Number 51

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

160times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.78σ

26draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

52longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

51 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 160 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 26 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 32 times, counted separately.

Number 51, draw by draw

Drawn 160 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 26 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 51 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
3rd smallest5 · chance 2.4
4th smallest28 · chance 19.2
5th smallest64 · chance 64.3
6th smallest63 · chance 74.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

52 13 25 12 15 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, 51 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 51 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-11	2	5th	15 22 35 37 51 57
2026-07-04	1	5th	17 22 31 42 51 59
2026-07-01	10	6th	3 4 10 15 23 51
2026-05-27

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

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