Number 7

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

207times drawn · chance expected 220 −0.92σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

44longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 207 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, −0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 207 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 11 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 7 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 smallest100 · chance 99.4
2nd smallest81 · chance 82.8
3rd smallest25 · chance 22.4
4th smallest1 · chance 2.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 47 12 45 46 4

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-02	4	1st	7 9 19 20 38 41
2026-08-19	11	3rd	4 6 7 9 26 42
2026-07-11	2	2nd	2 7 17 26 39 45
2026-07-04

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: 7 is drawn with probability 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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