Number 7

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

129times drawn · chance expected 144 −1.33σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

46longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 129 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, −1.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 7, draw by draw

Drawn 129 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 1 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 7 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 smallest79 · chance 70.1
2nd smallest40 · chance 48.1
3rd smallest10 · chance 10.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 14 8 24 11 28

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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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 number 7 ×1.15

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	8	2nd	4 7 12 24 30
2026-09-09	5	1st	7 15 35 36 38
2026-08-22	5	1st	7 15 16 29 38
2026-08-05	4	1st	7 17 29 30 41
2026-07-22	13	2nd	6 7 10 37 41
2026-06-06	18	3rd	1 2 7 31 32
2026-04-04	7	2nd	4 7 13 17 29
2026-03-11	22	2nd	3 7 25 40 44
2025-12-24	8	1st	7 9 14 15 16
2025-11-26	35	1st	7 16 17 19 36
2025-07-26	42	1st	7 19 20 21 40
2025-03-01	1	1st	7 20 23 34 35
2025-02-26	10	2nd	6 7 10 14 26
2025-01-22	1	1st	7 20 29 36 42
2025-01-18	15	2nd	6 7 29 35 40
2024-11-27	16	1st	7 9 31 39 44
2024-10-02	12	1st	7 8 13 18 33
2024-08-21	2	2nd	3 7 10 28 45
2024-08-14	7	1st	7 16 22 24 29
2024-07-20	37	1st	7 14 33 43 44
2024-03-13	2	1st	7 13 15 22 32
2024-03-06	5	1st	7 14 16 22 30
2024-02-17	27	1st	7 19 28 38 42
2023-11-15	9	1st	7 34 35 38 45

The other 105 appearances

2023-10-14	1	2nd	2 7 15 16 24
2023-10-11	5	2nd	4 7 18 23 34
2023-09-23	19	2nd	2 7 20 33 43
2023-07-19	11	2nd	3 7 17 21 26
2023-06-10	3	2nd	2 7 34 38 41
2023-05-31	9	1st	7 22 25 26 45
2023-04-29	2	1st	7 14 20 35 36
2023-04-22	9	1st	7 14 16 29 31
2023-03-22	6	2nd	3 7 17 35 45
2023-03-01	2	2nd	3 7 18 22 39
2023-02-22	6	1st	7 8 11 20 36
2023-02-01	17	1st	7 13 24 25 31
2022-12-03	1	2nd	6 7 9 30 34
2022-11-30	3	1st	7 8 24 37 44
2022-11-19	1	2nd	5 7 8 19 23
2022-11-16	7	1st	7 16 17 19 33
2022-10-22	18	1st	7 12 17 34 44
2022-08-20	7	1st	7 8 12 38 44
2022-07-27	3	2nd	2 7 8 13 44
2022-07-16	3	1st	7 8 19 30 35
2022-07-06	3	2nd	3 7 18 27 34
2022-06-25	2	1st	7 9 27 28 43
2022-06-18	15	1st	7 13 19 24 39
2022-04-27	28	2nd	3 7 8 13 19
2022-01-19	2	1st	7 19 26 27 39
2022-01-12	5	3rd	1 6 7 21 36
2021-12-25	24	3rd	2 3 7 12 25
2021-10-02	3	1st	7 14 19 20 41
2021-09-22	2	1st	7 16 20 27 43
2021-09-15	2	1st	7 12 13 18 43
2021-09-08	9	2nd	1 7 9 23 28
2021-08-07	1	1st	7 8 15 21 28
2021-08-04	4	1st	7 12 18 26 37
2021-07-21	16	1st	7 9 28 34 41
2021-05-26	10	1st	7 8 20 24 37
2021-04-21	14	3rd	2 5 7 12 38
2021-03-03	12	1st	7 24 31 35 36
2021-01-20	1	1st	7 12 13 14 26
2021-01-16	15	1st	7 25 32 33 37
2020-11-25	4	1st	7 28 36 37 41
2020-11-11	12	3rd	1 5 7 27 31
2020-09-30	13	1st	7 12 31 35 44
2020-08-15	8	2nd	2 7 24 30 31
2020-07-18	14	1st	7 8 34 35 43
2020-05-30	6	1st	7 12 15 17 21
2020-05-09	3	1st	7 11 21 28 31
2020-04-29	38	2nd	5 7 11 19 23
2019-12-18	4	1st	7 15 19 31 41
2019-12-04	1	2nd	2 7 22 33 36
2019-11-30	1	1st	7 14 21 35 43
2019-11-27	9	1st	7 14 19 20 40
2019-10-26	23	1st	7 8 23 28 38
2019-08-07	3	2nd	3 7 14 21 45
2019-07-27	1	2nd	5 7 15 39 41
2019-07-24	17	1st	7 11 14 21 40
2019-05-25	12	1st	7 12 16 22 35
2019-04-13	10	1st	7 15 18 35 45
2019-03-09	24	1st	7 11 27 29 38
2018-12-15	5	1st	7 9 12 24 43
2018-11-28	20	1st	7 21 24 26 37
2018-09-19	17	2nd	4 7 11 33 41
2018-07-21	7	2nd	3 7 8 11 15
2018-06-27	14	1st	7 9 13 18 19
2018-05-09	10	1st	7 33 35 40 41
2018-04-04	12	1st	7 15 34 37 40
2018-02-21	2	1st	7 11 28 34 43
2018-02-14	2	2nd	4 7 14 17 36
2018-02-07	11	2nd	1 7 23 25 38
2017-12-30	1	2nd	6 7 8 14 19
2017-12-27	5	1st	7 11 24 38 45
2017-12-09	15	1st	7 25 26 31 36
2017-10-18	3	1st	7 14 19 41 45
2017-10-07	3	3rd	2 3 7 19 25
2017-09-27	15	1st	7 9 11 14 38
2017-08-05	20	1st	7 11 21 34 41
2017-05-27	4	2nd	3 7 20 28 33
2017-05-13	5	1st	7 9 18 30 40
2017-04-26	12	1st	7 8 9 21 40
2017-03-15	1	2nd	3 7 11 24 39
2017-03-11	7	1st	7 14 22 24 25
2017-02-15	12	1st	7 17 24 25 43
2017-01-04	37	1st	7 17 30 34 36
2016-08-27	11	1st	7 8 10 14 28
2016-07-20	5	2nd	5 7 21 37 44
2016-07-02	11	2nd	2 7 11 18 44
2016-05-25	5	1st	7 11 29 35 37
2016-05-07	3	3rd	4 6 7 30 36
2016-04-27	12	3rd	4 5 7 24 45
2016-03-16	2	1st	7 16 17 22 26
2016-03-09	8	1st	7 10 18 20 32
2016-02-10	15	1st	7 14 15 28 43
2015-12-19	1	2nd	2 7 30 37 40
2015-12-16	8	2nd	6 7 15 19 27
2015-11-18	8	2nd	6 7 11 14 43
2015-10-21	3	2nd	4 7 19 25 28
2015-10-10	26	1st	7 9 14 24 33
2015-07-11	3	1st	7 19 26 30 34
2015-07-01	1	2nd	4 7 10 13 45
2015-06-27	11	3rd	1 6 7 11 42
2015-05-20	3	3rd	2 4 7 22 23
2015-05-09	20	1st	7 8 19 26 38
2015-02-28	46	1st	7 20 27 28 36
2014-09-20	5	1st	7 19 26 30 36
2014-09-03	22	1st	7 10 19 34 40
2014-06-18	—	2nd	5 7 21 22 37

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

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