Number 46

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

259times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.93σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

49longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 259 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.93σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 259 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 5 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 46 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 0.0
3rd smallest3 · chance 1.4
4th smallest34 · chance 41.2
5th smallest222 · chance 216.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 6 12 4 7 9

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, 46 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-16	12	5th	6 29 36 43 46
2026-02-04	13	5th	6 13 15 36 46
2026-01-22	31	5th	8 20 30 42 46
2025-12-22	1	5th	9 16 23

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

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