Number 1

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

246times drawn · chance expected 214 +2.37σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 29% for any number

6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

32longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 246 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, +2.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 246 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 9 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 1 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 smallest246 · chance 246.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 9 13 20 5 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 35. 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 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-02	6	1st	1 3 10 13 20
2026-09-26	3	1st	1 12 15 29 31
2026-09-23	6	1st	1 17 18 22 30
2026-09-17	5	1st	1 4 17 19

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: 1 is drawn with probability 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-21	2	1st	1 5 10 30 35
2026-04-19	4	1st	1 7 11 30 34
2026-04-15	1	1st	1 3 22 33 34
2026-04-14	6	1st	1 10 25 28 33
2026-04-08	7	1st	1 12 26 28 29
2026-04-01	5	1st	1 2 8 12 16
2026-03-27	3	1st	1 12 29 32 34
2026-03-24	22	1st	1 19 23 29 32
2026-03-02	3	1st	1 6 18 24 33
2026-02-27	7	1st	1 9 13 23 27
2026-02-20	2	1st	1 2 5 10 33
2026-02-18	7	1st	1 5 11 16 26
2026-02-11	4	1st	1 7 12 28 32
2026-02-07	7	1st	1 8 9 10 30
2026-01-31	14	1st	1 3 8 21 32
2026-01-17	2	1st	1 2 11 16 33
2026-01-15	2	1st	1 16 29 31 35
2026-01-13	2	1st	1 6 11 25 30
2026-01-11	8	1st	1 4 7 22 34
2026-01-03	1	1st	1 4 7 15 34
2026-01-02	5	1st	1 16 17 20 33
2025-12-28	4	1st	1 2 19 24 26
2025-12-24	3	1st	1 9 15 24 25
2025-12-21	3	1st	1 7 31 32 33
2025-12-18	7	1st	1 6 18 19 35
2025-12-11	2	1st	1 10 12 20 28
2025-12-09	2	1st	1 4 9 29 32
2025-12-07	1	1st	1 9 12 16 25
2025-12-06	14	1st	1 3 22 30 33
2025-11-22	2	1st	1 9 24 26 28
2025-11-20	9	1st	1 7 10 13 22
2025-11-11	3	1st	1 4 10 16 22
2025-11-08	2	1st	1 10 23 24 34
2025-11-06	3	1st	1 10 18 23 29
2025-11-03	3	1st	1 5 10 15 27
2025-10-31	6	1st	1 18 20 25 33
2025-10-25	16	1st	1 5 11 16 34
2025-10-09	2	1st	1 5 7 27 33
2025-10-07	3	1st	1 8 14 21 32
2025-10-04	5	1st	1 17 18 24 27
2025-09-29	21	1st	1 7 11 27 28
2025-09-08	3	1st	1 12 19 21 33
2025-09-05	8	1st	1 3 5 17 34
2025-08-28	3	1st	1 8 10 30 35
2025-08-25	3	1st	1 14 17 21 22
2025-08-22	1	1st	1 5 9 18 20
2025-08-21	2	1st	1 14 18 23 26
2025-08-19	4	1st	1 6 20 21 29
2025-08-15	14	1st	1 2 20 22 31
2025-08-01	2	1st	1 5 9 16 20
2025-07-30	4	1st	1 7 20 23 33
2025-07-26	3	1st	1 9 10 24 27
2025-07-23	4	1st	1 6 9 12 19
2025-07-19	7	1st	1 14 20 26 27
2025-07-12	11	1st	1 11 13 20 34
2025-07-01	4	1st	1 17 18 29 33
2025-06-27	1	1st	1 3 4 30 34
2025-06-26	4	1st	1 4 5 10 16
2025-06-22	4	1st	1 8 14 17 24
2025-06-18	7	1st	1 2 11 12 13
2025-06-11	6	1st	1 2 22 24 28
2025-06-05	1	1st	1 6 13 24 25
2025-06-04	20	1st	1 3 11 21 34
2025-05-15	6	1st	1 10 12 15 30
2025-05-09	2	1st	1 7 19 25 29
2025-05-07	10	1st	1 4 12 22 32
2025-04-27	8	1st	1 3 9 11 24
2025-04-19	20	1st	1 5 13 28 31
2025-03-30	24	1st	1 18 25 26 34
2025-03-06	7	1st	1 6 15 18 33
2025-02-27	6	1st	1 3 8 15 21
2025-02-21	13	1st	1 13 17 21 27
2025-02-08	22	1st	1 3 21 24 31
2025-01-17	7	1st	1 6 17 24 26
2025-01-10	13	1st	1 24 27 29 34
2024-12-28	5	1st	1 6 12 21 27
2024-12-23	12	1st	1 7 14 22 28
2024-12-11	3	1st	1 8 14 19 35
2024-12-08	2	1st	1 5 15 16 35
2024-12-06	12	1st	1 12 18 22 28
2024-11-24	5	1st	1 5 13 22 30
2024-11-19	2	1st	1 6 14 32 35
2024-11-17	2	1st	1 12 14 31 32
2024-11-15	5	1st	1 2 22 32 35
2024-11-10	1	1st	1 2 5 28 35
2024-11-09	11	1st	1 10 14 19 25
2024-10-29	13	1st	1 7 22 26 35
2024-10-16	5	1st	1 7 22 26 33
2024-10-11	12	1st	1 3 21 26 34
2024-09-29	1	1st	1 6 13 17 34
2024-09-28	4	1st	1 10 23 24 28
2024-09-24	5	1st	1 4 24 31 32
2024-09-19	1	1st	1 6 10 25 31
2024-09-18	2	1st	1 3 4 12 27
2024-09-16	16	1st	1 2 7 25 28
2024-08-31	2	1st	1 5 13 16 31
2024-08-29	1	1st	1 6 17 22 32
2024-08-28	3	1st	1 8 25 27 33
2024-08-25	2	1st	1 2 5 13 31
2024-08-23	2	1st	1 5 10 17 35
2024-08-21	3	1st	1 9 11 29 35
2024-08-18	9	1st	1 8 18 20 29
2024-08-09	18	1st	1 3 22 25 32
2024-07-22	3	1st	1 6 11 21 34
2024-07-19	6	1st	1 7 13 23 27
2024-07-13	20	1st	1 5 6 8 10
2024-06-23	14	1st	1 2 4 11 28
2024-06-09	4	1st	1 20 27 30 34
2024-06-05	4	1st	1 9 20 30 35
2024-06-01	3	1st	1 6 7 15 25
2024-05-29	2	1st	1 20 25 27 28
2024-05-27	2	1st	1 12 21 22 25
2024-05-25	2	1st	1 9 10 12 28
2024-05-23	2	1st	1 6 17 29 35
2024-05-21	6	1st	1 7 17 22 32
2024-05-15	4	1st	1 5 7 26 29
2024-05-11	11	1st	1 3 24 26 29
2024-04-30	2	1st	1 2 26 27 29
2024-04-28	8	1st	1 6 11 20 26
2024-04-20	15	1st	1 15 21 33 34
2024-04-05	7	1st	1 9 11 31 33
2024-03-29	1	1st	1 6 30 33 35
2024-03-28	7	1st	1 3 23 32 35
2024-03-21	12	1st	1 5 21 24 26
2024-03-09	2	1st	1 13 17 21 27
2024-03-07	5	1st	1 6 7 13 34
2024-03-02	3	1st	1 17 20 26 29
2024-02-28	12	1st	1 5 7 22 34
2024-02-16	1	1st	1 2 10 12 21
2024-02-15	14	1st	1 7 10 16 33
2024-02-01	3	1st	1 5 9 22 27
2024-01-29	6	1st	1 15 25 26 32
2024-01-23	2	1st	1 20 24 30 31
2024-01-21	5	1st	1 11 19 25 31
2024-01-16	3	1st	1 7 16 22 26
2024-01-13	5	1st	1 9 13 20 34
2024-01-08	24	1st	1 3 20 31 35
2023-12-15	12	1st	1 8 9 10 18
2023-12-03	12	1st	1 5 14 20 34
2023-11-21	1	1st	1 6 10 19 21
2023-11-20	5	1st	1 5 9 13 14
2023-11-15	4	1st	1 13 16 19 20
2023-11-11	4	1st	1 8 12 19 23
2023-11-07	2	1st	1 9 15 28 33
2023-11-05	3	1st	1 9 24 26 29
2023-11-02	9	1st	1 11 18 22 33
2023-10-24	7	1st	1 4 28 30 33
2023-10-17	5	1st	1 4 23 26 28
2023-10-12	2	1st	1 5 12 25 26
2023-10-10	14	1st	1 2 21 31 34
2023-09-26	1	1st	1 13 18 24 33
2023-09-25	1	1st	1 7 10 13 25
2023-09-24	1	1st	1 2 13 31 35
2023-09-23	2	1st	1 3 10 15 32
2023-09-21	1	1st	1 14 21 30 33
2023-09-20	1	1st	1 4 14 17 21
2023-09-19	4	1st	1 2 5 13 29
2023-09-15	5	1st	1 18 20 32 34
2023-09-10	23	1st	1 2 9 30 32
2023-07-20	13	1st	1 22 23 27 32
2023-06-20	8	1st	1 12 13 28 34
2023-06-01	11	1st	1 11 12 15 21
2023-05-06	16	1st	1 7 8 26 28
2023-03-30	1	1st	1 10 13 20 25
2023-03-28	8	1st	1 3 9 10 34
2023-03-09	2	1st	1 12 14 17 25
2023-03-04	4	1st	1 21 30 31 33
2023-02-23	3	1st	1 3 13 17 24
2023-02-16	4	1st	1 9 17 29 32
2023-02-07	3	1st	1 2 8 31 33
2023-01-31	2	1st	1 2 14 25 33
2023-01-26	5	1st	1 9 19 20 35
2023-01-14	6	1st	1 4 6 15 32
2022-12-31	1	1st	1 9 10 32 34
2022-12-29	8	1st	1 16 21 27 29
2022-12-10	7	1st	1 12 15 22 30
2022-11-24	16	1st	1 3 9 27 28
2022-10-18	2	1st	1 6 7 17 32
2022-10-13	8	1st	1 12 30 33 35
2022-09-24	10	1st	1 3 8 16 27
2022-09-01	2	1st	1 15 20 24 27
2022-08-27	10	1st	1 5 11 15 24
2022-08-04	4	1st	1 13 23 27 35
2022-07-26	5	1st	1 4 15 19 24
2022-07-14	2	1st	1 9 15 17 30
2022-07-09	11	1st	1 8 19 20 26
2022-06-14	2	1st	1 11 13 16 17
2022-06-09	2	1st	1 8 16 33 35
2022-06-04	7	1st	1 15 21 29 32
2022-05-19	4	1st	1 7 22 27 29
2022-05-10	4	1st	1 8 18 23 33
2022-04-30	14	1st	1 6 16 18 28
2022-03-29	5	1st	1 7 11 12 13
2022-03-17	5	1st	1 2 11 14 35
2022-03-05	5	1st	1 8 20 22 26
2022-02-22	1	1st	1 3 20 24 32
2022-02-19	3	1st	1 9 16 19 35
2022-02-12	5	1st	1 9 12 22 26
2022-02-01	3	1st	1 4 10 25 33
2022-01-25	7	1st	1 15 16 18 23
2022-01-08	5	1st	1 19 28 30 34
2021-12-28	1	1st	1 2 18 19 29
2021-12-25	10	1st	1 2 23 30 34
2021-12-02	5	1st	1 8 24 27 32
2021-11-20	2	1st	1 8 13 18 21
2021-11-16	1	1st	1 7 14 20 26
2021-11-13	12	1st	1 5 8 23 25
2021-10-16	2	1st	1 8 10 16 35
2021-10-12	4	1st	1 3 7 18 22
2021-10-02	12	1st	1 3 9 14 33
2021-09-04	2	1st	1 3 13 17 21
2021-08-31	1	1st	1 8 16 31 33
2021-08-28	3	1st	1 11 12 19 35
2021-08-21	2	1st	1 6 15 24 33
2021-08-17	2	1st	1 5 7 9 10
2021-08-12	20	1st	1 13 24 29 33
2021-06-26	2	1st	1 9 30 33 34
2021-06-22	7	1st	1 16 20 21 24
2021-06-05	2	1st	1 6 21 27 28
2021-06-01	1	1st	1 3 30 34 35
2021-05-29	8	1st	1 2 9 17 32
2021-05-08	—	1st	1 6 8 10 18