Number 7

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 429 draws, 5 from 1–13.

175times drawn · chance expected 165 +0.99σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 1% for any number

2.4average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

10longest completed wait · 89% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 175 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, +0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 175 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.4 draws · longest completed wait 10 · waiting 10 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest10 · chance 5.3
2nd smallest59 · chance 42.4
3rd smallest59 · chance 79.5
4th smallest41 · chance 42.4
5th smallest6 · chance 5.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 58.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 10 6 8 11 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-10-01	2	3rd	3 4 7 10 12
2026-09-29	0	3rd	2 5 7 12
2026-09-29	5	3rd	2 5 7 12
2026-09-24	2	3rd	4 4 7 8 10

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-08-15	2	4th	1 4 4 7 13
2026-08-13	6	4th	2 2 6 7 10
2026-08-07	7	3rd	1 3 7 9 11
2026-07-31	1	2nd	6 7 9 11 12
2026-07-30	9	3rd	1 1 7 10 11
2026-07-21	5	5th	1 4 5 5 7
2026-07-16	2	4th	6 6 6 7 11
2026-07-14	0	2nd	1 7 8 13
2026-07-14	3	2nd	1 7 8 13
2026-07-11	5	3rd	2 3 7 9 12
2026-07-06	0	2nd	2 7 9 11
2026-07-06	3	2nd	2 7 9 11
2026-07-03	5	4th	4 4 5 7 9
2026-06-28	1	4th	1 2 4 7 9
2026-06-27	2	4th	3 3 3 7 13
2026-06-25	3	4th	3 6 6 7 13
2026-06-22	0	3rd	2 5 7 10
2026-06-22	2	3rd	2 5 7 10
2026-06-20	8	3rd	1 5 7 10 11
2026-06-12	2	3rd	3 4 7 11 11
2026-06-10	2	3rd	2 5 7 9 11
2026-06-08	2	2nd	4 7 8 12 12
2026-06-06	1	3rd	2 4 7 8 9
2026-06-05	2	4th	1 4 5 7 13
2026-06-03	1	4th	1 2 4 7 9
2026-06-02	2	2nd	4 7 9 12 13
2026-05-31	1	4th	4 5 6 7 9
2026-05-30	1	3rd	2 5 7 10 13
2026-05-29	1	4th	1 3 3 7 11
2026-05-28	0	2nd	6 7 10 12
2026-05-28	8	2nd	6 7 10 12
2026-05-20	0	3rd	2 4 7 13
2026-05-20	1	3rd	2 4 7 13
2026-05-19	4	3rd	1 3 7 9 9
2026-05-15	1	3rd	1 4 7 11 11
2026-05-14	3	2nd	6 7 9 12 13
2026-05-11	3	4th	4 4 5 7 11
2026-05-08	1	3rd	2 4 7 10 12
2026-05-07	1	2nd	5 7 8 9 13
2026-05-06	2	4th	4 5 5 7 10
2026-05-04	2	2nd	2 7 8 13 13
2026-05-02	0	2nd	5 7 13 13
2026-05-02	1	2nd	5 7 13 13
2026-05-01	1	3rd	1 2 7 8 12
2026-04-30	0	3rd	1 2 7 10
2026-04-30	7	3rd	1 2 7 10
2026-04-23	2	3rd	1 6 7 11 12
2026-04-21	0	2nd	4 7 11 13
2026-04-21	6	2nd	4 7 11 13
2026-04-15	1	2nd	2 7 10 11 13
2026-04-14	0	1st	7 8 9 12
2026-04-14	1	1st	7 8 9 12
2026-04-13	7	3rd	1 1 7 8 9
2026-04-06	2	2nd	3 7 10 10 12
2026-04-04	4	3rd	3 6 7 8 9
2026-03-31	3	4th	1 3 6 7 8
2026-03-28	7	4th	2 3 6 7 11
2026-03-21	1	3rd	2 2 7 9 10
2026-03-20	3	4th	1 3 4 7 10
2026-03-17	0	2nd	5 7 10 11
2026-03-17	5	2nd	5 7 10 11
2026-03-12	1	4th	2 3 5 7 9
2026-03-11	0	3rd	2 5 7 9
2026-03-11	2	3rd	2 5 7 9
2026-03-09	3	2nd	5 7 8 12 13
2026-03-06	2	2nd	1 7 9 9 10
2026-03-04	1	3rd	3 4 7 8 12
2026-03-03	3	2nd	5 7 8 11 12
2026-02-28	3	1st	7 8 11 12 13
2026-02-25	1	4th	2 3 4 7 12
2026-02-24	2	2nd	2 7 10 12 13
2026-02-22	4	2nd	2 7 10 10 11
2026-02-18	9	2nd	2 7 8 8 10
2026-02-09	2	3rd	1 6 7 9 11
2026-02-07	3	4th	2 3 4 7 10
2026-02-04	1	1st	7 8 9 12 12
2026-02-03	2	3rd	2 3 7 9 11
2026-02-01	0	3rd	6 6 7 12
2026-02-01	5	3rd	6 6 7 12
2026-01-27	1	2nd	4 7 8 9 10
2026-01-26	1	3rd	4 5 7 8 10
2026-01-25	1	4th	4 5 6 7 13
2026-01-24	4	4th	1 5 6 7 11
2026-01-20	1	3rd	2 5 7 11 11
2026-01-19	1	4th	4 4 6 7 12
2026-01-18	1	2nd	5 7 8 10 13
2026-01-17	0	2nd	1 7 8 9
2026-01-17	7	2nd	1 7 8 9
2026-01-10	2	3rd	2 5 7 12 13
2026-01-08	1	3rd	4 4 7 10 11
2026-01-07	1	4th	4 4 5 7 12
2026-01-06	1	3rd	2 4 7 10 11
2026-01-05	1	2nd	6 7 8 10 11
2026-01-04	7	4th	2 3 3 7 13
2025-12-28	2	3rd	3 4 7 11 12
2025-12-26	0	2nd	1 7 8 9
2025-12-26	2	2nd	1 7 8 9
2025-12-24	5	2nd	6 7 9 10 12
2025-12-19	7	3rd	2 4 7 8 9
2025-12-12	2	4th	1 4 5 7 13
2025-12-10	1	2nd	4 7 8 11 12
2025-12-09	3	4th	4 5 6 7 8
2025-12-06	1	2nd	4 7 9 12 12
2025-12-05	4	1st	7 8 11 11 11
2025-12-01	5	2nd	4 7 8 8 9
2025-11-26	3	3rd	1 3 7 8 10
2025-11-23	2	4th	4 6 6 7 11
2025-11-21	2	3rd	3 4 7 8 9
2025-11-19	3	2nd	2 7 10 11 12
2025-11-16	1	3rd	1 5 7 10 13
2025-11-15	1	3rd	3 6 7 8 11
2025-11-14	1	5th	3 5 6 6 7
2025-11-13	1	3rd	1 6 7 10 13
2025-11-12	2	2nd	1 7 8 8 10
2025-11-10	7	4th	1 3 6 7 11
2025-11-03	4	1st	7 8 8 8 11
2025-10-30	0	2nd	6 7 9 13
2025-10-30	1	2nd	6 7 9 13
2025-10-29	2	3rd	1 3 7 9 13
2025-10-27	4	5th	2 2 3 6 7
2025-10-23	2	2nd	6 7 8 10 11
2025-10-21	1	3rd	3 6 7 8 11
2025-10-20	1	5th	3 4 5 6 7
2025-10-19	0	2nd	6 7 10 12
2025-10-19	3	2nd	6 7 10 12
2025-10-16	3	4th	1 4 6 7 10
2025-10-13	1	3rd	2 5 7 8 11
2025-10-12	3	3rd	2 2 7 11 12
2025-10-09	1	3rd	3 6 7 9 11
2025-10-08	2	2nd	6 7 9 10 10
2025-10-06	0	2nd	5 7 10 12
2025-10-06	7	2nd	5 7 10 12
2025-09-29	10	2nd	5 7 8 11 12
2025-09-19	3	4th	4 5 6 7 9
2025-09-16	3	3rd	3 4 7 8 12
2025-09-13	1	4th	2 3 5 7 12
2025-09-12	4	1st	7 10 11 11 13
2025-09-08	2	4th	4 6 6 7 13
2025-09-06	1	3rd	1 3 7 12 13
2025-09-05	3	3rd	2 5 7 10 13
2025-09-02	1	2nd	2 7 8 8 13
2025-09-01	1	3rd	5 6 7 8 8
2025-08-31	9	3rd	1 5 7 10 11
2025-08-22	1	4th	1 3 4 7 13
2025-08-21	1	1st	7 10 12 13 13
2025-08-20	1	3rd	3 4 7 10 10
2025-08-19	1	2nd	2 7 11 12 13
2025-08-18	5	2nd	2 7 10 10 12
2025-08-13	0	4th	1 3 6 7
2025-08-13	1	4th	1 3 6 7
2025-08-12	—	4th	1 4 5 7 9