Number 1

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

262times drawn · chance expected 245 +1.13σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

72longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 262 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +1.13σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 262 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 72 · waiting 25 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 1 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest262 · chance 262.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 4 45 10 27 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 48. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-01-27	24	1st	1 10 32 37 48
2026-01-03	5	1st	1 2 28 30 43
2025-12-29	25	1st	1 8 16 17 26
2025-12-04	2	1st	1 10 21

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: 1 is drawn with probability 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-03	1	1st	1 21 32 34 48
2025-06-02	15	1st	1 10 22 29 40
2025-05-18	1	1st	1 3 4 18 30
2025-05-17	31	1st	1 4 27 38 46
2025-04-16	4	1st	1 34 38 43 47
2025-04-12	3	1st	1 14 16 19 41
2025-04-09	5	1st	1 14 24 29 46
2025-04-04	40	1st	1 4 11 22 32
2025-02-23	10	1st	1 18 43 44 46
2025-02-13	3	1st	1 21 25 37 45
2025-02-10	2	1st	1 2 16 18 30
2025-02-08	10	1st	1 7 15 17 40
2025-01-29	3	1st	1 20 25 30 34
2025-01-26	9	1st	1 10 21 28 40
2025-01-17	39	1st	1 4 6 9 46
2024-12-09	1	1st	1 13 19 22 28
2024-12-08	1	1st	1 2 39 40 42
2024-12-07	1	1st	1 17 34 41 45
2024-12-06	2	1st	1 3 33 36 39
2024-12-04	3	1st	1 13 25 33 46
2024-12-01	26	1st	1 7 25 33 46
2024-11-05	9	1st	1 9 14 38 45
2024-10-27	2	1st	1 4 8 27 42
2024-10-25	11	1st	1 3 15 33 36
2024-10-14	8	1st	1 12 25 32 35
2024-10-06	2	1st	1 8 10 26 34
2024-10-04	11	1st	1 4 34 39 42
2024-09-23	7	1st	1 21 24 27 48
2024-09-16	1	1st	1 2 15 17 39
2024-09-15	19	1st	1 2 10 22 27
2024-08-27	32	1st	1 3 18 23 42
2024-07-26	3	1st	1 4 21 37 41
2024-07-23	8	1st	1 4 15 25 31
2024-07-15	3	1st	1 2 3 20 24
2024-07-12	26	1st	1 2 27 34 44
2024-06-16	3	1st	1 12 20 38 43
2024-06-13	8	1st	1 12 18 23 38
2024-06-05	31	1st	1 2 12 30 33
2024-05-05	1	1st	1 6 10 16 27
2024-05-04	22	1st	1 4 5 6 33
2024-04-12	3	1st	1 19 20 34 44
2024-04-09	9	1st	1 11 12 19 45
2024-03-31	6	1st	1 4 13 26 27
2024-03-25	2	1st	1 4 31 39 47
2024-03-23	6	1st	1 3 8 13 29
2024-03-17	1	1st	1 15 20 43 44
2024-03-16	6	1st	1 6 19 27 45
2024-03-10	8	1st	1 6 26 36 47
2024-03-02	1	1st	1 4 19 26 37
2024-03-01	4	1st	1 7 29 36 44
2024-02-26	15	1st	1 7 17 38 46
2024-02-11	9	1st	1 2 11 24 36
2024-02-02	3	1st	1 12 24 37 47
2024-01-30	41	1st	1 10 23 36 38
2023-12-20	11	1st	1 11 19 34 40
2023-12-09	5	1st	1 6 19 28 48
2023-12-04	16	1st	1 16 22 39 40
2023-11-18	11	1st	1 2 3 27 30
2023-11-07	2	1st	1 12 20 37 45
2023-11-05	11	1st	1 13 32 45 48
2023-10-25	17	1st	1 19 31 32 38
2023-10-08	19	1st	1 3 4 11 48
2023-09-19	11	1st	1 3 10 23 34
2023-09-08	8	1st	1 3 13 35 43
2023-08-31	16	1st	1 27 30 39 41
2023-08-15	25	1st	1 21 23 28 30
2023-07-21	19	1st	1 13 28 30 41
2023-07-02	2	1st	1 16 17 31 46
2023-06-30	3	1st	1 34 42 45 48
2023-06-27	1	1st	1 15 20 31 44
2023-06-26	19	1st	1 8 24 29 36
2023-06-07	11	1st	1 5 18 43 47
2023-05-27	3	1st	1 3 12 35 45
2023-05-24	5	1st	1 25 26 46 47
2023-05-19	3	1st	1 10 28 30 40
2023-05-16	1	1st	1 14 18 23 34
2023-05-15	3	1st	1 13 17 34 41
2023-05-12	22	1st	1 2 13 24 35
2023-04-20	9	1st	1 5 18 33 48
2023-04-11	3	1st	1 5 9 33 47
2023-04-08	7	1st	1 16 18 20 41
2023-04-01	8	1st	1 12 25 39 45
2023-03-24	4	1st	1 8 30 31 43
2023-03-20	12	1st	1 6 12 31 38
2023-03-08	3	1st	1 16 31 36 44
2023-03-05	5	1st	1 7 10 25 43
2023-02-28	5	1st	1 20 32 41 44
2023-02-23	10	1st	1 7 20 21 38
2023-02-13	2	1st	1 8 15 39 48
2023-02-11	5	1st	1 12 13 36 48
2023-02-06	13	1st	1 5 15 39 46
2023-01-24	1	1st	1 25 28 39 47
2023-01-23	22	1st	1 2 26 36 38
2023-01-01	11	1st	1 4 7 14 36
2022-12-21	5	1st	1 5 21 27 38
2022-12-16	13	1st	1 22 30 32 34
2022-12-03	8	1st	1 7 13 30 40
2022-11-25	4	1st	1 6 23 36 42
2022-11-21	2	1st	1 2 5 33 38
2022-11-19	3	1st	1 21 34 39 44
2022-11-16	10	1st	1 16 21 32 44
2022-11-06	5	1st	1 7 17 32 36
2022-11-01	8	1st	1 6 10 35 45
2022-10-24	2	1st	1 5 9 31 38
2022-10-22	3	1st	1 10 32 37 41
2022-10-19	14	1st	1 6 26 28 31
2022-10-05	3	1st	1 14 32 45 46
2022-10-02	30	1st	1 3 10 12 13
2022-09-02	1	1st	1 12 17 28 44
2022-09-01	5	1st	1 10 24 26 30
2022-08-27	12	1st	1 5 10 33 38
2022-08-15	1	1st	1 22 26 28 47
2022-08-14	11	1st	1 3 15 17 37
2022-08-03	2	1st	1 17 25 27 42
2022-08-01	1	1st	1 5 14 22 41
2022-07-31	21	1st	1 7 8 18 38
2022-07-10	4	1st	1 17 24 35 40
2022-07-06	8	1st	1 6 15 35 42
2022-06-28	16	1st	1 14 38 45 48
2022-06-12	12	1st	1 16 26 27 44
2022-05-31	7	1st	1 6 11 35 46
2022-05-24	1	1st	1 3 26 39 46
2022-05-23	13	1st	1 2 6 30 46
2022-05-10	21	1st	1 13 18 22 45
2022-04-19	4	1st	1 26 38 41 42
2022-04-15	3	1st	1 21 22 46 48
2022-04-12	1	1st	1 14 15 31 32
2022-04-11	2	1st	1 8 38 41 43
2022-04-09	4	1st	1 4 10 26 42
2022-04-05	9	1st	1 15 28 29 41
2022-03-27	4	1st	1 5 11 25 42
2022-03-23	5	1st	1 3 28 34 42
2022-03-18	8	1st	1 3 22 29 37
2022-03-10	2	1st	1 7 18 41 42
2022-03-08	12	1st	1 8 17 26 41
2022-02-24	1	1st	1 2 5 10 34
2022-02-23	5	1st	1 21 22 28 32
2022-02-18	2	1st	1 3 23 42 45
2022-02-16	72	1st	1 2 7 32 40
2021-12-06	10	1st	1 8 11 26 39
2021-11-26	10	1st	1 13 20 34 48
2021-11-16	2	1st	1 12 23 30 47
2021-11-14	1	1st	1 8 21 22 27
2021-11-13	8	1st	1 29 33 36 38
2021-11-05	7	1st	1 2 11 35 40
2021-10-29	7	1st	1 14 24 42 45
2021-10-22	3	1st	1 3 14 21 28
2021-10-19	7	1st	1 8 22 28 44
2021-10-12	10	1st	1 6 8 25 31
2021-10-02	5	1st	1 12 24 25 37
2021-09-27	6	1st	1 13 17 40 45
2021-09-21	5	1st	1 5 37 44 48
2021-09-16	4	1st	1 18 19 34 39
2021-09-12	2	1st	1 3 11 13 34
2021-09-10	1	1st	1 6 19 21 28
2021-09-09	19	1st	1 2 4 34 39
2021-08-21	9	1st	1 10 23 27 33
2021-08-12	1	1st	1 9 19 20 31
2021-08-11	3	1st	1 17 21 24 27
2021-08-08	2	1st	1 14 23 29 31
2021-08-06	2	1st	1 4 6 25 26
2021-08-04	39	1st	1 25 30 36 37
2021-04-29	5	1st	1 9 10 18 34
2021-04-12	16	1st	1 12 16 26 36
2021-02-15	6	1st	1 21 22 34 45
2021-01-25	4	1st	1 24 28 34 41
2021-01-11	7	1st	1 8 20 37 39
2020-12-17	2	1st	1 20 28 38 45
2020-12-10	28	1st	1 5 10 11 31
2020-09-03	20	1st	1 4 13 26 37
2020-06-25	2	1st	1 8 18 27 46
2020-06-18	6	1st	1 6 16 27 34
2020-05-28	5	1st	1 13 36 41 44
2020-05-11	4	1st	1 24 28 36 45
2020-04-27	2	1st	1 5 9 28 35
2020-04-20	2	1st	1 3 6 34 45
2020-04-13	6	1st	1 37 39 43 45
2020-03-23	3	1st	1 30 31 46 48
2020-03-12	13	1st	1 13 23 47 48
2020-01-27	5	1st	1 7 17 22 29
2020-01-09	2	1st	1 14 21 28 37
2020-01-02	3	1st	1 3 18 22 33
2019-12-23	4	1st	1 6 16 21 46
2019-12-09	4	1st	1 16 27 39 45
2019-11-25	5	1st	1 2 3 31 40
2019-11-07	10	1st	1 10 15 18 40
2019-10-03	18	1st	1 13 42 43 44
2019-08-01	29	1st	1 19 22 27 34
2019-04-22	18	1st	1 11 20 30 46
2019-02-18	23	1st	1 8 15 29 31
2018-11-29	3	1st	1 4 11 36 41
2018-11-19	10	1st	1 14 15 43 44
2018-10-15	3	1st	1 30 39 41 42
2018-10-04	7	1st	1 10 15 28 34
2018-09-10	8	1st	1 11 13 23 42
2018-08-13	6	1st	1 15 22 27 41
2018-07-23	10	1st	1 5 11 28 48
2018-06-18	4	1st	1 22 27 31 34
2018-06-04	10	1st	1 5 20 33 36
2018-04-30	14	1st	1 10 13 16 21
2018-03-12	7	1st	1 8 20 44 45
2018-02-15	3	1st	1 11 36 38 46
2018-02-05	2	1st	1 2 5 32 48
2018-01-29	6	1st	1 4 6 30 33
2018-01-08	10	1st	1 3 15 22 28
2017-12-04	14	1st	1 2 7 31 37
2017-10-16	12	1st	1 2 12 17 27
2017-09-04	2	1st	1 4 9 15 33
2017-08-28	1	1st	1 5 6 47 48
2017-08-24	18	1st	1 3 27 40 43
2017-06-22	24	1st	1 7 12 32 38
2017-03-30	1	1st	1 10 21 44 45
2017-03-27	1	1st	1 17 19 22 24
2017-03-23	2	1st	1 5 6 15 30
2017-03-16	2	1st	1 9 25 36 39
2017-03-09	21	1st	1 6 12 13 24
2016-12-26	2	1st	1 4 27 35 45
2016-12-19	26	1st	1 8 35 45 48
2016-09-19	1	1st	1 4 19 43 46
2016-09-15	8	1st	1 4 16 28 29
2016-08-18	1	1st	1 2 14 19 48
2016-08-15	18	1st	1 4 14 15 25
2016-06-13	9	1st	1 4 21 34 37
2016-05-12	8	1st	1 6 25 29 44
2016-04-14	3	1st	1 3 12 45 47
2016-04-04	7	1st	1 15 27 34 41
2016-03-10	7	1st	1 11 12 20 41
2016-02-15	5	1st	1 4 11 25 27
2016-01-28	7	1st	1 14 24 35 43
2016-01-04	6	1st	1 25 31 43 45
2015-12-14	6	1st	1 9 20 22 33
2015-11-23	13	1st	1 12 16 26 42
2015-10-08	5	1st	1 8 21 42 48
2015-09-21	1	1st	1 2 7 8 20
2015-09-17	22	1st	1 9 30 33 43
2015-07-02	31	1st	1 17 22 35 36
2015-03-16	11	1st	1 18 22 37 40
2015-02-05	—	1st	1 15 25 43 47