Number 4

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

210times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.28σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

35longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 210 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 5 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 smallest151 · chance 142.5
2nd smallest53 · chance 61.1
3rd smallest6 · chance 6.3
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 7 24 30 13 23

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, 4 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-06	6	1st	4 13 15 20 21
2026-09-30	13	1st	4 12 13 18 30
2026-09-17	2	2nd	1 4 17 19 30
2026-09-15	8	1st	4 15 17 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: 4 is drawn with probability 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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