Number 4

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

177times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.60σ

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

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

37longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 177 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 177 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 4 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 smallest134 · chance 134.4
2nd smallest40 · chance 39.5
3rd smallest3 · chance 3.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 31 34 58 18 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 4 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 59. 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 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	8	3rd	1 3 4 32 33 48
2026-09-09	1	1st	4 13 15 28 54 57
2026-09-05	19	1st	4 6 22 50 53 58
2026-07-01

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: 4 is drawn with probability 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-20	3	2nd	1 4 14 28 31 58
2024-04-10	8	1st	4 31 43 46 49 51
2024-03-13	5	1st	4 11 15 18 39 46
2024-02-24	10	1st	4 7 18 19 32 53
2024-01-20	10	2nd	3 4 7 19 20 52
2023-12-16	2	1st	4 10 19 29 34 42
2023-12-09	6	1st	4 12 13 18 21 42
2023-11-18	3	1st	4 13 27 28 40 42
2023-11-08	10	2nd	1 4 16 24 27 35
2023-10-04	14	1st	4 22 28 30 35 47
2023-08-16	17	2nd	3 4 19 36 43 55
2023-06-17	2	1st	4 11 12 32 44 46
2023-06-10	9	2nd	1 4 11 23 33 34
2023-05-10	19	1st	4 5 6 43 47 57
2023-03-04	3	1st	4 8 21 38 49 51
2023-02-22	6	1st	4 7 8 15 30 41
2023-02-01	13	2nd	2 4 6 16 23 32
2022-12-17	4	1st	4 13 19 22 24 32
2022-12-03	1	1st	4 38 45 46 48 59
2022-11-30	24	1st	4 15 32 39 41 57
2022-09-07	5	2nd	1 4 16 26 35 48
2022-08-20	21	1st	4 11 14 30 32 50
2022-06-08	1	1st	4 11 30 32 38 55
2022-06-04	20	1st	4 14 21 30 38 52
2022-03-26	17	1st	4 31 33 38 49 54
2022-01-26	30	1st	4 9 15 42 48 58
2021-10-13	12	1st	4 10 32 49 50 58
2021-09-01	1	1st	4 30 37 51 54 56
2021-08-28	1	2nd	3 4 18 26 39 40
2021-08-25	7	1st	4 6 7 12 30 40
2021-07-31	1	1st	4 10 11 20 41 49
2021-07-28	5	1st	4 11 24 39 40 59
2021-07-10	7	1st	4 6 7 27 56 59
2021-06-16	21	2nd	3 4 10 30 31 45
2021-04-03	2	1st	4 5 18 35 51 52
2021-03-27	10	2nd	1 4 7 14 23 52
2021-02-20	7	1st	4 16 28 34 40 45
2021-01-27	3	1st	4 33 40 47 49 50
2021-01-16	3	1st	4 13 16 29 44 51
2021-01-06	31	2nd	2 4 11 45 48 58
2020-09-19	2	2nd	3 4 10 20 34 46
2020-09-12	31	1st	4 6 35 46 47 54
2020-05-27	6	1st	4 22 27 36 49 55
2020-05-06	8	2nd	2 4 17 44 46 58
2020-04-08	11	1st	4 19 31 34 39 51
2020-02-29	1	2nd	3 4 20 28 31 49
2020-02-26	12	1st	4 9 13 15 53 57
2020-01-15	12	2nd	3 4 22 26 37 38
2019-12-04	4	2nd	3 4 10 16 27 44
2019-11-20	2	2nd	3 4 5 26 36 48
2019-11-13	1	1st	4 19 20 28 56 58
2019-11-09	1	1st	4 9 16 32 42 44
2019-11-06	13	1st	4 5 12 43 44 59
2019-09-21	19	1st	4 10 21 28 30 43
2019-07-17	2	1st	4 7 19 34 36 59
2019-07-10	1	1st	4 8 24 26 38 43
2019-07-06	16	1st	4 5 27 31 43 47
2019-05-11	9	1st	4 26 31 38 39 49
2019-04-10	2	1st	4 7 31 39 47 51
2019-04-03	4	1st	4 21 31 34 43 44
2019-03-20	1	1st	4 6 8 12 15 55
2019-03-16	8	2nd	1 4 27 40 44 58
2019-02-16	34	2nd	2 4 39 46 51 58
2018-10-20	5	1st	4 7 8 9 41 58
2018-10-03	20	1st	4 18 19 24 31 42
2018-07-25	2	1st	4 10 18 35 41 49
2018-07-18	7	1st	4 7 19 24 30 45
2018-06-23	15	2nd	3 4 16 20 25 49
2018-05-02	10	1st	4 9 21 25 37 39
2018-03-28	7	1st	4 19 25 39 54 55
2018-03-03	1	2nd	2 4 21 34 37 48
2018-02-28	10	1st	4 6 10 28 30 53
2018-01-24	5	1st	4 24 41 42 49 51
2018-01-06	9	3rd	1 2 4 40 55 59
2017-12-06	4	1st	4 21 29 30 31 32
2017-11-22	5	1st	4 9 28 37 43 48
2017-11-04	6	1st	4 6 31 45 51 59
2017-10-14	26	2nd	2 4 14 17 25 49
2017-07-15	9	1st	4 6 17 20 34 43
2017-06-14	9	1st	4 19 27 36 46 50
2017-05-13	1	1st	4 26 33 35 54 55
2017-05-10	6	2nd	1 4 7 23 43 54
2017-04-19	1	1st	4 29 30 34 46 54
2017-04-15	2	1st	4 7 12 17 26 55
2017-04-08	2	1st	4 15 24 33 37 58
2017-04-01	10	2nd	1 4 16 25 29 56
2017-02-25	18	1st	4 25 26 34 40 46
2016-12-24	24	1st	4 48 51 52 54 57
2016-10-01	3	2nd	1 4 13 15 30 33
2016-09-21	3	1st	4 8 13 30 36 58
2016-09-10	6	1st	4 5 13 21 53 57
2016-08-20	7	1st	4 8 27 31 33 54
2016-07-27	4	1st	4 14 30 33 49 54
2016-07-13	4	1st	4 5 10 32 34 44
2016-06-29	28	1st	4 11 18 37 50 53
2016-03-23	2	1st	4 8 15 29 40 56
2016-03-16	8	1st	4 7 9 20 52 57
2016-02-17	14	1st	4 19 25 46 52 55
2015-12-30	3	1st	4 11 18 37 51 59
2015-12-19	3	1st	4 17 18 31 34 58
2015-12-09	23	1st	4 5 12 21 32 41
2015-09-19	16	2nd	1 4 20 32 41 58
2015-07-25	10	1st	4 8 11 18 33 54
2015-06-20	1	1st	4 21 24 34 36 54
2015-06-17	16	2nd	2 4 18 39 55 56
2015-04-22	10	2nd	2 4 14 20 33 49
2015-03-18	5	1st	4 11 24 33 45 47
2015-02-28	6	1st	4 21 26 27 53 57
2015-02-07	11	1st	4 9 17 18 21 52
2014-12-31	23	1st	4 6 34 38 52 59
2014-10-11	8	1st	4 28 30 32 42 46
2014-09-13	9	1st	4 5 10 11 44 47
2014-08-13	1	1st	4 11 16 17 31 59
2014-08-09	21	1st	4 17 18 34 39 56
2014-05-28	3	1st	4 5 28 33 41 46
2014-05-17	15	1st	4 5 19 21 23 29
2014-03-26	2	1st	4 10 11 18 25 28
2014-03-19	10	1st	4 12 30 55 56 59
2014-02-12	15	1st	4 10 19 31 40 58
2013-12-21	2	2nd	3 4 16 22 58 59
2013-12-14	7	1st	4 15 19 20 21 28
2013-11-20	4	2nd	3 4 28 31 50 58
2013-11-06	4	1st	4 11 14 20 34 44
2013-10-23	5	1st	4 5 12 21 52 58
2013-10-05	5	1st	4 11 43 44 52 57
2013-09-18	1	1st	4 11 12 20 22 49
2013-09-14	30	1st	4 10 27 46 52 56
2013-06-01	30	1st	4 5 19 36 43 47
2013-02-16	8	1st	4 11 18 27 31 45
2013-01-19	26	1st	4 7 11 44 54 56
2012-10-20	10	1st	4 9 25 26 32 35
2012-09-15	15	1st	4 5 27 33 38 46
2012-07-25	23	2nd	1 4 12 30 40 48
2012-05-05	8	2nd	1 4 18 39 42 54
2012-04-07	9	1st	4 17 27 34 53 54
2012-03-07	3	2nd	1 4 18 25 33 37
2012-02-25	7	1st	4 8 12 23 34 53
2012-02-01	1	1st	4 6 20 31 39 54
2012-01-28	3	1st	4 15 22 41 50 55
2012-01-18	22	1st	4 9 15 29 39 55
2011-11-02	6	2nd	3 4 38 46 48 55
2011-10-12	37	1st	4 25 26 36 47 55
2011-06-04	3	2nd	3 4 23 27 46 55
2011-05-25	1	1st	4 7 17 40 42 44
2011-05-21	1	1st	4 17 39 51 52 53
2011-05-18	2	1st	4 8 11 13 31 36
2011-05-11	14	1st	4 14 17 23 36 53
2011-03-23	13	1st	4 21 30 36 40 46
2011-02-05	9	1st	4 11 13 19 36 51
2011-01-05	3	1st	4 6 11 18 20 33
2010-12-24	1	2nd	1 4 26 40 44 55
2010-12-22	2	1st	4 5 18 27 38 48
2010-12-15	—	1st	4 21 27 32 33 36