Number 7

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

213times drawn · chance expected 230 −1.18σ

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

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

56longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long

7 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 213 times in 1,884 draws against 229.8 expected, −1.18σ. 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 213 times in 1,884 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 56 · 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 smallest108 · chance 108.1
2nd smallest81 · chance 83.7
3rd smallest22 · chance 19.6
4th smallest2 · chance 1.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 3 31 4 19 18

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	3	2nd	1 7 19 25 41
2026-10-03	19	3rd	3 6 7 8 12
2026-08-19	14	1st	7 8 10 15 27
2026-07-18	7	2nd	3 7 13

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-13	32	3rd	1 2 7 9 21
2025-05-31	3	2nd	6 7 32 39 41
2025-05-24	4	2nd	4 7 19 38 40
2025-05-14	16	2nd	1 7 16 22 38
2025-04-07	9	1st	7 24 26 38 39
2025-03-17	7	1st	7 18 21 25 35
2025-03-01	5	1st	7 26 30 31 38
2025-02-17	18	1st	7 8 26 33 37
2025-01-06	7	1st	7 8 29 33 35
2024-12-21	3	4th	2 4 6 7 20
2024-12-14	2	2nd	3 7 14 26 37
2024-12-09	18	2nd	6 7 16 26 29
2024-10-28	5	1st	7 28 35 38 40
2024-10-16	4	3rd	2 5 7 14 21
2024-10-07	19	1st	7 17 20 22 25
2024-08-24	4	1st	7 13 28 31 39
2024-08-14	5	1st	7 13 18 36 41
2024-08-03	4	1st	7 14 19 26 33
2024-07-24	2	2nd	5 7 10 18 26
2024-07-20	10	3rd	3 6 7 30 37
2024-06-26	5	1st	7 21 31 35 36
2024-06-15	6	1st	7 14 18 21 24
2024-06-01	9	2nd	2 7 11 19 22
2024-05-11	33	2nd	3 7 15 27 37
2024-02-24	4	2nd	2 7 23 25 38
2024-02-14	1	3rd	2 3 7 9 17
2024-02-12	20	1st	7 13 14 22 31
2023-12-27	7	1st	7 20 21 31 36
2023-12-11	16	2nd	3 7 17 20 21
2023-11-04	16	1st	7 12 18 21 32
2023-09-27	23	3rd	2 3 7 14 32
2023-07-15	2	1st	7 19 21 34 35
2023-07-08	20	1st	7 19 25 28 31
2023-04-29	8	1st	7 12 29 36 37
2023-04-01	30	2nd	1 7 22 23 34
2022-12-17	17	1st	7 8 19 35 36
2022-10-19	10	2nd	3 7 22 31 40
2022-09-14	12	1st	7 9 14 27 35
2022-08-03	13	3rd	3 4 7 25 35
2022-06-18	13	1st	7 8 12 25 35
2022-05-04	5	3rd	1 2 7 22 34
2022-04-16	4	2nd	2 7 26 38 41
2022-04-02	2	1st	7 17 32 37 38
2022-03-26	1	2nd	5 7 19 22 33
2022-03-23	2	2nd	4 7 8 9 30
2022-03-16	8	1st	7 18 20 29 33
2022-02-16	14	1st	7 8 19 24 41
2021-12-29	7	1st	7 20 24 30 39
2021-12-04	8	2nd	3 7 18 19 33
2021-11-06	19	1st	7 9 14 24 31
2021-09-01	25	2nd	3 7 19 36 41
2021-06-05	1	1st	7 10 32 35 40
2021-06-02	3	2nd	2 7 9 16 33
2021-05-22	3	1st	7 10 27 34 35
2021-05-12	2	2nd	3 7 15 34 38
2021-05-05	20	1st	7 8 10 25 39
2021-02-24	14	2nd	4 7 12 16 35
2021-01-06	2	1st	7 15 28 35 38
2020-12-30	7	2nd	5 7 8 19 23
2020-12-05	1	1st	7 18 21 24 35
2020-12-02	13	2nd	5 7 10 28 33
2020-10-17	12	1st	7 13 20 26 33
2020-09-05	13	3rd	1 3 7 18 39
2020-07-22	2	1st	7 12 20 22 36
2020-07-15	5	2nd	5 7 19 30 39
2020-06-27	15	2nd	5 7 8 14 19
2020-05-06	4	1st	7 13 14 24 32
2020-04-22	2	1st	7 17 20 24 26
2020-04-15	6	3rd	1 3 7 28 38
2020-03-25	24	1st	7 13 14 31 39
2020-01-01	3	2nd	4 7 9 24 27
2019-12-21	6	1st	7 8 15 23 25
2019-11-30	16	1st	7 12 23 37 38
2019-10-05	6	1st	7 16 24 27 38
2019-09-14	18	1st	7 26 35 36 41
2019-07-13	4	1st	7 8 34 36 41
2019-06-29	3	2nd	5 7 20 21 27
2019-06-19	3	2nd	2 7 22 37 38
2019-06-08	8	1st	7 24 26 31 40
2019-05-11	3	1st	7 14 16 20 36
2019-05-01	11	2nd	2 7 28 30 34
2019-03-23	9	1st	7 10 16 29 33
2019-02-20	18	2nd	3 7 8 12 41
2018-12-19	8	2nd	1 7 8 15 28
2018-11-21	1	2nd	3 7 16 18 25
2018-11-17	1	1st	7 8 13 22 25
2018-11-14	5	1st	7 8 25 35 38
2018-10-27	2	1st	7 11 16 21 37
2018-10-20	4	2nd	4 7 10 20 36
2018-10-06	13	1st	7 22 23 29 31
2018-08-22	19	1st	7 17 21 26 34
2018-06-16	6	2nd	2 7 12 33 39
2018-05-26	5	2nd	4 7 18 31 35
2018-05-09	2	2nd	1 7 26 31 34
2018-05-02	5	1st	7 14 19 20 25
2018-04-14	4	2nd	6 7 8 10 26
2018-03-31	4	1st	7 11 32 33 40
2018-03-17	3	2nd	5 7 14 15 21
2018-03-07	11	3rd	2 5 7 21 24
2018-01-27	6	3rd	2 6 7 25 37
2018-01-06	1	1st	7 21 23 33 39
2018-01-03	21	1st	7 13 23 31 40
2017-10-21	30	1st	7 29 30 38 39
2017-07-08	2	1st	7 14 22 33 34
2017-07-01	14	2nd	2 7 13 31 32
2017-05-13	4	1st	7 13 17 19 28
2017-04-29	11	3rd	1 5 7 10 23
2017-03-22	23	2nd	5 7 11 13 17
2016-12-31	7	3rd	3 4 7 9 37
2016-12-07	7	2nd	4 7 11 22 38
2016-11-12	5	3rd	4 5 7 10 39
2016-10-26	25	2nd	1 7 11 18 40
2016-07-30	8	1st	7 16 18 36 40
2016-07-02	5	1st	7 16 17 30 31
2016-06-15	3	1st	7 9 11 30 37
2016-06-04	33	1st	7 10 15 22 40
2016-02-10	2	2nd	3 7 26 31 41
2016-02-03	9	1st	7 14 23 31 40
2016-01-02	7	1st	7 10 17 36 41
2015-12-09	1	3rd	1 3 7 12 37
2015-12-05	22	2nd	3 7 10 35 41
2015-09-19	3	3rd	3 6 7 33 39
2015-09-09	1	2nd	4 7 19 22 26
2015-09-05	3	2nd	3 7 9 28 35
2015-08-26	2	3rd	3 6 7 22 29
2015-08-19	10	2nd	4 7 14 30 31
2015-07-15	1	1st	7 10 18 20 32
2015-07-11	4	1st	7 23 32 33 39
2015-06-27	3	1st	7 12 21 23 37
2015-06-17	9	1st	7 10 11 25 40
2015-05-16	11	1st	7 33 35 38 41
2015-04-08	14	2nd	4 7 10 13 38
2015-02-18	17	3rd	2 5 7 25 27
2014-12-20	19	1st	7 21 23 24 25
2014-10-15	2	4th	1 4 5 7 24
2014-10-08	14	2nd	3 7 23 32 36
2014-08-20	1	2nd	5 7 12 22 26
2014-08-16	8	1st	7 20 24 25 40
2014-07-19	4	2nd	4 7 10 11 27
2014-07-05	10	1st	7 10 21 23 38
2014-05-31	3	1st	7 12 18 37 40
2014-05-21	6	1st	7 10 15 25 34
2014-04-30	17	1st	7 8 10 11 24
2014-03-01	6	1st	7 16 17 30 37
2014-02-08	8	1st	7 9 15 30 31
2014-01-11	3	2nd	1 7 16 25 41
2014-01-01	12	1st	7 10 11 28 33
2013-11-20	18	3rd	1 4 7 10 31
2013-09-18	8	1st	7 9 11 20 27
2013-08-21	21	1st	7 15 32 34 40
2013-06-08	1	1st	7 17 19 28 39
2013-06-05	2	1st	7 8 9 10 13
2013-05-29	5	2nd	4 7 10 15 24
2013-05-11	4	1st	7 25 31 39 40
2013-04-27	7	1st	7 10 18 19 24
2013-04-03	4	1st	7 15 34 37 39
2013-03-20	5	2nd	4 7 23 31 37
2013-03-02	11	2nd	2 7 8 27 34
2013-01-23	7	1st	7 13 17 18 28
2012-12-29	5	1st	7 19 20 23 27
2012-12-12	11	2nd	2 7 11 20 31
2012-11-03	1	1st	7 13 21 22 30
2012-10-31	8	1st	7 9 13 14 31
2012-10-03	4	2nd	4 7 8 14 31
2012-09-19	1	1st	7 24 33 34 40
2012-09-15	14	2nd	6 7 21 24 39
2012-07-25	8	1st	7 16 24 30 38
2012-06-27	9	2nd	1 7 13 32 39
2012-05-26	6	1st	7 25 26 35 38
2012-05-05	17	2nd	2 7 8 19 39
2012-03-07	1	3rd	4 6 7 13 18
2012-03-03	23	1st	7 17 34 37 40
2011-12-14	1	2nd	4 7 9 22 40
2011-12-10	1	1st	7 13 18 22 34
2011-12-07	5	2nd	3 7 11 14 16
2011-11-19	23	1st	7 22 24 26 36
2011-08-31	19	2nd	2 7 11 27 35
2011-06-25	5	2nd	2 7 15 17 18
2011-06-08	8	2nd	4 7 15 22 34
2011-05-11	8	1st	7 18 21 26 33
2011-04-13	3	2nd	4 7 10 33 38
2011-04-02	12	1st	7 10 18 27 34
2011-02-19	5	2nd	4 7 11 18 25
2011-02-02	2	1st	7 15 18 26 30
2011-01-26	10	2nd	5 7 9 22 39
2010-12-22	5	1st	7 11 13 24 31
2010-12-04	56	2nd	3 7 9 32 37
2010-05-22	6	1st	7 15 33 34 40
2010-05-01	—	1st	7 21 23 24 25