Number 14

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

89times drawn · chance expected 92 −0.31σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

32longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

14 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 14, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 2 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 14 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 smallest14 · chance 11.7
2nd smallest28 · chance 31.6
3rd smallest33 · chance 30.3
4th smallest13 · chance 12.8
5th smallest1 · chance 2.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 28 32 8 20 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 14 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 42. 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 14 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	4	2nd	3 14 19 20 24 27
2026-09-19	3	4th	2 4 11 14 16 40
2026-09-09	6	2nd	13 14 26 30 31 32
2026-08-19	10	2nd	13

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: 14 is drawn with probability 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-20	2	3rd	1 12 14 15 23 24
2024-11-13	5	4th	7 8 10 14 30 32
2024-10-26	3	4th	5 7 11 14 21 29
2024-10-16	7	1st	14 27 29 31 34 42
2024-09-21	2	3rd	4 7 14 28 32 37
2024-09-14	14	4th	5 10 11 14 17 40
2024-07-27	20	3rd	7 8 14 17 20 32
2024-05-18	4	1st	14 16 27 29 33 37
2024-05-04	20	3rd	8 10 14 21 28 35
2024-02-24	10	2nd	4 14 15 24 31 35
2024-01-20	1	2nd	7 14 17 28 37 39
2024-01-17	3	1st	14 18 23 34 36 38
2024-01-06	2	3rd	9 10 14 16 34 38
2023-12-30	7	3rd	7 9 14 20 32 39
2023-12-06	3	2nd	11 14 19 22 27 28
2023-11-25	1	1st	14 22 28 33 35 40
2023-11-22	1	3rd	10 12 14 15 20 36
2023-11-18	7	3rd	2 8 14 20 21 32
2023-10-25	4	3rd	7 13 14 18 29 34
2023-10-11	8	2nd	12 14 18 19 35 39
2023-09-13	4	4th	3 4 6 14 22 38
2023-08-30	2	4th	8 9 11 14 32 41
2023-08-23	7	3rd	9 12 14 22 27 32
2023-07-29	10	3rd	2 3 14 19 20 24
2023-06-24	1	2nd	6 14 21 23 35 41
2023-06-21	1	3rd	4 6 14 16 24 30
2023-06-17	4	3rd	1 13 14 17 34 40
2023-06-03	7	3rd	12 13 14 30 35 41
2023-05-10	10	2nd	2 14 22 29 32 41
2023-04-05	22	2nd	13 14 16 28 38 41
2023-01-18	10	1st	14 20 21 33 35 40
2022-12-14	3	2nd	10 14 15 16 17 37
2022-12-03	5	3rd	11 12 14 18 36 39
2022-11-16	4	1st	14 21 25 30 32 36
2022-11-02	3	3rd	5 10 14 16 31 38
2022-10-22	9	3rd	1 2 14 19 21 30
2022-09-21	5	1st	14 17 21 27 31 41
2022-09-03	1	2nd	10 14 20 32 35 36
2022-08-31	11	4th	3 7 8 14 16 39
2022-07-23	4	1st	14 25 30 34 39 42
2022-07-09	7	2nd	3 14 16 24 28 30
2022-06-15	8	2nd	13 14 19 29 32 34
2022-05-18	7	2nd	8 14 24 25 28 32
2022-04-23	10	1st	14 17 18 37 38 41
2022-03-19	5	2nd	8 14 15 30 34 41
2022-03-02	4	2nd	10 14 17 26 28 42
2022-02-16	5	3rd	8 9 14 17 22 35
2022-01-29	14	1st	14 21 24 25 26 35
2021-12-08	5	2nd	9 14 17 30 35 38
2021-11-20	10	3rd	5 13 14 30 32 39
2021-10-16	12	2nd	3 14 28 31 36 37
2021-09-04	2	3rd	8 11 14 23 24 34
2021-08-28	2	2nd	9 14 15 28 36 39
2021-08-21	2	2nd	2 14 15 18 20 28
2021-08-14	12	2nd	4 14 24 25 35 42
2021-07-03	1	4th	6 12 13 14 33 40
2021-06-30	2	3rd	1 2 14 15 22 36
2021-06-23	4	2nd	9 14 20 24 27 38
2021-06-09	23	2nd	7 14 17 24 26 29
2021-03-20	5	1st	14 19 26 29 40 42
2021-03-03	6	4th	2 9 12 14 20 29
2021-02-10	4	3rd	1 9 14 21 23 26
2021-01-27	13	3rd	2 8 14 24 27 34
2020-12-12	26	3rd	8 13 14 15 22 28
2020-09-12	—	3rd	5 11 14 20 22 29