Number 46

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

166times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.29σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

45longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 33 times, counted separately.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 3 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 46 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 0.0
2nd smallest2 · chance 1.2
3rd smallest12 · chance 10.3
4th smallest36 · chance 40.1
5th smallest64 · chance 70.2
6th smallest52 · chance 44.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 27 55 4 53 18

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, 46 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	1	5th	17 27 31 40 46 57
2026-09-26	13	5th	6 9 13 32 46 53
2026-08-12	6	5th	14 31 34 43 46 57
2026-07-22

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

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