Number 33

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

242times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.22σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

63longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

33 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 242 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −0.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 33, draw by draw

Drawn 242 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 6 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 33 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 smallest2 · chance 1.9
2nd smallest14 · chance 19.8
3rd smallest67 · chance 70.7
4th smallest108 · chance 100.9
5th smallest51 · chance 48.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 40 3 9 5 24

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, 33 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 33 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-15	63	4th	18 25 30 33 35
2025-12-14	5	4th	8 23 32 33 34
2025-12-09	24	3rd	19 24 33 39 40
2025-11-15	3	4th	16 29 32

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

2025-04-28	61	4th	16 19 20 33 40
2025-02-26	2	4th	5 18 27 33 38
2025-02-24	21	4th	7 16 23 33 40
2025-02-03	19	4th	3 24 28 33 35
2025-01-15	5	3rd	19 31 33 36 46
2025-01-10	5	4th	3 9 21 33 36
2025-01-05	1	4th	6 27 31 33 47
2025-01-04	19	5th	3 9 27 29 33
2024-12-16	10	5th	3 16 29 31 33
2024-12-06	2	3rd	1 3 33 36 39
2024-12-04	3	4th	1 13 25 33 46
2024-12-01	3	4th	1 7 25 33 46
2024-11-28	2	2nd	18 33 42 44 45
2024-11-26	1	4th	27 29 32 33 47
2024-11-25	3	4th	7 10 14 33 36
2024-11-22	8	3rd	17 31 33 38 46
2024-11-14	14	4th	5 22 30 33 44
2024-10-31	6	4th	29 30 31 33 36
2024-10-25	14	4th	1 3 15 33 36
2024-10-11	9	4th	3 18 29 33 36
2024-10-02	19	3rd	6 30 33 42 44
2024-09-13	20	4th	14 15 18 33 40
2024-08-24	16	4th	13 19 26 33 38
2024-08-08	3	4th	3 4 9 33 44
2024-08-05	3	4th	20 26 28 33 44
2024-08-02	4	5th	11 13 16 27 33
2024-07-29	4	5th	18 28 30 32 33
2024-07-25	12	3rd	2 11 33 46 47
2024-07-13	9	4th	8 16 27 33 34
2024-07-04	9	4th	3 4 22 33 48
2024-06-25	1	4th	15 20 23 33 45
2024-06-24	10	5th	20 26 27 29 33
2024-06-14	5	4th	6 21 25 33 45
2024-06-09	1	3rd	2 3 33 39 41
2024-06-08	3	5th	3 17 29 31 33
2024-06-05	4	5th	1 2 12 30 33
2024-06-01	8	3rd	22 29 33 36 40
2024-05-24	16	5th	13 17 24 29 33
2024-05-08	1	4th	17 30 31 33 44
2024-05-07	3	4th	9 21 22 33 48
2024-05-04	12	5th	1 4 5 6 33
2024-04-22	1	1st	33 36 39 40 47
2024-04-21	1	4th	23 24 31 33 40
2024-04-20	9	4th	17 23 28 33 37
2024-04-11	3	4th	4 10 27 33 40
2024-04-08	19	3rd	4 7 33 34 46
2024-03-20	25	3rd	23 30 33 37 45
2024-02-24	20	4th	14 21 28 33 35
2024-02-04	16	4th	10 16 27 33 44
2024-01-19	5	3rd	17 30 33 36 41
2024-01-14	2	3rd	20 28 33 38 42
2024-01-12	4	4th	4 6 14 33 39
2024-01-08	13	4th	9 19 25 33 43
2023-12-26	8	5th	8 26 27 29 33
2023-12-18	10	5th	9 11 17 32 33
2023-12-08	7	4th	26 28 31 33 37
2023-12-01	2	2nd	15 33 34 41 43
2023-11-29	3	2nd	16 33 38 39 47
2023-11-26	3	4th	5 30 31 33 40
2023-11-23	6	3rd	7 25 33 43 44
2023-11-17	17	4th	5 8 27 33 39
2023-10-31	25	3rd	28 31 33 40 47
2023-10-06	3	3rd	7 28 33 37 38
2023-10-03	4	5th	3 11 16 18 33
2023-09-29	2	4th	12 20 21 33 38
2023-09-27	1	4th	15 26 31 33 38
2023-09-26	34	5th	12 14 16 32 33
2023-08-23	1	4th	5 21 29 33 37
2023-08-22	6	4th	5 14 15 33 43
2023-08-16	15	4th	13 19 25 33 48
2023-08-01	7	2nd	13 33 40 42 47
2023-07-25	17	5th	2 3 6 7 33
2023-07-08	33	3rd	17 30 33 36 44
2023-06-05	7	4th	15 20 23 33 46
2023-05-29	21	4th	14 17 32 33 44
2023-05-08	13	4th	3 15 31 33 44
2023-04-25	2	3rd	17 28 33 40 42
2023-04-23	3	4th	16 21 31 33 36
2023-04-20	5	4th	1 5 18 33 48
2023-04-15	4	5th	6 10 22 23 33
2023-04-11	5	4th	1 5 9 33 47
2023-04-06	1	4th	3 10 17 33 36
2023-04-05	10	5th	6 13 17 25 33
2023-03-26	4	3rd	20 30 33 40 47
2023-03-22	20	4th	7 19 30 33 44
2023-03-02	13	3rd	10 13 33 40 47
2023-02-17	8	2nd	24 33 36 42 47
2023-02-09	8	2nd	17 33 35 38 48
2023-02-01	26	4th	11 19 31 33 46
2023-01-06	46	4th	7 18 24 33 43
2022-11-21	3	4th	1 2 5 33 38
2022-11-18	3	4th	20 24 26 33 41
2022-11-15	2	3rd	17 28 33 34 36
2022-11-13	5	4th	20 21 24 33 45
2022-11-08	16	3rd	15 17 33 37 40
2022-10-23	3	1st	33 42 44 47 48
2022-10-20	4	3rd	3 27 33 40 41
2022-10-16	2	5th	6 14 15 20 33
2022-10-14	6	4th	8 13 26 33 37
2022-10-08	5	3rd	6 18 33 38 39
2022-10-03	17	4th	2 9 27 33 40
2022-09-16	5	2nd	23 33 34 35 42
2022-09-11	15	4th	3 5 28 33 43
2022-08-27	11	4th	1 5 10 33 38
2022-08-16	14	2nd	26 33 41 45 46
2022-08-02	3	5th	5 20 24 26 33
2022-07-30	5	3rd	8 24 33 44 46
2022-07-25	3	3rd	3 27 33 35 45
2022-07-22	9	3rd	3 20 33 37 39
2022-07-13	6	4th	2 23 28 33 34
2022-07-07	2	3rd	2 28 33 34 43
2022-07-05	26	4th	8 15 23 33 48
2022-06-09	26	4th	2 12 16 33 35
2022-05-14	9	4th	4 9 13 33 44
2022-05-05	2	4th	10 12 21 33 34
2022-05-03	3	4th	5 8 11 33 34
2022-04-30	23	4th	3 5 7 33 45
2022-04-07	3	5th	8 24 27 30 33
2022-04-04	10	5th	16 18 29 32 33
2022-03-25	9	4th	28 30 32 33 39
2022-03-16	1	4th	2 3 6 33 46
2022-03-15	11	2nd	25 33 34 35 46
2022-03-04	5	4th	5 8 30 33 39
2022-02-27	10	3rd	7 8 33 39 47
2022-02-17	11	3rd	9 29 33 38 41
2022-02-06	17	3rd	24 25 33 37 40
2022-01-20	3	4th	4 25 27 33 43
2022-01-17	5	3rd	9 29 33 38 45
2022-01-12	14	4th	3 27 29 33 48
2021-12-29	1	4th	9 19 21 33 48
2021-12-28	45	4th	4 6 14 33 41
2021-11-13	5	3rd	1 29 33 36 38
2021-11-08	2	3rd	23 24 33 40 43
2021-11-06	14	5th	23 24 27 32 33
2021-10-23	7	4th	5 12 19 33 44
2021-10-16	3	2nd	20 33 38 39 40
2021-10-13	3	5th	13 16 18 23 33
2021-10-10	1	4th	7 23 27 33 43
2021-10-09	4	5th	12 27 28 30 33
2021-10-05	10	3rd	18 20 33 44 46
2021-09-25	21	4th	6 16 24 33 34
2021-09-04	10	4th	20 22 23 33 40
2021-08-25	4	3rd	9 24 33 40 48
2021-08-21	3	5th	1 10 23 27 33
2021-08-18	22	5th	18 21 22 31 33
2021-07-27	3	3rd	7 31 33 47 48
2021-07-24	2	4th	12 13 26 33 42
2021-07-22	8	4th	20 28 29 33 34
2021-07-01	3	4th	15 22 30 33 43
2021-06-21	16	3rd	22 28 33 38 43
2021-04-26	2	3rd	8 22 33 37 38
2021-04-19	45	5th	13 21 31 32 33
2020-11-12	1	4th	14 17 24 33 46
2020-11-09	2	3rd	22 24 33 42 45
2020-11-02	15	4th	7 24 26 33 42
2020-09-10	8	5th	4 13 25 28 33
2020-08-13	6	2nd	9 33 34 36 40
2020-07-23	4	4th	5 6 23 33 45
2020-07-09	5	4th	10 24 28 33 39
2020-06-22	9	2nd	13 33 34 43 44
2020-05-21	25	5th	8 11 24 30 33
2020-02-24	5	3rd	23 27 33 44 48
2020-02-06	4	4th	18 30 31 33 34
2020-01-23	2	4th	11 25 28 33 42
2020-01-16	3	5th	10 13 15 30 33
2020-01-06	1	4th	5 8 15 33 48
2020-01-02	18	5th	1 3 18 22 33
2019-10-31	4	3rd	2 31 33 41 46
2019-10-17	6	5th	8 9 25 27 33
2019-09-26	5	3rd	4 11 33 43 47
2019-09-09	3	5th	8 9 17 22 33
2019-08-29	11	4th	11 24 28 33 43
2019-07-22	9	3rd	5 31 33 41 47
2019-06-20	14	3rd	13 30 33 39 43
2019-05-02	9	5th	5 7 9 25 33
2019-04-01	49	4th	9 19 22 33 41
2018-10-11	18	3rd	10 18 33 38 42
2018-08-09	16	4th	13 25 30 33 37
2018-06-14	3	3rd	7 13 33 37 41
2018-06-04	6	4th	1 5 20 33 36
2018-05-14	8	3rd	11 26 33 36 42
2018-04-16	1	4th	9 11 26 33 38
2018-04-12	3	3rd	5 20 33 39 48
2018-04-02	14	5th	2 6 11 32 33
2018-02-12	4	3rd	7 11 33 37 47
2018-01-29	4	5th	1 4 6 30 33
2018-01-15	37	4th	11 15 32 33 40
2017-09-07	1	5th	19 27 28 29 33
2017-09-04	16	5th	1 4 9 15 33
2017-07-10	6	4th	9 23 32 33 42
2017-06-19	13	5th	8 23 24 31 33
2017-05-04	6	4th	5 22 29 33 45
2017-04-13	30	5th	2 3 21 29 33
2016-12-29	12	4th	6 10 15 33 34
2016-11-17	3	5th	9 12 19 22 33
2016-11-07	1	3rd	3 9 33 35 39
2016-11-03	3	5th	6 15 24 25 33
2016-10-24	13	3rd	6 23 33 44 45
2016-09-08	9	3rd	3 19 33 35 40
2016-08-08	3	4th	20 29 31 33 40
2016-07-28	12	3rd	12 29 33 38 45
2016-06-16	26	4th	8 12 20 33 45
2016-03-17	16	5th	4 13 14 15 33
2016-01-21	2	5th	3 7 10 18 33
2016-01-14	9	3rd	2 6 33 41 48
2015-12-14	5	5th	1 9 20 22 33
2015-11-26	2	3rd	3 29 33 37 40
2015-11-19	7	5th	7 14 21 32 33
2015-10-26	7	4th	24 28 30 33 34
2015-10-01	4	3rd	4 24 33 41 46
2015-09-17	14	4th	1 9 30 33 43
2015-07-30	1	2nd	29 33 36 47 48
2015-07-27	6	4th	8 21 26 33 34
2015-07-06	23	3rd	12 22 33 41 44
2015-04-16	5	5th	14 15 16 27 33
2015-03-30	1	4th	4 12 32 33 45
2015-03-26	13	3rd	26 31 33 45 46
2015-02-09	—	4th	8 15 25 33 41