Number 45

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

151times drawn · chance expected 170 −1.51σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

11.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

70longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 151 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −1.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 23 times, counted separately.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 151 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 11.0 draws · longest completed wait 70 · waiting 8 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 45 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 0.1
2nd smallest2 · chance 1.5
3rd smallest8 · chance 11.3
4th smallest41 · chance 39.7
5th smallest70 · chance 62.6
6th smallest30 · chance 35.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 27 41 56 23 54

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, 45 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-12	16	4th	8 31 42 45 48 49
2026-07-18	26	6th	13 21 29 34 42 45
2026-04-18	4	5th	5 14 15 21 45 49
2026-04-04

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

2024-06-12	5	5th	12 16 26 37 45 46
2024-05-25	6	4th	22 23 40 45 53 57
2024-05-04	5	2nd	35 45 46 50 52 56
2024-04-17	5	6th	8 25 27 31 34 45
2024-03-30	1	5th	8 27 28 32 45 51
2024-03-27	18	5th	5 7 24 32 45 58
2024-01-24	3	6th	6 10 20 26 28 45
2024-01-13	33	5th	13 15 20 38 45 46
2023-09-20	5	6th	1 16 20 23 34 45
2023-09-02	8	4th	13 37 40 45 47 52
2023-08-05	2	5th	14 27 28 31 45 52
2023-07-29	3	4th	7 8 18 45 54 55
2023-07-19	3	5th	21 23 28 34 45 58
2023-07-08	23	5th	17 30 35 41 45 54
2023-04-19	11	5th	11 13 14 31 45 54
2023-03-11	4	5th	5 21 37 43 45 55
2023-02-25	10	5th	6 19 24 37 45 56
2023-01-21	3	4th	19 25 40 45 51 57
2023-01-11	9	5th	21 25 31 43 45 54
2022-12-10	2	6th	5 18 19 20 30 45
2022-12-03	11	3rd	4 38 45 46 48 59
2022-10-26	16	5th	2 24 28 38 45 59
2022-08-31	7	2nd	42 45 47 49 52 56
2022-08-06	20	6th	10 21 25 35 40 45
2022-05-28	1	4th	3 10 13 45 46 58
2022-05-25	5	5th	8 12 27 41 45 47
2022-05-07	1	5th	11 18 19 29 45 46
2022-05-04	27	5th	1 5 22 23 45 49
2022-01-29	8	6th	11 29 33 41 42 45
2022-01-01	6	5th	3 20 23 36 45 57
2021-12-11	14	5th	16 27 28 36 45 56
2021-10-23	32	6th	1 2 8 30 42 45
2021-07-03	5	4th	5 21 31 45 49 54
2021-06-16	2	6th	3 4 10 30 31 45
2021-06-09	3	5th	6 24 25 43 45 55
2021-05-29	28	5th	1 32 38 42 45 53
2021-02-20	6	6th	4 16 28 34 40 45
2021-01-30	2	6th	7 10 12 27 40 45
2021-01-23	5	3rd	28 44 45 52 56 57
2021-01-06	4	4th	2 4 11 45 48 58
2020-12-23	8	6th	1 7 16 21 43 45
2020-11-25	1	3rd	33 41 45 50 54 56
2020-11-21	19	5th	27 36 40 43 45 53
2020-09-16	20	4th	21 43 44 45 53 55
2020-07-08	11	4th	25 27 42 45 56 58
2020-05-30	12	6th	10 17 34 35 38 45
2020-04-18	18	5th	1 19 29 36 45 56
2020-02-15	17	5th	2 7 38 41 45 59
2019-12-18	21	5th	14 21 24 37 45 46
2019-10-05	70	4th	9 22 32 45 54 59
2019-02-02	8	4th	20 30 39 45 46 53
2019-01-05	3	4th	28 33 38 45 54 57
2018-12-26	12	5th	2 8 16 22 45 46
2018-11-14	14	5th	5 15 26 39 45 49
2018-09-26	20	5th	11 27 29 35 45 59
2018-07-18	1	6th	4 7 19 24 30 45
2018-07-14	1	6th	18 27 31 35 36 45
2018-07-11	23	5th	8 30 32 35 45 56
2018-04-21	26	5th	9 19 20 21 45 47
2018-01-20	9	5th	10 15 24 44 45 55
2017-12-20	13	5th	1 9 18 33 45 57
2017-11-04	15	4th	4 6 31 45 51 59
2017-09-13	19	4th	2 28 35 45 49 54
2017-07-08	6	6th	7 21 24 33 41 45
2017-06-17	2	5th	9 16 18 34 45 51
2017-06-10	14	4th	1 29 40 45 52 54
2017-04-22	8	4th	9 28 31 45 49 50
2017-03-25	4	5th	7 18 39 43 45 46
2017-03-11	8	6th	1 17 21 33 44 45
2017-02-11	1	5th	15 23 28 34 45 53
2017-02-08	2	4th	6 23 27 45 47 49
2017-02-01	3	6th	1 13 14 20 41 45
2017-01-21	25	4th	11 31 44 45 48 53
2016-10-26	37	4th	18 22 41 45 49 56
2016-06-18	20	5th	10 21 30 38 45 59
2016-04-09	40	5th	3 19 23 42 45 56
2015-11-21	5	5th	22 25 34 40 45 46
2015-11-04	3	4th	12 14 21 45 50 55
2015-10-24	34	3rd	1 9 45 51 55 57
2015-06-27	9	6th	11 17 26 29 36 45
2015-05-27	18	5th	2 9 21 25 45 54
2015-03-25	2	4th	10 11 23 45 51 52
2015-03-18	12	5th	4 11 24 33 45 47
2015-02-04	3	5th	11 17 20 27 45 54
2015-01-24	6	5th	3 6 30 41 45 56
2015-01-03	2	6th	22 23 28 30 41 45
2014-12-27	3	4th	24 28 39 45 46 47
2014-12-17	1	5th	3 14 36 42 45 48
2014-12-13	13	3rd	25 32 45 51 54 55
2014-10-29	15	4th	14 27 43 45 46 50
2014-09-06	3	3rd	5 7 45 48 54 59
2014-08-27	1	5th	3 6 14 17 45 48
2014-08-23	12	6th	6 15 22 37 41 45
2014-07-12	15	5th	9 12 17 38 45 46
2014-05-21	4	4th	7 27 30 45 50 53
2014-05-07	4	5th	20 21 29 32 45 48
2014-04-23	28	5th	23 37 41 43 45 47
2014-01-15	5	3rd	12 25 45 50 55 56
2013-12-28	13	5th	20 26 36 43 45 58
2013-11-13	10	5th	10 18 33 40 45 46
2013-10-09	23	4th	27 35 42 45 55 59
2013-07-20	4	4th	8 24 43 45 54 56
2013-07-06	3	4th	1 11 22 45 57 58
2013-06-26	8	5th	7 19 23 44 45 56
2013-05-29	13	5th	8 23 25 26 45 51
2013-04-13	16	5th	1 2 5 8 45 48
2013-02-16	39	6th	4 11 18 27 31 45
2012-10-03	14	4th	22 24 37 45 52 56
2012-08-15	35	4th	5 21 44 45 51 56
2012-04-14	5	4th	3 9 41 45 51 57
2012-03-28	11	4th	23 31 37 45 46 51
2012-02-18	18	5th	9 17 35 43 45 53
2011-12-17	15	6th	1 17 27 28 39 45
2011-10-26	15	6th	1 5 22 25 35 45
2011-09-03	13	5th	5 8 25 31 45 59
2011-07-20	2	5th	3 22 41 42 45 47
2011-07-13	4	5th	11 22 36 39 45 50
2011-06-29	1	6th	13 15 21 24 28 45
2011-06-25	2	6th	13 27 29 33 40 45
2011-06-18	5	4th	6 11 21 45 55 57
2011-06-01	9	4th	32 38 44 45 55 57
2011-04-30	10	5th	5 13 18 25 45 50
2011-03-26	36	6th	9 23 27 37 41 45
2010-11-20	2	4th	17 29 42 45 47 52
2010-11-13	1	5th	6 10 18 29 45 53
2010-11-10	1	5th	12 27 39 41 45 51
2010-11-06	—	5th	1 13 23 24 45 50