Number 56

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

163times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.54σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

75longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

56 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 163 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.54σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 27 times, counted separately.

Number 56, draw by draw

Drawn 163 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 75 · waiting 2 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 56 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 0.1
4th smallest1 · chance 2.8
5th smallest38 · chance 36.4
6th smallest124 · chance 123.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 15 30 41 12 14

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, 56 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 56 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	5	6th	3 18 23 28 30 56
2026-09-16	25	6th	7 12 14 34 41 56
2026-06-20	3	6th	10 13 19 27 36 56
2026-06-10

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

2024-06-15	7	6th	8 12 39 51 52 56
2024-05-22	5	6th	9 21 25 28 42 56
2024-05-04	8	6th	35 45 46 50 52 56
2024-04-06	14	6th	10 25 38 51 52 56
2024-02-17	24	6th	11 18 33 34 39 56
2023-11-25	75	6th	12 18 29 34 48 56
2023-03-08	3	6th	15 30 35 37 38 56
2023-02-25	4	6th	6 19 24 37 45 56
2023-02-11	13	5th	2 7 16 50 56 57
2022-12-28	2	6th	2 14 18 37 38 56
2022-12-21	19	6th	3 11 24 36 40 56
2022-10-15	13	6th	37 41 43 47 50 56
2022-08-31	13	6th	42 45 47 49 52 56
2022-07-16	1	6th	20 22 27 37 42 56
2022-07-13	4	6th	3 15 18 19 37 56
2022-06-29	11	5th	3 10 23 25 56 59
2022-05-21	6	6th	5 14 31 38 48 56
2022-04-30	9	6th	5 17 30 35 41 56
2022-03-30	4	5th	1 16 24 40 56 59
2022-03-16	1	5th	34 42 48 51 56 59
2022-03-12	21	6th	12 19 22 34 50 56
2021-12-29	5	6th	10 13 14 15 27 56
2021-12-11	7	6th	16 27 28 36 45 56
2021-11-17	12	5th	5 13 25 27 56 58
2021-10-06	10	6th	14 16 17 28 37 56
2021-09-01	13	6th	4 30 37 51 54 56
2021-07-17	1	5th	30 34 46 47 56 58
2021-07-14	1	5th	2 20 33 50 56 58
2021-07-10	33	5th	4 6 7 27 56 59
2021-03-17	11	6th	13 21 25 36 39 56
2021-02-06	4	6th	10 27 31 36 49 56
2021-01-23	10	5th	28 44 45 52 56 57
2020-12-19	2	5th	1 9 14 21 56 57
2020-12-12	5	6th	7 13 16 29 33 56
2020-11-25	15	6th	33 41 45 50 54 56
2020-10-03	17	6th	19 20 24 42 44 56
2020-08-05	2	6th	7 9 20 29 36 56
2020-07-29	4	6th	12 17 21 29 48 56
2020-07-15	2	6th	2 7 18 28 33 56
2020-07-08	6	5th	25 27 42 45 56 58
2020-06-17	2	6th	10 16 21 30 31 56
2020-06-10	2	5th	23 46 50 52 56 59
2020-06-03	6	6th	24 27 46 54 55 56
2020-05-13	5	6th	1 33 41 42 43 56
2020-04-25	2	6th	15 27 29 49 50 56
2020-04-18	31	6th	1 19 29 36 45 56
2020-01-01	5	6th	13 14 28 50 51 56
2019-12-14	8	6th	14 21 36 38 42 56
2019-11-16	1	6th	31 34 35 47 48 56
2019-11-13	16	5th	4 19 20 28 56 58
2019-09-18	26	6th	8 18 21 23 29 56
2019-06-19	23	5th	14 23 24 50 56 58
2019-03-30	8	6th	18 25 43 51 52 56
2019-03-02	2	6th	6 10 15 50 52 56
2019-02-23	12	6th	10 20 33 40 54 56
2019-01-12	14	5th	5 21 30 48 56 57
2018-11-24	6	6th	1 10 14 17 46 56
2018-11-03	12	5th	15 30 40 42 56 59
2018-09-22	21	6th	1 2 15 17 27 56
2018-07-11	3	6th	8 30 32 35 45 56
2018-06-30	9	6th	9 15 21 35 49 56
2018-05-30	2	5th	1 25 36 40 56 57
2018-05-23	1	6th	12 18 19 41 54 56
2018-05-19	9	4th	3 38 41 56 57 59
2018-04-18	1	6th	10 27 28 29 51 56
2018-04-14	3	6th	5 12 23 27 30 56
2018-04-04	6	6th	19 23 32 35 38 56
2018-03-14	17	5th	15 40 49 53 56 57
2018-01-13	1	5th	30 46 47 48 56 59
2018-01-10	27	5th	7 11 29 43 56 59
2017-10-07	4	6th	3 6 29 37 53 56
2017-09-23	4	6th	7 24 37 40 50 56
2017-09-09	5	5th	2 14 19 54 56 58
2017-08-23	2	6th	9 23 34 37 52 56
2017-08-16	12	6th	12 13 27 54 55 56
2017-07-05	18	6th	18 19 21 30 54 56
2017-05-03	9	6th	40 41 51 52 53 56
2017-04-01	13	6th	1 4 16 25 29 56
2017-02-15	5	6th	1 3 10 24 35 56
2017-01-28	7	5th	2 3 18 35 56 58
2017-01-04	7	6th	10 19 29 30 33 56
2016-12-10	4	6th	10 18 30 44 50 56
2016-11-26	9	6th	6 16 22 25 31 56
2016-10-26	1	6th	18 22 41 45 49 56
2016-10-22	10	6th	14 26 30 35 50 56
2016-09-17	1	5th	12 13 21 50 56 58
2016-09-14	17	6th	5 17 18 32 37 56
2016-07-16	11	6th	14 21 27 36 53 56
2016-06-08	2	5th	2 16 22 44 56 59
2016-06-01	7	6th	9 13 15 25 38 56
2016-05-07	8	5th	5 12 18 33 56 57
2016-04-09	4	6th	3 19 23 42 45 56
2016-03-26	1	5th	13 24 44 48 56 59
2016-03-23	16	6th	4 8 15 29 40 56
2016-01-27	41	6th	10 36 46 48 54 56
2015-09-05	8	6th	8 12 13 29 43 56
2015-08-08	15	6th	6 21 27 41 43 56
2015-06-17	14	6th	2 4 18 39 55 56
2015-04-29	6	6th	13 20 33 52 54 56
2015-04-08	21	6th	14 39 41 48 55 56
2015-01-24	1	6th	3 6 30 41 45 56
2015-01-21	14	5th	12 19 35 41 56 58
2014-12-03	12	5th	1 27 42 54 56 58
2014-10-22	2	6th	10 13 21 35 43 56
2014-10-15	19	5th	2 6 25 35 56 59
2014-08-09	12	6th	4 17 18 34 39 56
2014-06-28	29	6th	15 28 49 50 53 56
2014-03-19	3	5th	4 12 30 55 56 59
2014-03-08	15	6th	2 10 15 31 34 56
2014-01-15	10	6th	12 25 45 50 55 56
2013-12-11	25	6th	1 8 15 17 26 56
2013-09-14	16	6th	4 10 27 46 52 56
2013-07-20	1	6th	8 24 43 45 54 56
2013-07-17	6	6th	25 29 40 41 49 56
2013-06-26	13	6th	7 19 23 44 45 56
2013-05-11	19	6th	14 25 42 47 51 56
2013-03-06	13	6th	2 13 22 30 47 56
2013-01-19	1	6th	4 7 11 44 54 56
2013-01-16	6	6th	6 15 22 30 42 56
2012-12-26	9	5th	6 12 14 32 56 59
2012-11-24	7	6th	20 31 33 41 48 56
2012-10-31	8	6th	12 15 32 44 51 56
2012-10-03	14	6th	22 24 37 45 52 56
2012-08-15	2	6th	5 21 44 45 51 56
2012-08-08	2	6th	7 9 27 44 46 56
2012-08-01	4	6th	1 5 7 32 55 56
2012-07-18	7	6th	19 25 37 51 55 56
2012-06-23	16	6th	1 11 14 26 28 56
2012-04-28	24	6th	3 32 40 46 50 56
2012-02-04	7	6th	3 6 33 36 51 56
2012-01-11	35	6th	20 33 49 51 52 56
2011-09-10	7	6th	6 8 11 35 38 56
2011-08-17	7	6th	18 20 34 37 42 56
2011-07-23	22	6th	2 39 41 53 54 56
2011-05-07	5	6th	13 15 20 28 36 56
2011-04-20	14	6th	8 16 17 29 39 56
2011-03-02	24	5th	1 5 40 44 56 57
2010-12-08	2	6th	8 15 21 28 53 56
2010-12-01	—	5th	15 24 27 55 56 58