Number 19

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

149times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.44σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

45longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

19 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 149 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 19, draw by draw

Drawn 149 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 7 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 19 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 smallest17 · chance 16.4
2nd smallest46 · chance 51.4
3rd smallest54 · chance 54.6
4th smallest24 · chance 23.3
5th smallest8 · chance 3.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 7 9 25 30 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 19 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 45. 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 19 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-16	3	2nd	16 19 31 40 44
2026-09-05	15	1st	19 33 35 36 44
2026-07-15	12	2nd	18 19 25 40 41
2026-06-03	1	5th	3 6 12

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: 19 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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