Number 54

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

181times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.92σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 42% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

59longest completed wait · 30% chance of one at least that long

54 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 181 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 54, draw by draw

Drawn 181 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 9 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 54 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 0.5
4th smallest13 · chance 9.3
5th smallest62 · chance 57.8
6th smallest106 · chance 113.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 59 19 55 11 20

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, 54 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 54 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-09	2	5th	4 13 15 28 54 57
2026-09-02	11	5th	1 13 47 50 54 59
2026-07-25	9	5th	8 17 21 23 54 58
2026-06-24

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

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