2012-08-01	33	1st	2 18 19 34 36
2012-04-07	5	2nd	1 2 3 16 31
2012-03-21	6	1st	2 11 19 26 27
2012-02-29	4	1st	2 4 13 33 34
2012-02-15	5	1st	2 8 30 31 37
2012-01-28	1	1st	2 3 7 22 36
2012-01-25	16	1st	2 10 13 19 35
2011-11-30	5	1st	2 3 5 14 19
2011-11-12	12	1st	2 4 14 15 27
2011-10-01	1	1st	2 11 13 22 35
2011-09-28	3	1st	2 7 12 13 21
2011-09-17	7	1st	2 12 24 28 31
2011-08-24	2	1st	2 10 19 28 30
2011-08-17	39	1st	2 8 17 18 21
2011-04-02	25	1st	2 3 11 12 20
2011-01-05	11	1st	2 8 26 28 29
2010-11-24	4	1st	2 6 12 16 28
2010-11-10	5	1st	2 13 21 22 32
2010-10-23	5	1st	2 7 12 24 34
2010-10-06	9	1st	2 7 12 16 34
2010-09-04	6	1st	2 10 13 17 33
2010-08-14	6	1st	2 5 6 11 27
2010-07-24	1	2nd	1 2 20 27 37
2010-07-21	9	1st	2 4 6 16 28
2010-06-19	1	1st	2 5 20 26 29
2010-06-16	10	1st	2 12 22 24 29
2010-05-12	5	1st	2 6 9 10 31
2010-04-24	—	1st	2 17 20 22 31