Number 46

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

110times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.08σ

33draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

49longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 33 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 33 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 46 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 0.4
3rd smallest10 · chance 6.5
4th smallest33 · chance 37.5
5th smallest67 · chance 65.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 2 25 18 32 16

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, 46 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-27	5	5th	15 20 27 45 46
2026-07-15	2	4th	26 29 41 46 47
2026-07-11	4	5th	15 17 29 44 46
2026-07-01	7	5th	10 20 35

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

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