Number 53

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

184times drawn · chance expected 170 +1.16σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

61longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

53 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 184 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +1.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 53, draw by draw

Drawn 184 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 61 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 53 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 1.1
4th smallest15 · chance 13.3
5th smallest57 · chance 65.2
6th smallest112 · chance 104.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 52 57 27 3 23

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, 53 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 53 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	4	5th	14 19 34 39 53 58
2026-09-26	6	6th	6 9 13 32 46 53
2026-09-05	9	5th	4 6 22 50 53 58
2026-08-05

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

2024-01-31	6	6th	15 16 17 20 25 53
2024-01-10	23	6th	39 41 42 44 47 53
2023-10-21	8	6th	18 25 27 30 48 53
2023-09-23	4	5th	6 25 35 41 53 57
2023-09-09	3	5th	1 9 23 52 53 57
2023-08-30	2	6th	7 9 19 41 48 53
2023-08-23	27	6th	7 22 24 36 40 53
2023-05-20	4	4th	3 12 25 53 57 59
2023-05-06	1	6th	7 16 36 44 46 53
2023-05-03	3	5th	11 20 32 43 53 59
2023-04-22	8	4th	3 23 40 53 57 58
2023-03-25	31	6th	5 12 16 37 41 53
2022-12-07	22	5th	5 27 29 44 53 57
2022-09-21	17	6th	8 33 38 40 42 53
2022-07-23	6	6th	7 13 18 30 41 53
2022-07-02	2	6th	8 15 20 27 38 53
2022-06-25	22	6th	9 12 26 36 41 53
2022-04-09	13	6th	12 18 24 27 51 53
2022-02-23	5	5th	13 15 36 46 53 57
2022-02-05	1	6th	7 8 16 28 43 53
2022-02-02	5	6th	11 13 32 34 46 53
2022-01-15	9	5th	14 16 46 47 53 55
2021-12-15	3	6th	13 21 33 34 38 53
2021-12-04	1	6th	6 9 15 16 43 53
2021-12-01	12	4th	16 24 44 53 55 59
2021-10-20	6	6th	7 12 32 36 52 53
2021-09-29	15	6th	2 14 19 38 41 53
2021-08-07	4	6th	5 14 19 28 50 53
2021-07-24	16	4th	31 50 52 53 54 59
2021-05-29	5	6th	1 32 38 42 45 53
2021-05-12	12	5th	2 39 40 43 53 57
2021-03-31	10	6th	9 30 32 46 49 53
2021-02-24	16	5th	11 19 20 23 53 54
2020-12-30	11	5th	1 10 37 49 53 57
2020-11-21	19	6th	27 36 40 43 45 53
2020-09-16	11	5th	21 43 44 45 53 55
2020-08-08	11	6th	6 17 31 49 52 53
2020-07-01	1	6th	19 28 38 48 52 53
2020-06-27	2	5th	14 19 31 43 53 58
2020-06-20	8	5th	1 10 25 29 53 58
2020-05-23	11	6th	10 17 20 26 33 53
2020-04-15	4	6th	20 33 34 39 40 53
2020-04-01	5	6th	6 10 35 44 49 53
2020-03-14	5	5th	8 9 16 46 53 54
2020-02-26	8	5th	4 9 13 15 53 57
2020-01-29	17	6th	9 15 17 37 52 53
2019-11-30	1	6th	14 30 39 51 52 53
2019-11-27	8	6th	18 31 32 40 43 53
2019-10-30	16	6th	24 29 39 47 52 53
2019-09-04	5	5th	8 20 37 51 53 59
2019-08-17	4	6th	25 31 34 42 49 53
2019-08-03	12	5th	2 18 21 39 53 58
2019-06-22	8	5th	12 42 46 51 53 57
2019-05-25	11	6th	15 22 24 42 50 53
2019-04-17	1	6th	2 3 18 30 52 53
2019-04-13	18	6th	12 20 35 39 50 53
2019-02-09	2	6th	3 9 12 23 36 53
2019-02-02	7	6th	20 30 39 45 46 53
2019-01-09	20	6th	17 21 31 33 46 53
2018-10-31	16	6th	11 27 41 51 52 53
2018-09-05	2	6th	15 29 37 38 40 53
2018-08-29	3	6th	1 15 19 50 52 53
2018-08-18	1	6th	12 24 27 30 40 53
2018-08-15	3	4th	2 36 42 53 54 55
2018-08-04	8	6th	9 20 24 31 32 53
2018-07-07	26	4th	2 15 20 53 54 58
2018-04-07	7	6th	2 5 10 23 31 53
2018-03-14	2	4th	15 40 49 53 56 57
2018-03-07	2	6th	3 8 9 16 21 53
2018-02-28	9	6th	4 6 10 28 30 53
2018-01-27	12	5th	2 6 16 37 53 54
2017-12-16	9	5th	8 21 44 49 53 59
2017-11-15	7	5th	28 35 37 39 53 54
2017-10-21	4	4th	15 41 50 53 55 58
2017-10-07	5	5th	3 6 29 37 53 56
2017-09-20	4	4th	17 23 52 53 55 58
2017-09-06	2	5th	23 33 39 49 53 57
2017-08-30	8	6th	3 8 14 17 37 53
2017-08-02	16	6th	3 23 29 31 42 53
2017-06-07	9	6th	5 8 13 19 28 53
2017-05-06	1	5th	3 23 31 46 53 55
2017-05-03	6	5th	40 41 51 52 53 56
2017-04-12	4	5th	2 10 38 50 53 57
2017-03-29	13	6th	5 20 25 44 50 53
2017-02-11	6	6th	15 23 28 34 45 53
2017-01-21	9	6th	11 31 44 45 48 53
2016-12-21	5	6th	6 23 25 39 42 53
2016-12-03	24	4th	12 42 49 53 54 59
2016-09-10	7	5th	4 5 13 21 53 57
2016-08-17	1	6th	15 21 26 39 46 53
2016-08-13	6	6th	1 5 13 26 35 53
2016-07-23	2	4th	3 26 27 53 55 58
2016-07-16	5	5th	14 21 27 36 53 56
2016-06-29	29	6th	4 11 18 37 50 53
2016-03-19	12	5th	7 17 30 46 53 55
2016-02-06	8	6th	1 14 25 37 41 53
2016-01-09	11	6th	1 10 13 26 33 53
2015-12-02	7	6th	3 18 26 28 41 53
2015-11-07	24	6th	7 12 14 23 37 53
2015-08-15	25	6th	2 21 40 42 49 53
2015-05-20	9	6th	5 8 18 36 48 53
2015-04-18	11	6th	5 24 29 33 48 53
2015-03-11	1	6th	3 5 28 34 37 53
2015-03-07	2	5th	11 20 23 29 53 58
2015-02-28	1	5th	4 21 26 27 53 57
2015-02-25	1	5th	15 27 46 52 53 59
2015-02-21	1	6th	8 21 23 50 52 53
2015-02-18	6	4th	14 15 29 53 55 59
2015-01-28	4	6th	19 24 36 37 47 53
2015-01-14	10	6th	2 15 16 29 37 53
2014-12-10	18	6th	15 31 32 46 48 53
2014-10-08	3	6th	8 14 26 27 44 53
2014-09-27	3	6th	23 31 34 41 47 53
2014-09-17	9	6th	8 17 27 30 34 53
2014-08-16	4	6th	3 6 31 48 50 53
2014-08-02	10	6th	3 10 42 46 52 53
2014-06-28	4	5th	15 28 49 50 53 56
2014-06-14	7	5th	15 25 33 42 53 57
2014-05-21	15	6th	7 27 30 45 50 53
2014-03-29	2	6th	7 29 30 37 42 53
2014-03-22	14	5th	2 7 24 36 53 57
2014-02-01	7	6th	14 18 25 35 38 53
2014-01-08	61	5th	1 3 9 28 53 55
2013-06-08	1	5th	9 17 35 42 53 57
2013-06-05	4	6th	8 21 24 43 48 53
2013-05-22	5	6th	6 7 33 37 48 53
2013-05-04	4	6th	10 17 24 25 52 53
2013-04-20	3	6th	12 15 27 43 49 53
2013-04-10	1	6th	15 18 31 44 51 53
2013-04-06	6	6th	13 15 36 46 47 53
2013-03-16	2	6th	19 37 39 47 51 53
2013-03-09	32	6th	5 23 26 27 30 53
2012-11-17	9	6th	8 21 27 28 50 53
2012-10-17	2	6th	2 5 7 27 28 53
2012-10-10	8	6th	2 6 15 32 50 53
2012-09-12	6	5th	11 20 30 36 53 54
2012-08-22	9	6th	18 27 30 35 49 53
2012-07-21	5	5th	30 34 42 50 53 55
2012-07-04	11	6th	5 14 28 35 50 53
2012-05-26	10	6th	8 12 19 24 32 53
2012-04-21	4	6th	3 5 19 24 33 53
2012-04-07	12	5th	4 17 27 34 53 54
2012-02-25	1	6th	4 8 12 23 34 53
2012-02-22	1	5th	6 15 31 48 53 57
2012-02-18	15	6th	9 17 35 43 45 53
2011-12-28	9	5th	21 24 26 41 53 57
2011-11-26	3	6th	9 17 19 44 46 53
2011-11-16	2	6th	7 23 24 43 50 53
2011-11-09	26	5th	6 18 51 52 53 55
2011-08-10	5	6th	15 22 33 42 48 53
2011-07-23	9	4th	2 39 41 53 54 56
2011-06-22	9	5th	29 38 39 43 53 57
2011-05-21	3	6th	4 17 39 51 52 53
2011-05-11	29	6th	4 14 17 23 36 53
2011-01-29	6	6th	1 16 19 31 34 53
2011-01-08	6	5th	11 38 44 48 53 54
2010-12-18	3	6th	23 34 36 40 52 53
2010-12-08	7	5th	8 15 21 28 53 56
2010-11-13	7	6th	6 10 18 29 45 53
2010-10-20	—	5th	2 43 48 50 53 54