Number 44

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

150times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.53σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

39longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

44 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 150 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 44, draw by draw

Drawn 150 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 44 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest21 · chance 13.6
5th smallest129 · chance 136.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 45 3 28 31 8

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, 44 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 44 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	4	5th	9 26 30 36 44
2026-09-16	3	5th	16 19 31 40 44
2026-09-05	2	5th	19 33 35 36 44
2026-08-29	5	4th	5 39 43

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

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