Number 7

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

97times drawn · chance expected 92 +0.60σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

40longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, +0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 642 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 5 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 smallest40 · chance 42.0
2nd smallest50 · chance 40.7
3rd smallest7 · chance 12.7
4th smallest0 · chance 1.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 17 39 8 19 34

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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
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
2026-09-23	3	1st	7 8 15 19 29 41
2026-09-12	6	2nd	6 7 15 22 24 26
2026-08-22	4	3rd	1 4 7 12 24 31
2026-08-08	5	3rd	2

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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