Number 46

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

155times drawn · chance expected 233 −5.46σ

457draws waiting · a wait this long: <0.1% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

50longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

46 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 49

Drawn 155 times in 1,903 draws against 233.0 expected, −5.46σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 155 times in 1,903 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 457 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
4th smallest4 · chance 3.9
5th smallest55 · chance 40.5
6th smallest96 · chance 110.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 48 17 34 47 25

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, 46 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2023-11-08	7	5th	4 11 26 38 46 49
2023-10-14	2	5th	20 28 30 40 46 49
2023-10-07	4	6th	3 4 13 14 18 46
2023-09-23	16	6th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-07-03	9	6th	3 5 17 27 42 46
2021-06-02	1	6th	16 24 28 30 45 46
2021-05-29	5	5th	15 25 27 38 46 48
2021-05-12	7	6th	11 15 27 31 42 46
2021-04-17	50	5th	21 23 31 34 46 49
2020-10-24	27	5th	13 26 28 42 46 49
2020-07-22	42	6th	3 6 15 39 42 46
2020-02-26	9	5th	4 7 25 39 46 48
2020-01-25	11	5th	14 24 25 31 46 47
2019-12-18	9	5th	5 9 12 34 46 47
2019-11-16	1	6th	18 19 26 31 40 46
2019-11-13	28	5th	6 8 23 34 46 47
2019-08-07	15	6th	1 4 19 32 45 46
2019-06-15	8	6th	5 14 15 23 45 46
2019-05-18	16	6th	5 13 17 37 44 46
2019-03-23	8	6th	6 16 23 27 41 46
2019-02-23	2	5th	12 26 38 39 46 48
2019-02-16	19	6th	3 9 23 25 38 46
2018-12-12	16	5th	8 12 14 41 46 49
2018-10-17	1	5th	5 17 19 40 46 47
2018-10-13	6	6th	9 17 20 22 44 46
2018-09-22	2	5th	1 38 42 44 46 48
2018-09-15	2	6th	17 25 28 32 38 46
2018-09-08	4	6th	3 15 16 23 45 46
2018-08-25	14	6th	5 15 20 23 24 46
2018-07-07	11	6th	6 28 31 35 40 46
2018-05-30	6	4th	5 7 34 46 48 49
2018-05-09	14	5th	1 10 12 18 46 48
2018-03-21	3	5th	18 25 32 42 46 49
2018-03-10	12	6th	1 13 14 15 21 46
2018-01-27	14	6th	7 17 27 36 40 46
2017-12-09	5	5th	10 17 32 43 46 48
2017-11-22	9	6th	1 6 25 34 36 46
2017-10-21	8	5th	3 7 33 39 46 48
2017-09-23	7	6th	5 11 13 41 43 46
2017-08-30	8	5th	9 12 21 32 46 48
2017-08-02	9	6th	9 11 20 23 26 46
2017-07-01	3	6th	8 29 30 39 45 46
2017-06-21	12	6th	9 28 39 40 43 46
2017-05-10	5	6th	3 4 25 39 42 46
2017-04-22	3	6th	17 30 32 34 35 46
2017-04-12	3	6th	9 13 16 42 43 46
2017-04-01	10	6th	3 6 8 33 34 46
2017-02-25	6	6th	5 6 25 27 35 46
2017-02-04	4	5th	3 5 7 28 46 47
2017-01-21	17	6th	12 22 29 38 44 46
2016-11-23	4	5th	18 25 34 35 46 47
2016-11-09	2	6th	13 19 30 40 45 46
2016-11-02	24	6th	18 26 37 41 42 46
2016-08-10	2	6th	9 16 29 33 45 46
2016-08-03	15	6th	8 10 17 22 23 46
2016-06-11	6	6th	8 13 17 30 32 46
2016-05-21	9	6th	20 22 33 35 43 46
2016-04-20	18	5th	4 9 12 33 46 48
2016-02-17	5	4th	16 18 29 46 48 49
2016-01-30	10	6th	26 31 35 37 42 46
2015-12-26	3	6th	7 27 34 36 38 46
2015-12-16	26	6th	13 16 21 29 36 46
2015-09-16	1	5th	7 27 28 31 46 48
2015-09-12	25	5th	7 14 18 21 46 49
2015-06-17	6	6th	16 34 35 39 44 46
2015-05-27	5	6th	2 9 21 33 37 46
2015-05-09	10	4th	17 20 27 46 47 48
2015-04-04	1	5th	11 25 34 45 46 48
2015-04-01	2	6th	7 30 38 39 44 46
2015-03-25	6	6th	3 20 28 33 35 46
2015-03-04	4	5th	5 7 11 36 46 49
2015-02-18	1	6th	1 12 16 34 41 46
2015-02-14	2	6th	1 3 25 36 41 46
2015-02-07	19	6th	5 11 13 38 44 46
2014-12-03	2	6th	6 25 35 36 41 46
2014-11-26	3	5th	4 17 33 37 46 48
2014-11-15	8	6th	15 22 26 35 44 46
2014-10-18	3	5th	12 19 25 35 46 47
2014-10-08	15	6th	6 13 17 32 37 46
2014-08-16	3	6th	2 3 13 27 34 46
2014-08-06	8	5th	5 11 22 32 46 47
2014-07-09	7	6th	2 6 29 36 42 46
2014-06-14	3	6th	4 17 20 23 27 46
2014-06-04	2	6th	2 5 18 28 36 46
2014-05-28	1	6th	13 18 28 37 45 46
2014-05-24	4	5th	1 6 17 29 46 47
2014-05-10	4	5th	6 8 20 32 46 48
2014-04-26	16	6th	13 28 30 37 41 46
2014-03-01	4	6th	1 15 29 35 44 46
2014-02-15	2	5th	3 10 16 21 46 47
2014-02-08	7	6th	4 6 20 23 39 46
2014-01-15	2	6th	3 14 16 36 40 46
2014-01-08	8	6th	13 26 27 35 41 46
2013-12-11	1	5th	1 2 14 20 46 47
2013-12-07	3	6th	9 18 19 34 43 46
2013-11-27	48	6th	9 17 18 32 42 46
2013-06-12	27	5th	1 21 24 27 46 48
2013-03-09	18	5th	9 21 29 31 46 47
2013-01-05	3	5th	12 19 34 42 46 47
2012-12-26	4	6th	31 36 37 38 41 46
2012-12-12	19	6th	3 7 9 10 14 46
2012-10-06	2	6th	9 12 29 35 43 46
2012-09-29	8	5th	9 12 22 37 46 49
2012-09-01	10	6th	10 17 23 30 42 46
2012-07-28	1	5th	1 19 35 43 46 49
2012-07-25	1	5th	12 28 29 32 46 49
2012-07-21	4	5th	5 20 26 41 46 47
2012-07-07	7	6th	10 15 16 19 25 46
2012-06-13	3	6th	17 18 33 40 44 46
2012-06-02	31	6th	4 11 16 29 38 46
2012-02-15	2	6th	15 17 22 30 34 46
2012-02-08	6	6th	5 7 11 34 38 46
2012-01-18	12	6th	9 18 23 25 26 46
2011-12-07	16	5th	25 28 35 42 46 49
2011-10-12	3	6th	16 20 30 31 34 46
2011-10-01	7	5th	6 12 22 45 46 49
2011-09-07	15	6th	14 24 35 39 41 46
2011-07-16	23	6th	6 17 26 36 37 46
2011-04-27	22	6th	2 11 14 18 29 46
2011-02-09	9	5th	2 21 25 42 46 48
2011-01-08	2	5th	5 6 30 31 46 47
2011-01-01	1	6th	3 9 12 28 33 46
2010-12-29	6	6th	1 21 29 36 39 46
2010-12-08	1	5th	2 6 22 30 46 48
2010-12-04	5	5th	2 16 22 40 46 48
2010-11-17	15	5th	2 4 6 14 46 47
2010-09-25	1	5th	1 6 14 35 46 49
2010-09-22	4	6th	10 30 35 41 44 46
2010-09-08	27	6th	6 19 24 25 35 46
2010-06-05	3	6th	4 6 14 24 39 46
2010-05-26	2	5th	22 30 34 37 46 48
2010-05-19	6	6th	2 5 17 19 29 46
2010-04-28	2	6th	20 29 30 41 44 46
2010-04-21	1	6th	11 18 19 20 34 46
2010-04-17	—	6th	6 14 33 39 44 46