Number 33

In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 rules — 158 draws, 5 from 1–70.

11times drawn · chance expected 11 −0.09σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 60% for any number

14.3average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0

23longest completed wait · 89% chance of one at least that long

33 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 11 times in 158 draws against 11.3 expected, −0.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 33, draw by draw

Drawn 11 times in 158 draws · average wait 14.3 draws · longest completed wait 23 · waiting 8 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 33 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 smallest0 · chance 0.8
2nd smallest1 · chance 3.2
3rd smallest6 · chance 4.2
4th smallest4 · chance 2.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 0.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 2 5 18 22 27

Never drawn alongside 34 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 36 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 33 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 36th most popular of 70. 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 33 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-11	22	3rd	3 30 33 53 62
2026-06-26	23	4th	5 13 30 33 52
2026-04-07	23	4th	5 15 22 33 37
2026-01-16	23	3rd	2 22 33

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: 33 is drawn with probability 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.