Number 44

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

239times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.42σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

52longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 239 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 239 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 13 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 44 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest7 · chance 7.3
4th smallest69 · chance 66.1
5th smallest163 · chance 165.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 24 30 31 41 46

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, 44 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 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-08	5	5th	5 14 17 31 44
2026-02-03	8	5th	6 14 19 31 44
2026-01-26	2	5th	3 21 22 42 44
2026-01-24	15	5th	8 17 25

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

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