Number 50

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

114times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.32σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

44longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

50 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 114 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, +0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 50, draw by draw

Drawn 114 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 11 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 50 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.5
4th smallest19 · chance 16.8
5th smallest95 · chance 96.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 34 38 5 8 24

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 51 numbers; chance expects about 0.0 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 50 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 50 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-16	11	5th	5 22 30 33 50
2026-08-22	6	5th	20 23 36 42 50
2026-08-08	41	5th	3 30 31 34 50
2026-05-04	1	4th	9 10 12

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

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