Number 34

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

92times drawn · chance expected 92 +0.03σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

27longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, +0.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 34, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 642 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 27 · 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 34 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.3
3rd smallest2 · chance 3.6
4th smallest22 · chance 18.8
5th smallest40 · chance 40.2
6th smallest28 · chance 29.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 3 7 38 2 4

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, 34 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 34 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-08	4	6th	2 3 7 13 23 34
2026-07-25	2	5th	1 23 24 29 34 38
2026-07-18	12	5th	3 11 15 22 34 39
2026-06-06	11	4th	4

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

2025-03-26	8	5th	3 4 9 30 34 39
2025-02-26	4	5th	15 16 22 30 34 39
2025-02-12	8	6th	6 9 18 19 27 34
2025-01-15	5	6th	2 8 18 19 30 34
2024-12-28	9	5th	1 10 21 23 34 38
2024-11-23	11	6th	3 17 19 21 25 34
2024-10-16	2	5th	14 27 29 31 34 42
2024-10-09	1	4th	10 19 22 34 38 40
2024-10-05	22	6th	2 10 20 25 27 34
2024-07-20	3	6th	2 13 21 22 32 34
2024-07-10	1	6th	17 20 22 30 33 34
2024-07-06	25	5th	15 27 28 32 34 37
2024-04-10	4	4th	17 18 27 34 38 42
2024-03-27	2	5th	3 7 16 31 34 36
2024-03-20	1	5th	15 16 26 27 34 36
2024-03-16	1	5th	2 9 25 33 34 42
2024-03-13	13	6th	12 22 23 27 31 34
2024-01-27	3	6th	3 11 13 18 21 34
2024-01-17	3	4th	14 18 23 34 36 38
2024-01-06	21	5th	9 10 14 16 34 38
2023-10-25	14	6th	7 13 14 18 29 34
2023-09-06	7	5th	2 4 13 26 34 37
2023-08-12	16	5th	1 11 19 28 34 42
2023-06-17	7	5th	1 13 14 17 34 40
2023-05-24	3	4th	12 22 30 34 37 41
2023-05-13	15	5th	6 10 13 16 34 41
2023-03-22	4	4th	1 20 21 34 35 40
2023-03-08	1	5th	3 4 28 33 34 38
2023-03-04	7	5th	1 15 20 24 34 38
2023-02-08	10	4th	17 22 23 34 35 40
2023-01-04	3	5th	2 16 17 24 34 35
2022-12-24	20	5th	2 3 21 29 34 39
2022-10-15	4	5th	5 10 28 30 34 38
2022-10-01	2	6th	4 8 22 24 28 34
2022-09-24	4	5th	2 4 17 28 34 42
2022-09-10	13	6th	5 16 21 26 30 34
2022-07-27	1	5th	3 7 8 22 34 36
2022-07-23	5	4th	14 25 30 34 39 42
2022-07-06	6	5th	9 11 24 25 34 40
2022-06-15	16	6th	13 14 19 29 32 34
2022-04-20	4	5th	4 13 26 30 34 40
2022-04-06	5	5th	10 13 17 22 34 38
2022-03-19	2	5th	8 14 15 30 34 41
2022-03-12	6	3rd	5 31 34 38 40 42
2022-02-19	7	4th	13 23 24 34 36 39
2022-01-26	1	4th	2 7 18 34 35 42
2022-01-22	1	5th	15 24 29 32 34 41
2022-01-19	4	6th	4 9 15 18 21 34
2022-01-05	13	5th	5 10 27 30 34 42
2021-11-17	1	6th	3 16 20 21 24 34
2021-11-13	20	5th	7 9 19 28 34 35
2021-09-04	5	6th	8 11 14 23 24 34
2021-08-18	12	6th	2 6 8 11 12 34
2021-07-07	5	6th	7 8 11 16 17 34
2021-06-19	9	5th	3 6 20 30 34 36
2021-05-19	7	5th	13 20 26 30 34 36
2021-04-24	5	4th	2 7 16 34 37 40
2021-04-07	2	4th	8 18 33 34 36 41
2021-03-31	6	5th	7 12 19 29 34 38
2021-03-10	4	6th	4 22 23 26 32 34
2021-02-24	8	5th	8 10 22 32 34 37
2021-01-27	5	6th	2 8 14 24 27 34
2021-01-09	11	5th	7 12 23 32 34 37
2020-12-02	2	4th	7 8 17 34 37 42
2020-11-25	15	6th	3 9 10 21 22 34
2020-10-03	8	4th	1 16 33 34 37 42
2020-09-05	2	4th	4 16 18 34 40 42
2020-08-29	—	4th	1 7 20 34 38 42