Number 4

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

224times drawn · chance expected 220 +0.31σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

37longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 224 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 224 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 7 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 smallest163 · chance 157.3
2nd smallest57 · chance 60.5
3rd smallest4 · chance 6.1
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 24.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 40 10 26 28 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-16	7	1st	4 22 25 27 28 29
2026-08-22	1	1st	4 5 15 25 39 43
2026-08-19	1	1st	4 6 7 9 26 42
2026-08-15

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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