Number 7

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

225times drawn · chance expected 218 +0.49σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

30longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 225 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, +0.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 225 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 4 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 smallest109 · chance 104.7
2nd smallest90 · chance 93.0
3rd smallest23 · chance 24.9
4th smallest3 · chance 2.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 21 15 24 27 16

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-26	3	1st	7 9 17 22 24
2026-09-16	4	1st	7 11 15 21 35
2026-09-02	9	1st	7 10 12 24 36
2026-08-01	4	2nd	3 7 21 22

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-05	3	1st	7 11 20 33 36
2025-01-25	2	2nd	1 7 13 31 36
2025-01-18	18	2nd	6 7 21 22 28
2024-11-13	14	1st	7 9 13 21 35
2024-09-25	3	1st	7 16 33 35 36
2024-09-14	16	2nd	6 7 27 31 37
2024-07-20	3	1st	7 11 19 29 30
2024-07-10	9	2nd	3 7 21 28 29
2024-06-08	3	1st	7 9 20 31 37
2024-05-29	10	2nd	6 7 11 28 32
2024-04-24	4	1st	7 19 28 30 35
2024-04-10	13	2nd	4 7 15 22 35
2024-02-24	14	2nd	4 7 17 24 34
2024-01-06	3	2nd	6 7 14 17 31
2023-12-27	17	2nd	6 7 16 18 30
2023-10-28	5	2nd	4 7 15 17 32
2023-10-11	1	2nd	3 7 14 25 32
2023-10-07	3	1st	7 17 18 20 24
2023-09-27	7	1st	7 8 12 20 33
2023-09-02	2	1st	7 11 13 24 30
2023-08-26	1	2nd	6 7 11 23 25
2023-08-23	3	2nd	2 7 16 17 21
2023-08-12	3	1st	7 11 18 26 32
2023-08-02	14	2nd	1 7 24 27 34
2023-06-14	5	2nd	4 7 9 22 28
2023-05-27	3	2nd	6 7 29 32 36
2023-05-17	2	3rd	1 5 7 20 24
2023-05-10	1	1st	7 13 23 25 32
2023-05-06	6	1st	7 11 17 22 27
2023-04-15	1	1st	7 9 16 21 22
2023-04-12	6	2nd	1 7 16 35 36
2023-03-22	5	1st	7 13 25 34 37
2023-03-04	1	2nd	2 7 22 24 27
2023-03-01	9	2nd	3 7 20 21 30
2023-01-28	6	1st	7 8 14 21 32
2023-01-07	9	2nd	1 7 13 17 32
2022-12-07	5	1st	7 12 17 30 36
2022-11-19	8	3rd	3 5 7 12 27
2022-10-22	9	1st	7 21 26 27 28
2022-09-21	1	2nd	3 7 8 18 23
2022-09-17	6	1st	7 8 12 18 20
2022-08-27	15	3rd	1 2 7 13 20
2022-07-06	4	1st	7 11 25 27 30
2022-06-22	1	4th	2 3 6 7 32
2022-06-18	4	2nd	2 7 12 15 29
2022-06-04	9	1st	7 15 16 24 30
2022-05-04	11	2nd	3 7 13 15 18
2022-03-26	1	1st	7 9 10 11 23
2022-03-23	2	2nd	6 7 20 22 27
2022-03-16	1	1st	7 15 24 29 30
2022-03-12	3	1st	7 9 14 21 31
2022-03-02	4	1st	7 16 22 28 34
2022-02-16	17	1st	7 20 22 29 30
2021-12-15	5	1st	7 12 18 22 29
2021-11-27	2	2nd	5 7 16 17 21
2021-11-20	16	3rd	4 6 7 16 36
2021-09-25	1	1st	7 14 33 35 36
2021-09-22	22	1st	7 10 14 21 36
2021-07-07	3	1st	7 27 28 35 37
2021-06-26	3	3rd	2 3 7 19 23
2021-06-16	2	2nd	1 7 25 26 30
2021-06-09	4	1st	7 17 28 29 35
2021-05-26	3	2nd	4 7 25 26 29
2021-05-15	8	1st	7 10 16 18 31
2021-04-17	9	3rd	2 6 7 9 12
2021-03-17	22	3rd	3 6 7 20 28
2020-12-30	1	2nd	4 7 17 26 34
2020-12-26	6	1st	7 10 19 20 25
2020-12-05	12	3rd	3 6 7 11 27
2020-10-24	2	3rd	4 6 7 23 27
2020-10-17	1	1st	7 14 24 27 28
2020-10-14	2	1st	7 10 15 22 27
2020-10-07	11	3rd	4 5 7 19 29
2020-08-29	10	1st	7 12 19 22 26
2020-07-25	11	1st	7 18 19 21 31
2020-06-17	1	1st	7 15 23 28 29
2020-06-13	3	1st	7 14 27 28 37
2020-06-03	22	2nd	3 7 12 18 19
2020-03-18	2	2nd	3 7 14 31 33
2020-03-11	2	2nd	2 7 10 16 35
2020-03-04	13	2nd	6 7 9 10 24
2020-01-18	1	2nd	4 7 22 30 36
2020-01-15	3	2nd	1 7 10 11 20
2020-01-04	3	1st	7 9 17 23 37
2019-12-21	30	2nd	1 7 10 22 34
2019-09-07	3	2nd	3 7 8 21 31
2019-08-28	11	3rd	4 6 7 13 33
2019-07-20	8	1st	7 17 18 30 35
2019-06-22	11	1st	7 12 13 16 26
2019-05-15	11	1st	7 12 28 31 35
2019-04-06	8	2nd	3 7 17 32 36
2019-03-09	26	1st	7 21 22 30 33
2018-12-08	2	1st	7 12 19 29 32
2018-12-01	6	3rd	2 5 7 19 24
2018-11-10	2	2nd	1 7 16 21 27
2018-11-03	15	1st	7 14 22 23 32
2018-09-12	2	1st	7 16 19 28 32
2018-09-05	1	1st	7 20 23 25 28
2018-09-01	5	1st	7 14 15 18 23
2018-08-15	17	1st	7 10 18 28 30
2018-06-16	4	1st	7 8 18 19 37
2018-06-02	16	1st	7 10 20 27 32
2018-04-07	5	1st	7 12 14 29 37
2018-03-21	5	2nd	2 7 15 23 31
2018-03-03	4	1st	7 21 27 30 34
2018-02-17	22	1st	7 15 29 34 37
2016-12-03	1	2nd	4 7 13 27 35
2016-11-30	4	2nd	6 7 8 21 26
2016-11-16	2	2nd	1 7 15 30 31
2016-11-09	3	1st	7 15 27 29 35
2016-10-29	8	3rd	2 4 7 20 31
2016-10-01	8	1st	7 18 23 24 28
2016-09-03	6	2nd	5 7 23 25 34
2016-08-13	24	2nd	3 7 11 23 29
2016-05-21	10	1st	7 13 14 15 22
2016-04-16	11	1st	7 12 15 28 34
2016-03-09	8	2nd	5 7 14 32 36
2016-02-10	3	1st	7 20 32 33 36
2016-01-30	1	2nd	6 7 10 18 34
2016-01-27	13	1st	7 10 13 14 21
2015-12-12	11	3rd	1 4 7 29 35
2015-11-04	23	1st	7 12 15 18 36
2015-08-15	15	1st	7 20 21 24 34
2015-06-24	2	1st	7 10 25 27 31
2015-06-17	2	1st	7 8 10 20 35
2015-06-10	7	1st	7 9 14 15 31
2015-05-16	3	3rd	1 3 7 8 37
2015-05-06	3	1st	7 13 15 16 35
2015-04-25	12	1st	7 16 20 21 34
2015-03-14	1	1st	7 9 19 22 26
2015-03-11	13	1st	7 12 14 15 16
2015-01-24	2	1st	7 17 24 28 33
2015-01-17	25	2nd	2 7 11 16 28
2014-10-22	1	2nd	1 7 10 29 34
2014-10-18	3	1st	7 14 19 25 36
2014-10-08	3	2nd	6 7 11 33 35
2014-09-27	10	1st	7 15 20 24 29
2014-08-23	8	1st	7 11 12 13 34
2014-07-26	6	1st	7 13 17 36 37
2014-07-05	5	2nd	1 7 13 24 31
2014-06-18	7	2nd	2 7 22 27 37
2014-05-24	11	2nd	1 7 15 29 35
2014-04-16	2	2nd	4 7 11 21 27
2014-04-09	11	2nd	5 7 15 32 37
2014-03-01	9	1st	7 18 22 26 33
2014-01-29	2	3rd	1 4 7 12 26
2014-01-22	25	4th	1 2 5 7 20
2013-10-23	18	1st	7 11 25 27 29
2013-08-21	1	1st	7 18 21 30 36
2013-08-17	4	2nd	2 7 32 33 37
2013-08-03	3	2nd	3 7 13 29 33
2013-07-24	6	2nd	4 7 31 35 36
2013-07-03	13	2nd	6 7 30 31 34
2013-05-18	12	1st	7 14 22 36 37
2013-04-06	2	2nd	5 7 27 29 34
2013-03-30	2	2nd	4 7 12 21 24
2013-03-23	10	1st	7 16 17 18 32
2013-02-16	6	1st	7 11 12 17 25
2013-01-26	2	2nd	4 7 8 11 32
2013-01-19	1	1st	7 15 25 26 37
2013-01-16	1	1st	7 21 23 33 34
2013-01-12	18	2nd	5 7 11 23 31
2012-11-10	10	1st	7 12 16 28 33
2012-10-06	13	2nd	1 7 10 12 21
2012-08-22	1	1st	7 8 12 15 24
2012-08-18	1	3rd	1 5 7 20 24
2012-08-15	16	1st	7 8 17 24 34
2012-06-20	7	1st	7 15 26 27 32
2012-05-26	12	3rd	5 6 7 32 33
2012-04-14	1	1st	7 25 32 34 37
2012-04-11	2	4th	1 3 4 7 13
2012-04-04	3	1st	7 11 12 17 36
2012-03-24	10	1st	7 9 10 14 20
2012-02-18	6	1st	7 9 12 30 31
2012-01-28	6	3rd	2 3 7 22 36
2012-01-07	21	2nd	6 7 21 29 34
2011-10-26	6	2nd	5 7 16 24 29
2011-10-05	2	3rd	1 5 7 27 32
2011-09-28	8	2nd	2 7 12 13 21
2011-08-31	14	2nd	3 7 9 27 33
2011-07-13	2	1st	7 15 19 25 32
2011-07-06	7	3rd	1 3 7 28 36
2011-06-11	5	1st	7 10 12 15 17
2011-05-25	4	1st	7 11 17 21 33
2011-05-11	4	1st	7 9 20 25 34
2011-04-27	4	2nd	1 7 23 24 30
2011-04-13	6	2nd	1 7 15 18 29
2011-03-23	1	2nd	5 7 14 17 33
2011-03-19	22	1st	7 8 21 32 35
2011-01-01	1	2nd	3 7 8 14 31
2010-12-29	12	1st	7 10 12 24 30
2010-11-13	6	2nd	4 7 21 22 29
2010-10-23	1	2nd	2 7 12 24 34
2010-10-20	4	1st	7 26 30 35 36
2010-10-06	25	2nd	2 7 12 16 34
2010-07-10	5	2nd	3 7 20 23 37
2010-06-23	4	1st	7 12 13 28 32
2010-06-09	14	1st	7 17 18 19 28
2010-04-21	3	2nd	6 7 13 27 31
2010-04-10	1	3rd	4 5 7 11 31
2010-04-07	—	1st	7 12 19 30 32