Number 14

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

220times drawn · chance expected 245 −1.70σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

56longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

14 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −1.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 14, draw by draw

Drawn 220 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 7 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 14 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 smallest59 · chance 57.2
2nd smallest98 · chance 96.0
3rd smallest53 · chance 54.0
4th smallest10 · chance 12.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 5 25 46 19 23

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, 14 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 14 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-14	5	1st	14 17 30 43 48
2026-02-09	1	2nd	11 14 23 25 42
2026-02-08	5	2nd	5 14 17 31 44
2026-02-03	5	2nd	6 14 19

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

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