Number 35

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

216times drawn · chance expected 245 −1.97σ

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

10.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

55longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

35 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 216 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −1.97σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 35, draw by draw

Drawn 216 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 10.9 draws · longest completed wait 55 · 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 35 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 0.9
2nd smallest10 · chance 11.8
3rd smallest52 · chance 53.0
4th smallest109 · chance 94.2
5th smallest45 · chance 56.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 3 21 12 28 43

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, 35 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 35 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-15	2	5th	18 25 30 33 35
2026-02-13	1	4th	6 18 21 35 39
2026-02-12	13	5th	10 12 24 32 35
2026-01-30	17	4th	3 4 17

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

2025-05-16	8	5th	14 24 25 29 35
2025-05-08	2	5th	14 18 23 34 35
2025-05-06	2	4th	15 31 33 35 46
2025-05-04	7	4th	12 26 31 35 43
2025-04-27	13	3rd	4 19 35 36 41
2025-04-14	12	4th	10 11 23 35 40
2025-04-02	6	3rd	18 22 35 36 43
2025-03-27	2	4th	7 20 27 35 46
2025-03-25	5	5th	9 16 27 30 35
2025-03-20	26	4th	7 14 25 35 40
2025-02-22	1	4th	2 6 29 35 44
2025-02-21	18	2nd	19 35 44 45 47
2025-02-03	10	5th	3 24 28 33 35
2025-01-24	4	3rd	14 26 35 39 40
2025-01-20	1	5th	4 8 12 22 35
2025-01-19	6	3rd	8 24 35 43 46
2025-01-13	15	3rd	13 17 35 41 44
2024-12-29	4	4th	7 18 26 35 38
2024-12-25	5	3rd	4 10 35 42 45
2024-12-20	6	4th	9 20 21 35 36
2024-12-14	42	3rd	10 16 35 40 42
2024-11-02	5	5th	21 25 30 34 35
2024-10-28	2	4th	3 17 21 35 39
2024-10-26	12	4th	6 12 32 35 41
2024-10-14	9	5th	1 12 25 32 35
2024-10-05	13	5th	3 17 31 32 35
2024-09-22	3	4th	5 13 27 35 48
2024-09-19	2	4th	11 20 28 35 43
2024-09-17	8	5th	10 16 23 29 35
2024-09-09	8	4th	16 26 30 35 46
2024-09-01	13	4th	17 22 27 35 42
2024-08-19	7	3rd	15 17 35 40 45
2024-08-12	6	5th	3 6 17 24 35
2024-08-06	17	5th	4 15 21 22 35
2024-07-20	2	4th	14 19 20 35 46
2024-07-18	15	4th	9 22 25 35 45
2024-07-03	13	4th	10 11 23 35 42
2024-06-20	41	5th	22 24 25 28 35
2024-05-10	4	4th	24 30 32 35 41
2024-05-06	8	3rd	10 32 35 43 47
2024-04-28	37	4th	4 25 32 35 40
2024-03-22	4	4th	18 27 34 35 43
2024-03-18	23	3rd	8 20 35 36 38
2024-02-24	1	5th	14 21 28 33 35
2024-02-23	10	4th	7 11 30 35 36
2024-02-13	19	3rd	5 11 35 41 44
2024-01-25	20	3rd	2 14 35 37 38
2024-01-05	23	4th	15 21 29 35 41
2023-12-13	8	2nd	8 35 37 39 46
2023-12-05	13	5th	11 12 21 22 35
2023-11-22	8	3rd	7 31 35 39 43
2023-11-14	5	2nd	20 35 36 44 48
2023-11-09	11	4th	2 15 22 35 39
2023-10-29	5	3rd	17 25 35 40 47
2023-10-24	5	5th	2 16 21 29 35
2023-10-19	2	4th	12 30 31 35 47
2023-10-17	7	5th	2 14 15 21 35
2023-10-10	32	4th	3 6 19 35 44
2023-09-08	5	4th	1 3 13 35 43
2023-09-03	10	4th	9 22 26 35 41
2023-08-24	5	3rd	5 30 35 40 41
2023-08-19	19	4th	7 16 34 35 42
2023-07-31	7	5th	8 26 28 30 35
2023-07-24	13	4th	3 17 31 35 42
2023-07-11	16	5th	3 21 24 28 35
2023-06-25	3	4th	16 17 18 35 47
2023-06-22	10	4th	11 13 34 35 42
2023-06-12	3	4th	9 26 27 35 41
2023-06-09	3	5th	3 15 17 21 35
2023-06-06	2	2nd	3 35 38 43 47
2023-06-04	5	4th	13 15 20 35 41
2023-05-30	3	3rd	25 28 35 43 46
2023-05-27	15	4th	1 3 12 35 45
2023-05-12	2	5th	1 2 13 24 35
2023-05-10	4	3rd	8 9 35 37 40
2023-05-06	27	3rd	24 32 35 38 42
2023-04-09	23	4th	12 15 28 35 37
2023-03-17	6	3rd	26 29 35 39 48
2023-03-11	8	5th	3 7 10 28 35
2023-03-03	2	3rd	9 12 35 37 44
2023-03-01	3	4th	6 11 19 35 46
2023-02-26	5	4th	5 9 18 35 38
2023-02-21	6	3rd	19 22 35 41 48
2023-02-15	6	4th	9 16 28 35 44
2023-02-09	12	3rd	17 33 35 38 48
2023-01-28	2	3rd	2 5 35 38 45
2023-01-26	5	5th	15 17 26 29 35
2023-01-21	3	5th	6 10 11 29 35
2023-01-18	1	3rd	12 27 35 42 44
2023-01-17	18	4th	3 4 25 35 48
2022-12-30	3	3rd	8 13 35 42 47
2022-12-27	12	3rd	9 19 35 42 43
2022-12-15	17	4th	2 10 19 35 46
2022-11-28	8	3rd	17 21 35 36 42
2022-11-20	8	3rd	19 24 35 43 47
2022-11-12	11	5th	2 12 26 29 35
2022-11-01	6	4th	1 6 10 35 45
2022-10-26	35	4th	18 21 22 35 38
2022-09-21	5	5th	8 19 25 28 35
2022-09-16	19	4th	23 33 34 35 42
2022-08-28	7	3rd	4 5 35 37 48
2022-08-21	27	5th	17 19 22 31 35
2022-07-25	15	4th	3 27 33 35 45
2022-07-10	1	4th	1 17 24 35 40
2022-07-09	3	4th	14 21 31 35 41
2022-07-06	10	4th	1 6 15 35 42
2022-06-26	17	4th	6 21 24 35 48
2022-06-09	8	5th	2 12 16 33 35
2022-06-01	1	4th	11 15 26 35 44
2022-05-31	2	4th	1 6 11 35 46
2022-05-29	23	4th	6 15 29 35 38
2022-05-06	4	4th	7 17 23 35 46
2022-05-02	6	4th	2 12 32 35 43
2022-04-26	10	3rd	2 22 35 38 39
2022-04-16	19	4th	6 27 28 35 44
2022-03-28	13	4th	13 31 34 35 37
2022-03-15	10	4th	25 33 34 35 46
2022-03-05	4	4th	7 10 24 35 46
2022-03-01	1	5th	15 21 30 31 35
2022-02-28	7	5th	3 26 29 30 35
2022-02-21	1	3rd	10 19 35 43 45
2022-02-20	20	4th	12 15 24 35 48
2022-01-31	2	4th	3 27 28 35 41
2022-01-29	8	4th	3 28 31 35 46
2022-01-21	29	5th	4 23 25 28 35
2021-12-23	1	5th	18 20 22 24 35
2021-12-22	2	4th	4 29 32 35 46
2021-12-20	8	4th	17 21 31 35 45
2021-12-12	2	3rd	7 21 35 41 44
2021-12-10	18	3rd	23 29 35 36 39
2021-11-22	10	5th	5 7 8 14 35
2021-11-12	2	5th	7 15 21 22 35
2021-11-10	5	4th	7 8 20 35 47
2021-11-05	11	4th	1 2 11 35 40
2021-10-25	22	4th	13 25 27 35 39
2021-10-03	13	2nd	15 35 36 39 46
2021-09-20	3	2nd	22 35 38 40 41
2021-09-17	9	3rd	8 12 35 36 45
2021-09-08	12	4th	2 5 15 35 44
2021-08-27	18	4th	4 8 17 35 39
2021-08-09	2	4th	2 4 19 35 48
2021-08-07	22	2nd	2 35 41 43 44
2021-07-08	4	4th	2 17 18 35 44
2021-06-24	18	4th	23 26 31 35 46
2021-04-22	14	4th	20 28 29 35 37
2021-03-04	2	4th	2 5 32 35 37
2021-02-25	19	3rd	16 34 35 38 45
2020-12-21	4	3rd	3 32 35 38 40
2020-12-07	5	5th	3 18 22 26 35
2020-11-19	8	4th	5 16 27 35 36
2020-10-22	5	3rd	11 24 35 37 39
2020-10-05	45	4th	7 17 29 35 45
2020-04-30	1	5th	3 4 11 23 35
2020-04-27	35	5th	1 5 9 28 35
2019-12-26	11	5th	16 25 29 30 35
2019-11-18	8	4th	15 22 28 35 37
2019-10-21	2	4th	9 14 15 35 40
2019-10-14	23	4th	12 17 19 35 41
2019-07-25	18	3rd	26 29 35 37 48
2019-05-23	12	4th	12 23 29 35 38
2019-04-11	11	4th	13 17 30 35 39
2019-03-04	16	4th	4 12 28 35 45
2019-01-07	26	4th	18 31 34 35 37
2018-10-08	43	3rd	5 34 35 36 48
2018-05-10	6	2nd	17 35 46 47 48
2018-04-19	13	3rd	16 19 35 43 48
2018-03-05	3	4th	5 17 23 35 42
2018-02-22	9	4th	6 23 32 35 42
2018-01-22	6	5th	5 13 26 30 35
2018-01-01	23	5th	15 18 25 31 35
2017-10-12	55	4th	5 19 27 35 43
2017-04-03	23	4th	10 17 32 35 47
2017-01-12	3	4th	6 7 10 35 42
2017-01-02	2	4th	13 17 28 35 38
2016-12-26	2	4th	1 4 27 35 45
2016-12-19	8	3rd	1 8 35 45 48
2016-11-21	3	4th	3 7 12 35 46
2016-11-10	1	5th	8 10 12 20 35
2016-11-07	10	4th	3 9 33 35 39
2016-10-03	7	4th	2 16 20 35 43
2016-09-08	3	4th	3 19 33 35 40
2016-08-29	1	4th	13 21 27 35 43
2016-08-25	27	3rd	8 30 35 36 42
2016-05-23	9	3rd	3 31 35 40 46
2016-04-21	24	5th	2 10 16 34 35
2016-01-28	5	4th	1 14 24 35 43
2016-01-11	1	4th	21 26 28 35 47
2016-01-07	54	4th	5 21 28 35 47
2015-07-02	6	4th	1 17 22 35 36
2015-06-11	15	3rd	17 27 35 38 43
2015-04-20	11	3rd	17 23 35 44 45
2015-03-12	—	3rd	8 28 35 38 45