Number 39

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

105times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.57σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

11.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

77longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

39 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, −0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 39, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 11.0 draws · longest completed wait 77 · waiting 4 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 39 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 0.3
2nd smallest5 · chance 4.6
3rd smallest18 · chance 23.0
4th smallest46 · chance 46.1
5th smallest36 · chance 31.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 9 12 16 35 38

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, 39 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 39 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	1	4th	16 23 38 39 48
2026-09-28	11	3rd	7 12 39 45 47
2026-09-02	10	4th	2 4 16 39 45
2026-08-10	19	4th	16 19 33

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: 39 is drawn with probability 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-15	2	2nd	16 39 41 44 51
2025-03-10	5	5th	13 15 34 36 39
2025-02-26	5	5th	8 11 21 27 39
2025-02-15	16	3rd	17 29 39 41 52
2025-01-08	8	4th	4 15 33 39 41
2024-12-21	1	4th	9 19 30 39 44
2024-12-18	7	4th	5 10 35 39 47
2024-12-02	9	4th	1 20 37 39 47
2024-11-11	15	3rd	15 38 39 50 52
2024-10-07	15	4th	8 26 28 39 45
2024-09-02	31	5th	3 6 7 27 39
2024-06-22	9	4th	1 26 37 39 44
2024-06-01	15	5th	13 15 19 29 39
2024-04-27	37	4th	9 13 16 39 48
2024-01-31	4	4th	3 30 38 39 48
2024-01-22	6	4th	18 22 31 39 50
2024-01-08	12	4th	12 21 37 39 45
2023-12-11	19	2nd	18 39 42 47 52
2023-10-28	5	4th	12 25 36 39 46
2023-10-16	10	4th	11 30 37 39 47
2023-09-23	7	4th	15 32 34 39 50
2023-09-06	4	3rd	8 28 39 49 51
2023-08-28	2	4th	16 33 34 39 46
2023-08-23	2	5th	9 11 29 38 39
2023-08-19	4	5th	4 22 29 32 39
2023-08-09	15	5th	1 10 12 33 39
2023-07-05	23	4th	9 21 38 39 48
2023-05-13	15	4th	7 34 35 39 43
2023-04-08	1	5th	1 14 35 37 39
2023-04-05	11	4th	23 28 38 39 41
2023-03-11	6	2nd	33 39 41 45 48
2023-02-25	2	4th	14 22 34 39 50
2023-02-20	18	5th	4 10 19 27 39
2023-01-09	32	4th	27 32 34 39 43
2022-10-26	4	5th	1 10 26 35 39
2022-10-17	6	5th	19 20 24 30 39
2022-10-03	2	5th	6 7 9 28 39
2022-09-28	10	3rd	13 38 39 44 45
2022-09-05	23	4th	2 30 36 39 46
2022-07-13	5	5th	1 18 21 26 39
2022-06-25	5	5th	12 28 30 34 39
2022-06-08	29	4th	2 15 29 39 42
2022-02-26	25	4th	5 13 31 39 48
2021-12-01	6	4th	7 9 23 39 47
2021-11-10	1	4th	12 20 32 39 49
2021-11-06	20	5th	6 9 16 32 39
2021-08-28	20	4th	10 13 33 39 48
2021-06-19	3	3rd	24 35 39 42 45
2021-06-09	1	2nd	4 39 46 48 52
2021-06-05	11	4th	13 16 19 39 44
2021-04-28	3	4th	2 33 34 39 46
2021-04-17	1	4th	15 19 28 39 41
2021-04-14	2	5th	2 3 6 38 39
2021-04-07	4	5th	7 12 22 28 39
2021-03-24	4	3rd	1 37 39 40 42
2021-03-10	4	5th	4 15 31 36 39
2021-02-24	1	4th	5 7 24 39 50
2021-02-20	12	5th	7 18 26 31 39
2021-01-09	15	5th	9 25 29 30 39
2020-11-18	21	3rd	17 35 39 42 43
2020-09-05	7	4th	6 10 31 39 42
2020-08-12	14	4th	5 6 35 39 42
2020-06-24	5	5th	3 11 30 36 39
2020-06-06	4	4th	10 12 22 39 46
2020-05-23	8	3rd	29 38 39 49 50
2020-04-25	42	3rd	16 28 39 42 44
2019-11-30	6	4th	2 13 22 39 49
2019-11-09	4	5th	2 27 32 37 39
2019-10-26	8	4th	23 24 34 39 50
2019-09-28	12	3rd	9 23 39 44 47
2019-08-17	77	4th	14 20 22 39 52
2018-11-21	23	5th	3 24 25 33 39
2018-09-01	4	5th	1 8 14 31 39
2018-08-18	6	3rd	13 18 39 47 52
2018-07-28	15	4th	2 13 38 39 51
2018-06-06	3	4th	19 28 31 39 51
2018-05-26	15	5th	23 30 31 38 39
2018-04-04	29	5th	15 16 18 26 39
2017-12-23	5	4th	2 32 37 39 51
2017-12-06	6	4th	18 29 37 39 42
2017-11-15	—	5th	2 9 18 31 39