Number 2

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

253times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.53σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

45longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 253 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 253 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 2 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 smallest228 · chance 231.5
2nd smallest25 · chance 21.5
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 21.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 4 47 29 12 10

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, 2 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 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-11	6	1st	2 12 18 31 40
2026-02-05	4	1st	2 3 13 36 37
2026-02-01	7	1st	2 6 10 22 47
2026-01-25	20	1st	2 25 27

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

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