Number 34

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

111times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.03σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

45longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

34 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 111 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, +0.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 34, draw by draw

Drawn 111 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 17 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 smallest2 · chance 1.4
2nd smallest13 · chance 12.0
3rd smallest35 · chance 35.9
4th smallest40 · chance 43.6
5th smallest21 · chance 18.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

50 16 24 5 22 31

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-31	10	5th	8 22 27 30 34
2026-08-08	8	4th	3 30 31 34 50
2026-07-20	30	3rd	23 31 34 37 52
2026-05-11	17	4th	16 19 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: 34 is drawn with probability 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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