Number 4

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,903 draws, 6 from 1–49.

229times drawn · chance expected 233 −0.28σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

59longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 229 times in 1,903 draws against 233.0 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 229 times in 1,903 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 16 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 4 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 smallest164 · chance 163.4
2nd smallest58 · chance 59.8
3rd smallest7 · chance 5.7
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
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 23.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 38 18 19 21 29

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, 4 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-02	15	1st	4 9 13 26 36 38
2026-07-29	3	1st	4 5 14 19 37 39
2026-07-22	1	2nd	1 4 14 15 35 43
2026-07-20	1	1st

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

2025-08-04	2	1st	4 5 7 13 18 22
2025-07-30	6	2nd	2 4 8 10 16 23
2025-07-16	6	2nd	3 4 22 33 35 42
2025-07-02	17	1st	4 6 24 29 35 41
2025-05-24	2	2nd	2 4 7 28 38 42
2025-05-19	1	1st	4 10 19 22 30 42
2025-05-17	16	1st	4 5 21 30 37 42
2025-04-09	2	2nd	2 4 6 11 18 20
2025-04-05	6	2nd	2 4 5 13 31 43
2025-03-22	12	2nd	2 4 26 27 32 44
2025-02-22	4	3rd	1 2 4 24 32 37
2025-02-12	1	1st	4 5 17 22 30 43
2025-02-10	5	2nd	1 4 6 20 40 44
2025-01-29	3	1st	4 11 23 25 30 40
2025-01-22	1	1st	4 7 24 30 37 42
2025-01-20	1	1st	4 8 28 32 33 37
2025-01-18	6	1st	4 13 14 26 28 39
2025-01-04	20	1st	4 5 28 33 37 40
2024-11-18	14	1st	4 19 27 33 42 43
2024-10-16	1	1st	4 11 12 19 27 41
2024-10-14	12	1st	4 11 24 28 29 33
2024-09-16	6	1st	4 15 17 21 24 25
2024-09-02	3	1st	4 15 34 37 40 42
2024-08-26	6	1st	4 11 15 17 21 42
2024-08-12	4	2nd	3 4 6 9 29 30
2024-08-03	14	1st	4 8 9 12 14 19
2024-07-01	6	1st	4 6 8 26 29 42
2024-06-17	15	1st	4 18 22 26 29 31
2024-05-13	4	1st	4 19 24 35 37 40
2024-05-04	7	1st	4 11 15 26 30 40
2024-04-17	8	1st	4 8 15 22 36 37
2024-03-30	4	3rd	1 3 4 10 14 28
2024-03-20	4	1st	4 7 17 18 19 43
2024-03-11	1	2nd	3 4 12 16 17 23
2024-03-09	23	1st	4 9 23 26 39 40
2024-01-15	1	1st	4 7 18 35 40 41
2024-01-13	12	1st	4 9 13 26 32 34
2023-12-16	2	2nd	2 4 6 14 18 25
2023-12-11	1	1st	4 25 26 30 38 41
2023-12-09	3	1st	4 10 36 38 40 41
2023-12-02	2	1st	4 11 18 19 24 44
2023-11-27	8	2nd	2 4 11 13 30 34
2023-11-08	1	1st	4 11 26 38 46 49
2023-11-04	3	1st	4 10 16 31 33 36
2023-10-25	5	2nd	1 4 24 25 36 47
2023-10-07	10	2nd	3 4 13 14 18 46
2023-09-02	1	2nd	3 4 7 13 24 26
2023-08-30	1	2nd	1 4 28 34 38 48
2023-08-26	2	2nd	1 4 27 32 34 37
2023-08-19	7	1st	4 12 28 29 32 34
2023-07-26	3	1st	4 15 38 42 44 45
2023-07-15	5	1st	4 9 13 34 38 39
2023-06-28	2	1st	4 15 22 29 38 43
2023-06-21	7	1st	4 18 28 32 35 39
2023-05-27	12	1st	4 16 17 28 39 44
2023-04-15	15	1st	4 15 25 29 40 46
2023-02-22	10	1st	4 5 11 21 23 24
2023-01-18	11	1st	4 9 19 28 33 44
2022-12-10	1	2nd	1 4 7 30 43 44
2022-12-07	4	1st	4 7 19 20 21 30
2022-11-23	10	1st	4 17 26 27 36 47
2022-10-19	8	1st	4 5 14 15 21 43
2022-09-21	10	1st	4 17 18 19 20 22
2022-08-17	12	1st	4 20 35 46 47 49
2022-07-06	8	1st	4 15 19 20 34 44
2022-06-08	2	2nd	1 4 7 17 29 47
2022-06-01	3	1st	4 11 22 27 30 47
2022-05-21	10	2nd	3 4 8 34 46 48
2022-04-16	13	1st	4 16 17 27 30 47
2022-03-02	2	1st	4 6 31 33 43 44
2022-02-23	1	1st	4 12 18 38 42 44
2022-02-19	21	1st	4 14 15 31 38 39
2021-12-08	1	2nd	3 4 9 16 21 49
2021-12-04	13	1st	4 9 12 13 16 48
2021-10-20	2	1st	4 6 31 32 39 45
2021-10-13	3	1st	4 16 18 31 35 40
2021-10-02	29	1st	4 11 12 13 30 36
2021-06-23	13	3rd	1 3 4 30 32 40
2021-05-08	10	2nd	2 4 15 36 43 48
2021-04-03	18	2nd	3 4 14 26 29 48
2021-01-30	2	1st	4 9 20 25 32 38
2021-01-23	1	1st	4 10 27 29 36 41
2021-01-20	16	1st	4 10 20 33 39 47
2020-11-25	8	2nd	2 4 19 21 22 24
2020-10-28	3	1st	4 7 13 18 36 49
2020-10-17	19	1st	4 6 18 29 31 47
2020-08-12	14	1st	4 6 9 37 40 49
2020-06-24	3	1st	4 16 29 41 43 45
2020-06-13	2	1st	4 10 16 22 24 44
2020-06-06	9	1st	4 11 22 31 36 47
2020-05-06	3	2nd	2 4 21 32 38 43
2020-04-25	9	2nd	1 4 16 34 41 43
2020-03-25	2	1st	4 13 16 18 19 44
2020-03-18	6	1st	4 7 8 15 35 36
2020-02-26	22	1st	4 7 25 39 46 48
2019-12-11	15	1st	4 19 28 34 35 42
2019-10-19	2	1st	4 18 19 22 24 47
2019-10-12	1	2nd	2 4 5 10 34 42
2019-10-09	9	1st	4 5 13 21 28 35
2019-09-07	8	2nd	3 4 5 9 16 43
2019-08-10	1	2nd	2 4 18 20 34 36
2019-08-07	10	2nd	1 4 19 32 45 46
2019-07-03	7	2nd	1 4 11 14 29 38
2019-06-08	2	1st	4 21 23 44 45 49
2019-06-01	36	2nd	1 4 5 37 38 44
2019-01-26	23	2nd	3 4 15 23 39 45
2018-11-07	2	2nd	3 4 9 20 23 39
2018-10-31	21	1st	4 5 19 21 44 48
2018-08-18	11	1st	4 13 18 21 36 43
2018-07-11	13	1st	4 10 23 26 43 45
2018-05-26	3	2nd	2 4 8 20 36 37
2018-05-16	14	1st	4 8 16 26 41 47
2018-03-28	12	1st	4 17 19 28 30 34
2018-02-14	3	1st	4 7 9 19 33 37
2018-02-03	5	1st	4 15 16 26 41 47
2018-01-17	6	1st	4 22 26 37 39 43
2017-12-27	13	1st	4 6 20 21 37 38
2017-11-11	4	1st	4 5 17 19 21 40
2017-10-28	1	1st	4 26 33 40 41 44
2017-10-25	2	1st	4 5 12 21 26 38
2017-10-18	1	1st	4 26 27 28 29 49
2017-10-14	3	1st	4 7 12 13 15 22
2017-10-04	4	1st	4 14 20 23 31 48
2017-09-20	3	1st	4 17 21 35 39 49
2017-09-09	2	2nd	2 4 15 32 36 48
2017-09-02	10	1st	4 6 18 21 34 45
2017-07-29	2	1st	4 7 12 16 34 38
2017-07-22	3	1st	4 9 14 30 31 40
2017-07-12	10	2nd	1 4 5 13 26 47
2017-06-07	3	1st	4 9 16 30 32 47
2017-05-27	4	1st	4 5 6 22 29 47
2017-05-13	1	1st	4 23 25 29 30 43
2017-05-10	4	2nd	3 4 25 39 42 46
2017-04-26	9	1st	4 5 9 10 38 48
2017-03-25	3	1st	4 25 29 42 44 49
2017-03-15	1	2nd	2 4 10 21 25 36
2017-03-11	21	1st	4 7 12 22 27 33
2016-12-28	1	1st	4 12 15 30 39 45
2016-12-24	5	1st	4 6 10 20 36 47
2016-12-07	2	1st	4 12 16 24 28 48
2016-11-30	11	1st	4 7 8 21 38 49
2016-10-22	22	3rd	1 3 4 17 34 44
2016-08-06	7	3rd	1 3 4 12 26 44
2016-07-13	24	1st	4 31 34 35 43 47
2016-04-20	10	1st	4 9 12 33 46 48
2016-03-16	7	1st	4 21 23 30 33 34
2016-02-20	24	1st	4 7 12 17 27 36
2015-11-28	14	1st	4 24 29 30 33 35
2015-10-10	4	1st	4 12 14 18 28 49
2015-09-26	13	1st	4 10 11 25 26 35
2015-08-12	6	1st	4 6 17 31 32 47
2015-07-22	5	1st	4 14 27 31 38 40
2015-07-04	13	1st	4 7 13 18 27 39
2015-05-20	2	1st	4 5 18 34 35 38
2015-05-13	2	1st	4 13 15 17 30 47
2015-05-06	1	1st	4 7 29 31 39 42
2015-05-02	12	1st	4 12 16 21 34 35
2015-03-21	33	1st	4 16 18 26 34 42
2014-11-26	2	1st	4 17 33 37 46 48
2014-11-19	4	1st	4 8 15 20 29 44
2014-11-05	31	1st	4 6 18 20 25 42
2014-07-19	8	1st	4 6 16 21 34 47
2014-06-21	2	1st	4 6 19 24 39 40
2014-06-14	12	1st	4 17 20 23 27 46
2014-05-03	12	1st	4 7 21 31 42 47
2014-03-22	12	1st	4 27 29 38 39 48
2014-02-08	5	1st	4 6 20 23 39 46
2014-01-22	8	1st	4 20 21 23 26 38
2013-12-25	28	2nd	3 4 8 43 45 49
2013-09-18	1	1st	4 16 22 23 27 44
2013-09-14	11	2nd	3 4 13 28 45 49
2013-08-07	59	1st	4 9 20 38 41 42
2013-01-12	10	2nd	1 4 5 20 32 45
2012-12-08	1	2nd	2 4 27 42 48 49
2012-12-05	3	1st	4 5 8 29 45 48
2012-11-24	4	2nd	3 4 16 25 26 28
2012-11-10	4	2nd	2 4 5 12 17 29
2012-10-27	3	2nd	1 4 11 20 37 39
2012-10-17	10	1st	4 10 14 19 39 40
2012-09-12	1	1st	4 5 25 27 30 31
2012-09-08	28	1st	4 9 20 21 27 42
2012-06-02	5	1st	4 11 16 29 38 46
2012-05-16	5	1st	4 6 7 14 28 40
2012-04-28	18	1st	4 19 28 29 30 47
2012-02-25	10	1st	4 11 13 20 22 41
2012-01-21	11	1st	4 5 6 10 33 42
2011-12-14	7	1st	4 10 11 16 32 35
2011-11-19	5	1st	4 23 25 27 28 49
2011-11-02	7	1st	4 6 10 24 28 32
2011-10-08	16	3rd	2 3 4 13 32 36
2011-08-13	2	1st	4 6 7 8 30 45
2011-08-06	16	1st	4 7 22 27 31 38
2011-06-11	16	1st	4 10 16 17 29 34
2011-04-16	43	1st	4 12 18 41 47 49
2010-11-17	6	2nd	2 4 6 14 46 47
2010-10-27	6	3rd	1 3 4 11 30 34
2010-10-06	21	2nd	2 4 15 19 25 38
2010-07-24	3	1st	4 22 41 42 48 49
2010-07-14	1	1st	4 8 15 33 36 37
2010-07-10	10	2nd	2 4 12 37 43 49
2010-06-05	15	1st	4 6 14 24 39 46
2010-04-14	2	1st	4 7 10 31 35 39
2010-04-07	3	2nd	3 4 17 27 36 38
2010-03-27	2	1st	4 18 31 32 38 44
2010-03-20	—	1st	4 12 20 30 33 44