Number 2

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

140times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.35σ

36draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

56longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 140 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 36 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 140 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 36 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 2 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 smallest126 · chance 127.3
2nd smallest14 · chance 12.7
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 12.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 25 28 27 43 20

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, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-06-06	5	2nd	1 2 7 31 32
2026-05-20	2	1st	2 37 39 42 43
2026-05-13	2	1st	2 4 13 17 32
2026-05-06	4	1st	2 3 8

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

2024-12-07	39	1st	2 32 34 37 45
2024-07-24	3	1st	2 10 17 27 38
2024-07-13	20	1st	2 15 17 33 43
2024-05-04	3	1st	2 8 14 19 32
2024-04-24	24	1st	2 10 27 32 39
2024-01-31	3	1st	2 3 25 40 43
2024-01-20	27	1st	2 17 23 36 42
2023-10-18	1	2nd	1 2 20 26 40
2023-10-14	6	1st	2 7 15 16 24
2023-09-23	2	1st	2 7 20 33 43
2023-09-16	7	1st	2 13 19 31 35
2023-08-23	4	1st	2 27 37 42 43
2023-08-09	1	1st	2 5 12 16 43
2023-08-05	8	2nd	1 2 9 13 38
2023-07-08	8	1st	2 4 25 28 31
2023-06-10	5	1st	2 7 34 38 41
2023-05-24	3	1st	2 24 34 43 44
2023-05-13	18	1st	2 10 36 37 44
2023-03-11	56	1st	2 6 10 16 45
2022-08-27	9	1st	2 6 19 30 35
2022-07-27	10	1st	2 7 8 13 44
2022-06-22	4	1st	2 5 12 20 37
2022-06-08	1	1st	2 6 18 25 33
2022-06-04	13	1st	2 8 24 35 40
2022-04-20	14	1st	2 6 21 34 45
2022-03-02	19	1st	2 17 22 36 37
2021-12-25	5	1st	2 3 7 12 25
2021-12-08	2	1st	2 21 22 24 28
2021-12-01	11	1st	2 9 14 27 39
2021-10-23	1	1st	2 10 16 21 35
2021-10-20	7	1st	2 18 21 31 43
2021-09-25	6	1st	2 3 15 23 24
2021-09-04	12	1st	2 6 19 22 30
2021-07-24	27	1st	2 8 10 20 22
2021-04-21	29	1st	2 5 7 12 38
2021-01-09	5	1st	2 15 32 39 44
2020-12-23	14	1st	2 10 11 24 26
2020-11-04	1	1st	2 25 28 41 42
2020-10-31	7	1st	2 14 20 32 42
2020-10-07	3	2nd	1 2 4 8 13
2020-09-26	12	1st	2 5 6 21 45
2020-08-15	6	1st	2 7 24 30 31
2020-07-25	3	2nd	1 2 3 17 45
2020-07-15	24	1st	2 3 6 9 33
2020-04-22	17	2nd	1 2 12 21 23
2020-02-22	14	1st	2 9 11 32 35
2020-01-04	2	1st	2 9 13 15 23
2019-12-28	7	2nd	1 2 10 21 25
2019-12-04	3	1st	2 7 22 33 36
2019-11-23	17	1st	2 6 20 33 41
2019-09-25	10	1st	2 11 12 26 38
2019-08-21	17	1st	2 10 25 27 28
2019-06-22	2	1st	2 11 27 28 38
2019-06-15	23	2nd	1 2 20 26 39
2019-03-27	10	1st	2 9 26 27 34
2019-02-20	8	1st	2 10 21 28 35
2019-01-23	2	2nd	1 2 13 20 21
2019-01-16	20	1st	2 10 33 35 45
2018-11-07	5	1st	2 25 28 40 43
2018-10-20	3	1st	2 13 25 29 41
2018-10-10	5	1st	2 3 10 16 24
2018-09-22	9	1st	2 12 21 29 45
2018-08-22	2	2nd	1 2 21 34 40
2018-08-15	2	1st	2 4 11 18 37
2018-08-08	15	1st	2 3 8 28 41
2018-06-16	12	1st	2 23 28 30 42
2018-05-05	12	1st	2 5 14 22 42
2018-03-24	7	1st	2 12 19 28 33
2018-02-28	3	1st	2 9 21 25 45
2018-02-17	28	1st	2 5 18 27 44
2017-11-11	2	1st	2 5 13 20 32
2017-11-04	2	1st	2 6 18 20 39
2017-10-28	1	1st	2 5 14 21 41
2017-10-25	1	1st	2 3 6 16 21
2017-10-21	4	1st	2 3 28 33 44
2017-10-07	7	1st	2 3 7 19 25
2017-09-13	7	1st	2 12 23 31 37
2017-08-19	16	2nd	1 2 16 27 43
2017-06-24	5	1st	2 6 29 32 40
2017-06-07	9	1st	2 14 25 28 38
2017-05-06	8	1st	2 12 25 30 36
2017-04-08	2	1st	2 11 30 38 42
2017-04-01	14	2nd	1 2 20 27 34
2017-02-11	22	1st	2 4 16 32 36
2016-11-26	4	1st	2 4 22 27 43
2016-11-12	10	1st	2 9 25 27 45
2016-10-08	4	1st	2 11 12 32 43
2016-09-24	5	1st	2 3 10 23 40
2016-09-07	2	1st	2 5 18 35 41
2016-08-31	5	1st	2 19 27 32 44
2016-08-13	9	1st	2 4 20 39 40
2016-07-13	3	1st	2 9 24 26 43
2016-07-02	18	1st	2 7 11 18 44
2016-04-30	3	2nd	1 2 19 30 44
2016-04-20	21	1st	2 13 34 37 43
2016-02-06	14	1st	2 17 39 40 43
2015-12-19	22	1st	2 7 30 37 40
2015-10-03	4	1st	2 10 12 34 38
2015-09-19	9	1st	2 6 9 33 35
2015-08-19	4	1st	2 6 12 17 40
2015-08-05	3	1st	2 14 31 35 40
2015-07-25	19	1st	2 6 35 39 43
2015-05-20	5	1st	2 4 7 22 23
2015-05-02	16	1st	2 8 14 27 45
2015-03-07	1	1st	2 17 18 27 38
2015-03-04	4	1st	2 8 21 26 27
2015-02-18	3	1st	2 9 10 30 35
2015-02-07	21	1st	2 9 26 28 33
2014-11-26	17	1st	2 4 28 30 37
2014-09-27	10	1st	2 5 6 14 35
2014-08-23	8	1st	2 8 11 21 27
2014-07-26	2	1st	2 5 21 28 32
2014-07-19	1	1st	2 18 20 30 31
2014-07-16	15	1st	2 14 17 28 43
2014-05-24	1	1st	2 4 6 16 22
2014-05-21	—	1st	2 19 25 30 45