Number 50

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

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

49longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

50 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 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 50, draw by draw

Drawn 177 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 10 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 50 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 smallest1 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest3 · chance 3.8
4th smallest31 · chance 25.6
5th smallest73 · chance 73.7
6th smallest69 · chance 73.7

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.

30 27 22 32 44 53

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, 50 is picked about 0.90× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 50 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-05	1	4th	4 6 22 50 53 58
2026-09-02	3	4th	1 13 47 50 54 59
2026-08-22	19	6th	22 27 29 30 34 50
2026-06-17

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

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