Number 44

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

98times drawn · chance expected 111 −1.28σ

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

11.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

49longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 98 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, −1.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 98 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 11.7 draws · longest completed wait 49 · 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 44 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 0.9
3rd smallest11 · chance 9.9
4th smallest39 · chance 38.7
5th smallest48 · chance 48.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 19 13 16 41 42

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, 44 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 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	4	5th	14 21 24 27 44
2026-09-09	2	3rd	3 4 44 47 49
2026-09-05	5	5th	20 21 27 32 44
2026-08-24	19	5th	7 13 23

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

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