Number 2

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,884 draws, 5 from 1–41.

252times drawn · chance expected 230 +1.57σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

29longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 252 times in 1,884 draws against 229.8 expected, +1.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 252 times in 1,884 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 2 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 smallest236 · chance 226.8
2nd smallest16 · chance 25.2
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 25.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 26 4 21 13 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2026-10-07	13	1st	2 3 6 21 23
2026-09-07	7	1st	2 10 19 37 41
2026-08-22	18	1st	2 5 8 14 38
2026-07-11	15	1st	2 18 30

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-25	2	1st	2 13 19 20 38
2025-08-20	3	1st	2 3 11 14 38
2025-08-13	6	2nd	1 2 7 9 21
2025-07-30	7	2nd	1 2 11 15 27
2025-07-14	14	1st	2 4 34 35 40
2025-06-11	7	1st	2 4 18 32 33
2025-05-26	2	1st	2 14 16 29 34
2025-05-21	10	1st	2 20 21 22 26
2025-04-28	15	1st	2 15 17 28 30
2025-03-24	1	1st	2 3 4 8 19
2025-03-22	10	1st	2 4 21 22 34
2025-02-26	12	1st	2 12 27 32 34
2025-01-29	5	1st	2 6 17 27 41
2025-01-18	2	1st	2 4 16 21 32
2025-01-13	10	1st	2 6 20 23 24
2024-12-21	1	1st	2 4 6 7 20
2024-12-18	1	1st	2 9 29 36 37
2024-12-16	4	1st	2 19 26 35 36
2024-12-07	11	1st	2 19 21 24 28
2024-11-11	3	2nd	1 2 9 30 38
2024-11-04	6	1st	2 13 14 32 39
2024-10-21	2	1st	2 4 23 25 36
2024-10-16	5	1st	2 5 7 14 21
2024-10-05	4	2nd	1 2 6 28 30
2024-09-25	16	1st	2 8 18 19 27
2024-08-19	1	1st	2 14 34 36 40
2024-08-17	11	1st	2 4 17 19 33
2024-07-22	3	1st	2 3 15 17 22
2024-07-15	6	1st	2 8 37 38 41
2024-07-01	5	1st	2 17 26 33 37
2024-06-19	8	1st	2 4 9 10 12
2024-06-01	26	1st	2 7 11 19 22
2024-04-01	6	1st	2 11 24 26 28
2024-03-18	6	1st	2 12 15 19 33
2024-03-04	4	1st	2 10 23 28 32
2024-02-24	4	1st	2 7 23 25 38
2024-02-14	9	1st	2 3 7 9 17
2024-01-24	3	1st	2 4 21 24 26
2024-01-17	6	2nd	1 2 10 16 22
2024-01-03	5	1st	2 12 14 15 20
2023-12-23	6	1st	2 5 6 12 26
2023-12-09	13	1st	2 11 13 16 28
2023-11-08	8	1st	2 16 22 23 27
2023-10-21	1	1st	2 14 21 22 34
2023-10-18	9	1st	2 5 13 20 32
2023-09-27	2	1st	2 3 7 14 32
2023-09-23	1	1st	2 17 24 37 39
2023-09-20	5	2nd	1 2 3 26 28
2023-09-06	1	1st	2 27 29 30 35
2023-09-02	1	1st	2 8 16 18 24
2023-08-30	23	1st	2 4 6 14 29
2023-06-10	2	1st	2 11 13 29 36
2023-06-03	3	1st	2 8 26 27 38
2023-05-24	1	1st	2 3 4 12 25
2023-05-20	4	1st	2 19 21 29 39
2023-05-06	8	1st	2 5 22 26 32
2023-04-08	6	1st	2 12 18 19 30
2023-03-18	6	1st	2 14 21 24 32
2023-02-25	1	1st	2 6 11 23 26
2023-02-22	4	1st	2 6 8 16 40
2023-02-08	1	1st	2 8 12 22 38
2023-02-04	2	1st	2 6 13 20 21
2023-01-28	2	1st	2 11 26 32 37
2023-01-21	5	1st	2 4 14 23 31
2023-01-04	25	1st	2 3 9 26 31
2022-10-08	8	1st	2 19 20 24 36
2022-09-10	9	1st	2 9 10 30 40
2022-08-10	14	1st	2 11 17 23 31
2022-06-22	14	1st	2 22 31 34 41
2022-05-04	4	2nd	1 2 7 22 34
2022-04-20	1	1st	2 12 22 31 40
2022-04-16	21	1st	2 7 26 38 41
2022-02-02	3	1st	2 5 13 19 31
2022-01-22	16	1st	2 4 11 24 32
2021-11-27	8	1st	2 8 17 25 38
2021-10-30	11	1st	2 24 26 31 39
2021-09-22	9	1st	2 4 25 26 33
2021-08-21	7	1st	2 10 13 15 25
2021-07-28	1	1st	2 4 17 30 38
2021-07-24	3	1st	2 20 23 36 39
2021-07-14	2	1st	2 16 17 22 25
2021-07-07	6	2nd	1 2 28 31 41
2021-06-16	2	1st	2 6 13 25 40
2021-06-09	2	1st	2 8 18 21 35
2021-06-02	4	1st	2 7 9 16 33
2021-05-19	5	1st	2 16 22 25 34
2021-05-01	2	1st	2 18 28 32 40
2021-04-24	13	1st	2 4 14 20 22
2021-03-10	13	1st	2 11 13 14 26
2021-01-23	21	1st	2 20 21 26 40
2020-11-11	4	1st	2 5 8 26 36
2020-10-28	1	1st	2 9 16 27 30
2020-10-24	6	1st	2 6 11 23 37
2020-10-03	3	1st	2 10 14 28 35
2020-09-23	12	1st	2 21 25 28 37
2020-08-12	1	1st	2 14 16 21 35
2020-08-08	11	1st	2 4 29 31 38
2020-07-01	12	2nd	1 2 17 24 32
2020-05-20	11	1st	2 10 13 35 41
2020-04-11	20	1st	2 10 11 30 33
2020-02-01	7	1st	2 3 12 36 40
2020-01-08	6	1st	2 14 28 30 32
2019-12-18	3	1st	2 4 8 17 30
2019-12-07	5	1st	2 20 22 30 33
2019-11-20	5	1st	2 4 15 28 29
2019-11-02	19	1st	2 20 29 39 40
2019-08-28	11	1st	2 17 26 31 37
2019-07-20	7	1st	2 12 28 29 37
2019-06-26	2	1st	2 6 26 29 30
2019-06-19	7	1st	2 7 22 37 38
2019-05-25	7	1st	2 4 19 23 31
2019-05-01	9	1st	2 7 28 30 34
2019-03-30	28	1st	2 5 18 19 26
2018-12-22	12	1st	2 3 10 23 40
2018-11-10	2	1st	2 9 14 27 36
2018-11-03	20	1st	2 11 15 31 34
2018-08-25	4	1st	2 9 12 19 34
2018-08-11	16	1st	2 11 20 21 40
2018-06-16	17	1st	2 7 12 33 39
2018-04-18	8	1st	2 14 32 35 36
2018-03-21	3	1st	2 23 28 38 41
2018-03-10	1	1st	2 12 20 28 41
2018-03-07	11	1st	2 5 7 21 24
2018-01-27	3	1st	2 6 7 25 37
2018-01-17	8	1st	2 9 15 17 23
2017-12-20	8	1st	2 16 20 21 38
2017-11-22	22	1st	2 3 13 32 34
2017-09-06	2	1st	2 13 17 19 34
2017-08-30	4	1st	2 19 27 30 41
2017-08-16	3	1st	2 4 12 30 38
2017-08-05	5	1st	2 3 10 28 37
2017-07-19	5	1st	2 4 6 21 33
2017-07-01	5	1st	2 7 13 31 32
2017-06-14	5	1st	2 8 13 33 39
2017-05-27	9	1st	2 5 15 37 41
2017-04-26	9	1st	2 4 10 34 36
2017-03-25	8	1st	2 4 19 24 32
2017-02-25	15	1st	2 15 22 38 40
2017-01-04	11	1st	2 14 22 28 41
2016-11-26	8	1st	2 5 10 24 29
2016-10-29	15	1st	2 10 16 25 32
2016-09-07	12	1st	2 13 15 28 33
2016-07-27	10	1st	2 12 19 28 34
2016-06-22	1	1st	2 8 10 28 40
2016-06-18	5	1st	2 3 13 15 20
2016-06-01	2	1st	2 9 24 30 37
2016-05-25	8	2nd	1 2 21 34 41
2016-04-27	3	1st	2 9 11 12 37
2016-04-16	3	1st	2 15 17 35 41
2016-04-06	11	1st	2 3 8 16 18
2016-02-27	9	1st	2 21 28 33 37
2016-01-27	2	1st	2 15 30 33 35
2016-01-20	3	1st	2 12 25 28 30
2016-01-09	11	2nd	1 2 4 25 28
2015-12-02	2	1st	2 13 14 22 30
2015-11-25	14	1st	2 4 5 12 33
2015-10-07	3	1st	2 10 11 22 28
2015-09-26	4	1st	2 6 10 15 19
2015-09-12	9	1st	2 22 28 31 37
2015-08-12	6	2nd	1 2 17 28 38
2015-07-22	9	1st	2 17 18 30 32
2015-06-20	7	1st	2 12 22 27 33
2015-05-27	4	2nd	1 2 34 39 40
2015-05-13	20	1st	2 4 10 21 27
2015-03-04	4	1st	2 12 24 37 38
2015-02-18	3	1st	2 5 7 25 27
2015-02-07	4	1st	2 4 11 22 27
2015-01-24	9	1st	2 3 10 17 27
2014-12-24	6	1st	2 6 13 39 40
2014-12-03	3	1st	2 6 21 27 37
2014-11-22	9	1st	2 4 15 18 34
2014-10-22	9	1st	2 12 30 37 40
2014-09-20	14	1st	2 3 5 20 26
2014-08-02	1	1st	2 10 12 18 39
2014-07-30	6	1st	2 14 17 24 37
2014-07-09	10	1st	2 11 23 39 41
2014-06-04	3	1st	2 26 29 30 40
2014-05-24	12	1st	2 12 29 34 35
2014-04-12	4	1st	2 11 17 20 26
2014-03-29	2	1st	2 17 18 25 39
2014-03-22	4	1st	2 14 21 27 32
2014-03-08	1	1st	2 3 14 16 21
2014-03-05	8	1st	2 13 25 31 37
2014-02-05	19	1st	2 9 15 31 37
2013-11-30	7	1st	2 24 32 38 39
2013-11-06	17	1st	2 5 10 11 12
2013-09-07	13	1st	2 5 31 35 41
2013-07-24	12	1st	2 14 17 21 32
2013-06-12	23	1st	2 10 21 32 41
2013-03-23	6	1st	2 3 5 16 38
2013-03-02	2	1st	2 7 8 27 34
2013-02-23	3	1st	2 3 11 19 32
2013-02-13	18	1st	2 14 18 26 30
2012-12-12	3	1st	2 7 11 20 31
2012-12-01	3	1st	2 12 16 20 23
2012-11-21	1	1st	2 9 31 40 41
2012-11-17	19	1st	2 11 12 27 33
2012-09-12	3	1st	2 27 31 32 35
2012-09-01	1	1st	2 4 8 13 19
2012-08-29	2	1st	2 5 6 27 37
2012-08-22	12	1st	2 5 10 11 34
2012-07-07	17	1st	2 13 25 30 32
2012-05-09	1	1st	2 16 32 40 41
2012-05-05	25	1st	2 7 8 19 39
2012-02-08	22	1st	2 4 9 14 17
2011-11-23	6	1st	2 9 34 37 40
2011-11-02	1	1st	2 14 26 31 32
2011-10-29	4	1st	2 16 29 30 33
2011-10-15	3	2nd	1 2 3 17 18
2011-10-05	7	1st	2 16 21 29 33
2011-09-10	2	1st	2 8 17 20 38
2011-09-03	1	1st	2 20 27 31 38
2011-08-31	4	1st	2 7 11 27 35
2011-08-17	2	1st	2 12 13 16 39
2011-08-10	7	1st	2 26 36 38 40
2011-07-16	6	1st	2 26 29 32 34
2011-06-25	29	1st	2 7 15 17 18
2011-03-16	2	1st	2 8 26 28 32
2011-03-09	15	1st	2 9 25 30 35
2011-01-15	11	1st	2 6 10 21 32
2010-12-08	10	1st	2 6 13 15 35
2010-11-03	19	1st	2 13 15 22 27
2010-08-28	4	1st	2 21 24 27 34
2010-08-14	16	1st	2 20 23 25 32
2010-06-19	5	1st	2 13 24 25 27
2010-06-02	5	1st	2 8 9 23 40
2010-05-15	1	1st	2 9 13 26 37
2010-05-12	—	1st	2 11 15 18 23