Number 7

In North 5 under the 5/34 · since Jan 2025 rules — 642 draws, 5 from 1–34.

88times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.71σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

38longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 88 times in 642 draws against 94.4 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 88 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 3 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 smallest32 · chance 37.7
2nd smallest45 · chance 37.7
3rd smallest9 · chance 11.3
4th smallest2 · chance 1.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 15 18 30 32 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2026-10-09	10	2nd	5 7 15 21 29
2026-09-29	6	1st	7 12 13 17 30
2026-09-23	2	1st	7 12 27 28 29
2026-09-21	4	2nd	4 7 11 24

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-12	1	2nd	5 7 8 14 23
2026-05-11	21	2nd	3 7 11 22 24
2026-04-20	1	1st	7 9 24 26 32
2026-04-19	2	1st	7 9 20 25 30
2026-04-17	26	1st	7 9 13 19 28
2026-03-22	4	2nd	2 7 9 21 25
2026-03-18	6	2nd	1 7 12 26 31
2026-03-12	11	3rd	1 6 7 10 21
2026-03-01	13	2nd	6 7 14 15 32
2026-02-16	11	2nd	4 7 10 15 24
2026-02-05	3	1st	7 14 16 17 34
2026-02-02	30	1st	7 18 19 31 33
2026-01-03	6	2nd	2 7 18 26 28
2025-12-28	6	3rd	5 6 7 18 20
2025-12-22	17	2nd	5 7 16 23 27
2025-12-05	3	2nd	3 7 11 22 30
2025-12-02	2	2nd	3 7 10 14 16
2025-11-30	17	2nd	6 7 11 14 22
2025-11-13	6	3rd	2 3 7 9 17
2025-11-07	38	1st	7 17 18 20 32
2025-09-30	8	1st	7 10 20 29 31
2025-09-22	4	1st	7 17 26 30 33
2025-09-18	1	1st	7 9 13 14 16
2025-09-17	5	1st	7 18 29 30 33
2025-09-12	3	3rd	1 4 7 15 32
2025-09-09	6	1st	7 13 14 17 27
2025-09-03	2	2nd	5 7 9 14 25
2025-09-01	10	2nd	5 7 23 28 30
2025-08-22	17	2nd	3 7 11 24 27
2025-08-05	28	3rd	2 6 7 20 28
2025-07-08	5	3rd	2 5 7 11 15
2025-07-03	18	1st	7 8 15 27 32
2025-06-15	5	1st	7 10 18 22 27
2025-06-10	12	1st	7 14 19 20 22
2025-05-29	3	2nd	4 7 9 27 34
2025-05-26	1	2nd	3 7 21 32 34
2025-05-25	1	2nd	6 7 18 19 24
2025-05-24	5	1st	7 11 15 17 26
2025-05-19	12	2nd	2 7 15 17 29
2025-05-07	8	2nd	1 7 12 14 24
2025-04-29	1	1st	7 8 18 24 30
2025-04-28	5	3rd	2 6 7 15 34
2025-04-23	7	2nd	3 7 16 20 30
2025-04-16	2	1st	7 21 24 32 34
2025-04-14	2	2nd	3 7 19 21 31
2025-04-12	2	4th	3 4 6 7 29
2025-04-10	2	2nd	6 7 13 31 32
2025-04-08	1	1st	7 11 19 29 31
2025-04-07	18	2nd	4 7 9 29 31
2025-03-20	4	2nd	4 7 15 30 32
2025-03-16	6	1st	7 16 20 22 31
2025-03-10	8	2nd	6 7 8 12 14
2025-03-02	8	1st	7 13 15 16 20
2025-02-22	4	3rd	1 5 7 19 33
2025-02-18	3	1st	7 9 13 21 22
2025-02-15	5	1st	7 12 13 18 30
2025-02-10	4	1st	7 18 20 22 27
2025-02-06	3	1st	7 15 17 20 32
2025-02-03	6	2nd	5 7 21 23 34
2025-01-28	3	2nd	5 7 13 21 25
2025-01-25	4	2nd	4 7 9 16 23
2025-01-21	3	2nd	2 7 15 23 30
2025-01-18	2	1st	7 16 18 20 31
2025-01-16	—	2nd	6 7 8 21 27