Number 52

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

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

46longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

52 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 15 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 52, draw by draw

Drawn 177 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 15 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 52 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 smallest4 · chance 1.7
4th smallest21 · chance 16.9
5th smallest74 · chance 67.6
6th smallest78 · chance 90.7

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.

51 31 53 23 10 58

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, 52 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 52 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-19	20	6th	16 18 19 22 29 52
2026-06-10	14	4th	7 14 41 52 53 56
2026-04-22	15	5th	11 17 24 32 52 58
2026-02-28

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

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