Number 14

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–52.

107times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.38σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

65longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long

14 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 107 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, −0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 14, draw by draw

Drawn 107 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 65 · waiting 10 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 smallest33 · chance 31.6
2nd smallest49 · chance 47.0
3rd smallest19 · chance 23.5
4th smallest6 · chance 4.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 31 25 8 4 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-09-19	21	1st	14 21 24 27 44
2026-08-01	4	1st	14 17 27 33 36
2026-07-22	14	3rd	1 12 14 29 33
2026-06-20	13	2nd	8 14 31

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-01	13	1st	14 15 21 35 52
2025-01-01	9	4th	1 2 8 14 30
2024-12-11	2	2nd	4 14 30 45 50
2024-12-07	5	2nd	7 14 31 44 46
2024-11-25	1	2nd	12 14 16 25 33
2024-11-23	6	4th	2 8 10 14 49
2024-11-09	65	1st	14 31 34 41 48
2024-06-10	17	3rd	5 11 14 25 26
2024-05-01	1	1st	14 19 24 26 40
2024-04-29	4	2nd	3 14 31 32 50
2024-04-20	26	3rd	6 11 14 15 31
2024-02-19	1	2nd	4 14 31 37 41
2024-02-17	2	4th	6 8 10 14 33
2024-02-12	11	2nd	13 14 22 31 52
2024-01-17	5	2nd	9 14 16 23 40
2024-01-06	7	1st	14 34 42 46 51
2023-12-20	2	2nd	4 14 15 17 28
2023-12-16	11	2nd	13 14 23 25 31
2023-11-20	14	2nd	10 14 24 41 51
2023-10-18	27	3rd	1 5 14 16 48
2023-08-16	8	1st	14 18 31 37 43
2023-07-29	17	2nd	8 14 29 50 52
2023-06-19	7	2nd	1 14 20 30 33
2023-06-03	10	2nd	9 14 21 22 48
2023-05-10	14	3rd	9 13 14 17 26
2023-04-08	7	2nd	1 14 35 37 39
2023-03-22	1	1st	14 18 21 50 51
2023-03-20	8	2nd	13 14 22 30 37
2023-03-01	2	2nd	8 14 17 38 41
2023-02-25	28	1st	14 22 34 39 50
2022-12-21	13	2nd	12 14 23 38 45
2022-11-21	10	3rd	3 12 14 29 32
2022-10-29	7	1st	14 16 27 38 49
2022-10-12	1	2nd	2 14 20 40 48
2022-10-10	1	3rd	4 8 14 32 44
2022-10-08	1	4th	1 4 9 14 49
2022-10-05	8	1st	14 21 37 38 47
2022-09-17	15	3rd	5 9 14 28 52
2022-08-13	9	2nd	12 14 27 43 47
2022-07-23	6	1st	14 22 24 25 48
2022-07-06	7	4th	1 3 8 14 50
2022-06-11	2	1st	14 25 29 33 37
2022-06-04	10	2nd	9 14 33 45 46
2022-04-30	4	2nd	7 14 30 44 45
2022-04-16	17	3rd	8 10 14 18 23
2022-02-16	1	1st	14 15 17 21 25
2022-02-12	22	2nd	1 14 28 42 47
2021-11-27	13	2nd	5 14 27 49 50
2021-10-13	9	2nd	9 14 15 34 44
2021-09-11	12	2nd	3 14 36 38 52
2021-07-31	6	1st	14 19 34 35 38
2021-07-10	3	2nd	6 14 27 28 43
2021-06-30	4	3rd	4 6 14 25 32
2021-06-16	6	2nd	1 14 22 28 41
2021-05-26	3	2nd	4 14 21 31 40
2021-05-15	33	2nd	9 14 19 30 46
2021-01-20	5	2nd	6 14 16 38 49
2021-01-02	14	1st	14 15 16 36 41
2020-11-14	5	3rd	6 8 14 17 27
2020-10-28	4	2nd	4 14 35 41 43
2020-10-14	19	2nd	4 14 24 25 33
2020-08-08	7	2nd	11 14 29 31 48
2020-07-15	17	3rd	11 13 14 45 51
2020-05-16	13	2nd	8 14 25 29 49
2020-04-01	7	1st	14 16 28 29 52
2020-03-07	54	3rd	1 13 14 24 25
2019-08-31	4	1st	14 15 21 45 46
2019-08-17	15	1st	14 20 22 39 52
2019-06-26	5	3rd	3 10 14 33 36
2019-06-08	9	1st	14 24 37 38 48
2019-05-08	4	1st	14 17 19 25 34
2019-04-24	4	2nd	3 14 15 26 46
2019-04-10	25	2nd	1 14 16 24 50
2019-01-12	17	1st	14 17 19 32 52
2018-11-14	11	1st	14 21 28 30 45
2018-10-06	1	2nd	10 14 27 46 49
2018-10-03	9	2nd	1 14 31 36 40
2018-09-01	26	3rd	1 8 14 31 39
2018-06-02	28	3rd	5 13 14 44 50
2018-02-24	1	1st	14 23 35 50 52
2018-02-21	6	1st	14 16 23 25 33
2018-01-31	9	2nd	11 14 22 27 38
2017-12-30	—	4th	4 7 10 14 17