Number 7

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

255times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.66σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

47longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 255 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 255 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 47 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 7 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 smallest139 · chance 144.8
2nd smallest98 · chance 91.4
3rd smallest16 · chance 17.6
4th smallest2 · chance 1.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 43 36 46 25 39

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-21	47	1st	7 11 13 45 47
2026-01-05	6	2nd	2 7 8 21 45
2025-12-30	6	2nd	3 7 15 24 30
2025-12-24	13	3rd	3 5 7

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

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