Number 2

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,904 draws, 6 from 1–49.

243times drawn · chance expected 233 +0.69σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

41longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 243 times in 1,904 draws against 233.1 expected, +0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 243 times in 1,904 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 1 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 2 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 smallest221 · chance 217.7
2nd smallest22 · chance 25.3
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 31 7 29 39 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 49. 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 model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	1	1st	2 8 17 19 28 41
2026-10-07	14	1st	2 6 13 14 18 37
2026-09-05	6	1st	2 9 12 23 31 34
2026-08-22	1	1st	2 22 25 29 41 44
2026-08-19	6	1st	2 6 15 23 35 40
2026-08-05	2	1st	2 6 16 35 36 41
2026-08-01	2	1st	2 3 14 23 24 44
2026-07-27	8	2nd	1 2 11 16 34 39
2026-07-08	15	1st	2 7 13 19 20 31
2026-06-03	16	1st	2 8 26 32 38 39
2026-04-27	7	1st	2 17 22 29 31 33
2026-04-11	3	1st	2 6 14 17 27 35
2026-04-04	2	1st	2 4 8 9 24 31
2026-03-30	2	1st	2 7 22 23 26 27
2026-03-25	2	1st	2 10 13 17 30 35
2026-03-21	13	1st	2 6 9 11 28 29
2026-02-18	20	1st	2 8 25 27 36 37
2026-01-03	2	1st	2 18 20 24 27 33
2025-12-29	20	1st	2 7 15 30 39 40
2025-11-12	1	1st	2 7 8 9 11 28
2025-11-10	1	1st	2 3 7 8 37 39
2025-11-08	4	1st	2 4 5 15 24 34
2025-10-29	3	1st	2 7 10 13 14 17
2025-10-22	1	1st	2 9 13 20 30 32

The other 219 appearances

2025-10-20	1	1st	2 34 35 38 39 42
2025-10-18	4	1st	2 7 10 14 15 31
2025-10-08	2	1st	2 10 11 12 23 27
2025-10-04	6	1st	2 4 22 23 28 41
2025-09-20	18	1st	2 10 14 31 36 39
2025-08-09	4	1st	2 3 5 7 8 27
2025-07-30	13	1st	2 4 8 10 16 23
2025-06-30	3	1st	2 17 27 28 35 43
2025-06-23	8	1st	2 9 14 17 19 23
2025-06-04	5	1st	2 6 28 36 38 41
2025-05-24	6	1st	2 4 7 28 38 42
2025-05-10	1	1st	2 12 22 29 40 41
2025-05-07	4	1st	2 16 17 22 31 35
2025-04-28	1	1st	2 6 8 26 29 38
2025-04-26	7	2nd	1 2 22 24 32 36
2025-04-09	2	1st	2 4 6 11 18 20
2025-04-05	2	1st	2 4 5 13 31 43
2025-03-31	4	1st	2 3 11 20 30 34
2025-03-22	5	1st	2 4 26 27 32 44
2025-03-10	7	1st	2 6 24 28 34 37
2025-02-22	1	2nd	1 2 4 24 32 37
2025-02-19	1	1st	2 6 13 20 25 28
2025-02-17	10	1st	2 13 16 23 34 42
2025-01-25	7	1st	2 18 19 27 29 36
2025-01-08	1	1st	2 11 28 35 38 41
2025-01-06	7	1st	2 13 27 30 33 39
2024-12-21	22	1st	2 14 15 25 38 39
2024-10-30	2	1st	2 5 31 34 41 43
2024-10-26	6	1st	2 19 28 29 37 42
2024-10-12	4	1st	2 24 31 37 43 44
2024-10-02	3	1st	2 10 12 33 39 44
2024-09-25	2	1st	2 18 32 38 40 43
2024-09-21	18	1st	2 17 20 31 32 38
2024-08-10	15	1st	2 7 10 17 32 40
2024-07-06	15	1st	2 16 23 29 35 39
2024-06-01	5	1st	2 17 22 25 26 43
2024-05-20	9	1st	2 12 15 24 39 42
2024-04-29	7	1st	2 6 16 19 20 27
2024-04-13	2	1st	2 7 15 19 35 42
2024-04-08	2	2nd	1 2 12 28 34 36
2024-04-03	8	1st	2 7 9 26 30 33
2024-03-16	21	1st	2 3 12 36 40 43
2024-01-27	2	1st	2 9 20 23 29 31
2024-01-22	1	1st	2 3 8 11 24 37
2024-01-20	5	1st	2 6 9 12 29 43
2024-01-08	6	1st	2 8 18 30 34 39
2023-12-25	2	1st	2 10 29 32 38 39
2023-12-20	2	1st	2 6 14 17 23 31
2023-12-16	4	1st	2 4 6 14 18 25
2023-12-06	1	1st	2 14 23 39 42 44
2023-12-04	3	1st	2 19 21 28 31 33
2023-11-27	4	1st	2 4 11 13 30 34
2023-11-18	19	1st	2 10 12 16 29 34
2023-09-16	10	1st	2 19 34 40 47 49
2023-08-12	3	1st	2 7 15 18 25 29
2023-08-02	1	1st	2 3 20 23 39 43
2023-07-29	2	1st	2 21 22 30 34 46
2023-07-22	14	1st	2 10 15 22 41 43
2023-06-03	8	1st	2 6 13 24 35 36
2023-05-06	22	1st	2 20 25 37 45 47
2023-02-18	1	1st	2 7 24 35 42 49
2023-02-15	2	1st	2 6 10 23 46 48
2023-02-08	8	1st	2 22 33 36 39 44
2023-01-11	25	1st	2 16 22 26 46 47
2022-10-15	1	1st	2 13 26 33 37 40
2022-10-12	15	1st	2 23 32 37 38 41
2022-08-20	11	1st	2 29 36 37 39 44
2022-07-13	3	1st	2 3 19 20 22 25
2022-07-02	8	1st	2 12 24 31 37 41
2022-06-04	5	1st	2 3 12 15 22 43
2022-05-18	3	1st	2 3 5 27 31 34
2022-05-07	9	1st	2 6 9 27 34 35
2022-04-06	2	1st	2 16 34 35 45 49
2022-03-30	3	1st	2 3 7 11 14 32
2022-03-19	10	1st	2 21 32 37 40 45
2022-02-12	2	1st	2 18 27 29 43 49
2022-02-05	41	1st	2 15 21 36 39 47
2021-09-15	3	1st	2 10 22 26 46 47
2021-09-04	1	2nd	1 2 11 23 28 49
2021-09-01	2	1st	2 7 20 21 23 41
2021-08-25	12	1st	2 20 26 31 42 49
2021-07-14	11	2nd	1 2 16 19 23 44
2021-06-05	8	1st	2 3 23 27 31 48
2021-05-08	1	1st	2 4 15 36 43 48
2021-05-05	4	1st	2 8 17 22 24 41
2021-04-21	9	1st	2 7 17 30 35 45
2021-03-20	12	1st	2 16 23 27 31 45
2021-02-06	6	1st	2 13 27 44 47 49
2021-01-16	6	2nd	1 2 10 30 32 41
2020-12-26	9	2nd	1 2 5 13 37 38
2020-11-25	1	1st	2 4 19 21 22 24
2020-11-21	6	1st	2 5 12 28 31 35
2020-10-31	8	1st	2 17 32 33 37 42
2020-10-03	12	2nd	1 2 15 20 38 49
2020-08-22	25	2nd	1 2 21 27 28 35
2020-05-27	3	1st	2 12 36 37 38 39
2020-05-16	3	1st	2 7 16 28 36 43
2020-05-06	9	1st	2 4 21 32 38 43
2020-04-04	12	2nd	1 2 7 24 26 32
2020-02-22	1	1st	2 7 12 19 23 28
2020-02-19	4	1st	2 6 7 10 19 48
2020-02-05	10	2nd	1 2 25 35 36 40
2020-01-01	3	1st	2 10 14 15 25 48
2019-12-21	14	1st	2 3 21 24 36 38
2019-11-02	6	1st	2 3 33 34 43 47
2019-10-12	2	1st	2 4 5 10 34 42
2019-10-05	7	1st	2 5 17 31 35 47
2019-09-11	7	1st	2 9 12 36 47 48
2019-08-17	2	1st	2 5 10 20 26 49
2019-08-10	4	1st	2 4 18 20 34 36
2019-07-27	21	1st	2 26 27 29 35 47
2019-05-15	3	1st	2 28 31 34 35 36
2019-05-04	4	1st	2 27 36 38 39 40
2019-04-20	3	1st	2 12 29 34 41 42
2019-04-10	23	1st	2 8 16 18 39 44
2019-01-19	3	1st	2 15 19 31 39 44
2019-01-09	15	1st	2 8 19 22 42 48
2018-11-17	4	1st	2 17 23 36 40 48
2018-11-03	10	1st	2 5 10 28 35 36
2018-09-29	1	1st	2 6 14 41 44 48
2018-09-26	18	2nd	1 2 23 27 34 43
2018-07-25	6	1st	2 10 14 15 42 47
2018-07-04	11	1st	2 11 14 30 35 38
2018-05-26	14	1st	2 4 8 20 36 37
2018-04-07	22	2nd	1 2 12 13 15 16
2018-01-20	5	1st	2 17 29 36 41 49
2018-01-03	9	1st	2 5 36 40 44 48
2017-12-02	8	1st	2 5 14 15 23 26
2017-11-04	7	1st	2 13 29 31 43 45
2017-10-11	8	2nd	1 2 18 19 37 45
2017-09-13	1	1st	2 8 13 26 39 43
2017-09-09	13	1st	2 4 15 32 36 48
2017-07-26	38	1st	2 15 22 32 45 48
2017-03-15	7	1st	2 4 10 21 25 36
2017-02-18	10	1st	2 11 16 30 31 43
2017-01-14	20	1st	2 10 13 31 38 49
2016-11-05	6	1st	2 19 20 24 32 33
2016-10-15	16	2nd	1 2 3 9 21 48
2016-08-20	10	1st	2 3 7 31 37 39
2016-07-16	5	1st	2 21 22 25 27 40
2016-06-29	14	1st	2 17 22 24 44 48
2016-05-11	4	2nd	1 2 5 23 24 45
2016-04-27	21	1st	2 15 21 36 44 49
2016-02-13	20	1st	2 12 25 35 42 44
2015-12-05	1	1st	2 7 18 21 23 33
2015-12-02	31	1st	2 16 19 30 31 33
2015-08-15	10	1st	2 14 28 30 32 40
2015-07-11	1	1st	2 6 13 15 18 20
2015-07-08	8	1st	2 10 20 37 39 44
2015-06-10	3	1st	2 5 7 16 26 42
2015-05-30	1	1st	2 7 9 11 29 34
2015-05-27	3	1st	2 9 21 33 37 46
2015-05-16	24	1st	2 6 8 29 31 44
2015-02-21	8	1st	2 29 33 36 42 49
2015-01-24	5	1st	2 15 27 32 38 49
2015-01-07	3	1st	2 3 28 31 34 45
2014-12-27	8	1st	2 3 12 29 34 37
2014-11-29	24	1st	2 6 23 28 35 44
2014-09-06	6	1st	2 12 15 23 24 38
2014-08-16	5	1st	2 3 13 27 34 46
2014-07-30	6	2nd	1 2 5 11 22 42
2014-07-09	10	1st	2 6 29 36 42 46
2014-06-04	16	1st	2 5 18 28 36 46
2014-04-09	4	1st	2 5 7 25 35 45
2014-03-26	6	1st	2 19 26 28 31 39
2014-03-05	17	1st	2 26 37 42 44 45
2014-01-04	2	1st	2 3 24 25 29 38
2013-12-28	5	1st	2 7 23 29 43 49
2013-12-11	21	2nd	1 2 14 20 46 47
2013-09-28	22	1st	2 8 12 18 22 40
2013-07-13	3	1st	2 20 33 44 45 47
2013-07-03	17	1st	2 5 14 21 22 40
2013-05-04	8	1st	2 7 14 29 32 41
2013-04-06	5	1st	2 15 31 44 45 48
2013-03-20	4	1st	2 6 9 12 27 39
2013-03-06	25	1st	2 13 17 19 29 35
2012-12-08	3	1st	2 4 27 42 48 49
2012-11-28	5	1st	2 24 26 27 30 32
2012-11-10	2	1st	2 4 5 12 17 29
2012-11-03	14	1st	2 11 20 25 31 39
2012-09-15	21	1st	2 9 26 30 34 49
2012-07-04	13	1st	2 16 23 35 36 38
2012-05-19	18	1st	2 13 14 26 30 44
2012-03-17	2	1st	2 3 7 10 13 36
2012-03-10	2	1st	2 5 7 8 9 40
2012-03-03	4	1st	2 7 10 12 28 33
2012-02-18	13	1st	2 9 15 21 37 48
2012-01-04	22	1st	2 21 26 38 39 42
2011-10-19	3	1st	2 7 15 19 39 41
2011-10-08	1	1st	2 3 4 13 32 36
2011-10-05	9	1st	2 13 23 30 39 43
2011-09-03	7	1st	2 7 12 13 29 30
2011-08-10	15	1st	2 8 19 20 24 33
2011-06-18	4	1st	2 5 14 24 39 45
2011-06-04	11	1st	2 30 31 32 36 40
2011-04-27	2	1st	2 11 14 18 29 46
2011-04-20	5	1st	2 14 29 33 35 43
2011-04-02	3	2nd	1 2 8 13 28 48
2011-03-23	12	1st	2 9 19 20 21 26
2011-02-09	10	1st	2 21 25 42 46 48
2011-01-05	8	1st	2 13 19 26 39 44
2010-12-08	1	1st	2 6 22 30 46 48
2010-12-04	1	1st	2 16 22 40 46 48
2010-12-01	4	1st	2 29 31 33 42 44
2010-11-17	4	1st	2 4 6 14 46 47
2010-11-03	4	2nd	1 2 12 34 48 49
2010-10-20	4	1st	2 7 13 31 33 37
2010-10-06	7	1st	2 4 15 19 25 38
2010-09-11	9	2nd	1 2 3 28 33 37
2010-08-11	9	1st	2 25 26 39 42 45
2010-07-10	12	1st	2 4 12 37 43 49
2010-05-29	3	1st	2 8 13 16 26 36
2010-05-19	2	1st	2 5 17 19 29 46
2010-05-12	1	1st	2 5 11 12 18 36
2010-05-08	10	1st	2 11 13 30 37 43
2010-04-03	10	1st	2 7 8 13 31 34
2010-02-27	7	1st	2 20 23 36 47 49
2010-02-03	6	1st	2 11 12 22 30 48
2010-01-13	—	1st	2 14 17 18 32 48

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: 2 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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