Number 4

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 6 from 1–48.

330times drawn · chance expected 323 +0.41σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 34% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

53longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 330 times in 2,585 draws against 323.1 expected, +0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 330 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 53 · 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 4 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest236 · chance 233.6
2nd smallest87 · chance 87.6
3rd smallest7 · chance 8.5
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 5 46 41 48 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 4 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 48. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-21	14	2nd	1 4 13 26 30 46
2026-08-19	2	1st	4 15 33 34 38 48
2026-08-15	1	1st	4 18 41 44 47 48
2026-08-12	14	1st

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: 4 is drawn with probability 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-02	18	1st	4 11 18 20 41 48
2025-05-21	3	1st	4 7 11 17 23 36
2025-05-14	6	1st	4 18 23 24 27 47
2025-04-30	6	1st	4 7 17 19 29 33
2025-04-16	10	2nd	2 4 19 31 42 44
2025-03-24	18	2nd	1 4 22 24 26 42
2025-02-10	3	2nd	1 4 8 36 39 46
2025-02-03	2	1st	4 10 12 15 30 31
2025-01-29	3	1st	4 8 17 29 32 37
2025-01-22	9	1st	4 18 25 29 30 44
2025-01-01	18	1st	4 6 22 23 40 42
2024-11-20	4	1st	4 5 11 17 29 46
2024-11-11	9	2nd	2 4 8 20 31 48
2024-10-21	2	1st	4 20 21 44 46 48
2024-10-16	12	1st	4 19 23 29 43 46
2024-09-18	12	1st	4 9 11 38 39 44
2024-08-21	9	1st	4 6 8 31 47 48
2024-07-31	5	2nd	2 4 8 17 23 41
2024-07-20	2	1st	4 13 21 29 44 45
2024-07-15	4	1st	4 10 21 23 36 47
2024-07-06	13	1st	4 8 9 23 24 26
2024-06-05	3	1st	4 11 13 31 35 36
2024-05-29	9	1st	4 13 19 27 30 33
2024-05-08	19	2nd	3 4 5 15 35 47
2024-03-25	9	1st	4 5 12 27 31 32
2024-03-04	2	1st	4 13 14 21 22 26
2024-02-28	13	1st	4 5 15 16 20 28
2024-01-29	6	1st	4 9 10 19 26 41
2024-01-15	1	1st	4 9 10 28 29 39
2024-01-13	1	1st	4 16 21 23 37 43
2024-01-10	2	1st	4 5 12 13 46 48
2024-01-06	8	1st	4 10 14 40 43 45
2023-12-18	1	1st	4 7 34 38 42 47
2023-12-16	4	1st	4 9 33 34 43 45
2023-12-06	32	2nd	3 4 30 38 44 45
2023-09-23	4	1st	4 5 11 16 20 42
2023-09-13	1	1st	4 10 29 31 37 41
2023-09-11	7	1st	4 21 24 26 32 41
2023-08-26	8	2nd	1 4 17 20 30 38
2023-08-07	12	1st	4 5 25 29 30 35
2023-07-10	3	1st	4 12 23 27 29 42
2023-07-03	1	1st	4 8 10 14 18 37
2023-07-01	4	1st	4 7 13 17 26 39
2023-06-21	2	1st	4 5 18 22 25 40
2023-06-17	15	1st	4 5 7 10 15 40
2023-05-13	4	2nd	2 4 7 12 38 46
2023-05-03	8	3rd	1 2 4 7 24 26
2023-04-15	13	2nd	2 4 5 10 36 46
2023-03-15	19	1st	4 6 23 29 33 36
2023-01-30	12	1st	4 10 11 16 18 35
2023-01-02	9	1st	4 16 24 25 39 41
2022-12-12	5	1st	4 8 29 30 33 36
2022-11-30	5	1st	4 16 17 22 32 39
2022-11-19	4	1st	4 5 12 22 23 34
2022-11-09	4	1st	4 6 26 36 37 47
2022-10-31	7	1st	4 8 20 22 26 34
2022-10-15	5	2nd	2 4 7 21 28 43
2022-10-03	2	1st	4 17 23 32 38 40
2022-09-28	2	1st	4 20 29 40 41 44
2022-09-24	2	1st	4 19 27 35 36 43
2022-09-19	3	2nd	3 4 18 28 29 45
2022-09-12	6	2nd	1 4 11 16 25 47
2022-08-29	2	1st	4 11 17 27 43 46
2022-08-24	9	2nd	3 4 8 23 29 39
2022-08-03	1	2nd	3 4 5 25 34 44
2022-08-01	9	1st	4 9 24 28 35 43
2022-07-11	8	1st	4 10 18 31 37 41
2022-06-22	8	2nd	1 4 12 23 31 44
2022-06-04	5	2nd	1 4 6 25 33 44
2022-05-23	23	3rd	2 3 4 20 33 38
2022-03-30	29	1st	4 19 22 37 44 46
2022-01-22	9	1st	4 14 21 38 44 46
2022-01-01	8	2nd	1 4 20 23 40 46
2021-12-13	7	1st	4 7 16 18 27 33
2021-11-27	5	1st	4 6 7 16 24 41
2021-11-15	9	1st	4 11 14 18 22 48
2021-10-25	9	2nd	2 4 7 18 30 33
2021-10-04	3	1st	4 12 14 28 40 42
2021-09-27	17	1st	4 8 11 13 26 34
2021-08-18	18	2nd	2 4 7 9 29 44
2021-07-07	6	1st	4 8 11 14 21 31
2021-06-23	12	2nd	1 4 19 27 30 37
2021-05-26	9	2nd	1 4 12 18 19 48
2021-05-05	6	1st	4 12 15 36 41 44
2021-04-21	1	2nd	1 4 10 22 37 44
2021-04-19	12	1st	4 8 14 18 26 44
2021-03-22	5	1st	4 11 16 18 27 46
2021-03-10	11	1st	4 8 30 38 40 41
2021-02-13	3	1st	4 25 26 38 40 44
2021-02-06	1	2nd	3 4 11 18 37 41
2021-02-03	14	1st	4 13 15 18 37 38
2021-01-02	4	2nd	1 4 7 27 46 47
2020-12-23	6	1st	4 14 17 30 32 42
2020-12-09	7	1st	4 33 36 37 38 45
2020-11-23	3	2nd	3 4 7 33 40 48
2020-11-16	10	2nd	2 4 10 35 39 48
2020-10-24	19	1st	4 12 35 36 42 45
2020-09-09	3	1st	4 13 16 23 40 44
2020-09-02	10	1st	4 9 22 30 40 48
2020-08-10	15	1st	4 15 21 38 43 48
2020-07-06	10	2nd	3 4 7 13 20 22
2020-06-13	2	1st	4 7 11 32 33 35
2020-06-08	9	1st	4 11 18 33 38 44
2020-05-18	11	1st	4 11 31 35 37 45
2020-04-22	5	1st	4 22 27 29 38 47
2020-04-11	4	1st	4 5 14 19 45 46
2020-04-01	13	1st	4 7 8 24 35 44
2020-03-02	3	1st	4 23 26 45 46 47
2020-02-24	6	1st	4 21 24 35 41 47
2020-02-10	20	1st	4 22 26 35 38 39
2019-12-25	5	1st	4 12 13 26 28 31
2019-12-14	4	1st	4 5 6 26 37 45
2019-12-04	2	1st	4 8 14 38 39 48
2019-11-30	17	2nd	1 4 10 21 22 32
2019-10-21	1	1st	4 17 18 41 43 47
2019-10-19	10	1st	4 13 25 32 33 39
2019-09-25	10	1st	4 8 12 19 38 40
2019-09-02	9	3rd	2 3 4 20 42 44
2019-08-12	1	1st	4 11 23 38 45 47
2019-08-10	32	1st	4 5 18 31 32 38
2019-05-27	12	1st	4 5 16 31 33 45
2019-04-29	10	1st	4 6 24 29 38 44
2019-04-06	24	1st	4 6 17 18 28 42
2019-02-09	7	1st	4 7 12 14 30 41
2019-01-23	5	1st	4 5 10 32 45 47
2019-01-12	15	1st	4 8 15 23 33 46
2018-12-08	14	1st	4 6 8 15 17 35
2018-11-05	6	2nd	2 4 13 14 22 36
2018-10-22	24	1st	4 13 14 18 38 41
2018-08-27	1	2nd	3 4 22 25 28 48
2018-08-25	6	1st	4 14 28 39 41 46
2018-08-11	4	1st	4 8 9 15 20 43
2018-08-01	1	2nd	3 4 8 9 21 46
2018-07-30	1	1st	4 14 34 41 44 46
2018-07-28	1	1st	4 9 19 29 38 46
2018-07-25	3	1st	4 20 22 31 34 43
2018-07-18	3	1st	4 20 23 24 28 42
2018-07-11	5	1st	4 10 20 28 32 48
2018-06-30	9	1st	4 10 12 31 45 48
2018-06-09	5	1st	4 5 9 18 28 41
2018-05-28	2	2nd	2 4 12 16 28 44
2018-05-23	6	1st	4 6 11 16 25 36
2018-05-09	16	2nd	1 4 15 26 27 37
2018-04-02	3	2nd	2 4 13 18 23 48
2018-03-26	11	2nd	3 4 13 20 38 47
2018-02-28	7	1st	4 21 29 30 44 48
2018-02-12	9	1st	4 10 21 26 37 41
2018-01-22	1	1st	4 6 15 21 31 43
2018-01-20	4	1st	4 11 20 28 31 36
2018-01-10	1	2nd	3 4 7 20 28 39
2018-01-08	7	1st	4 13 15 24 30 44
2017-12-23	2	1st	4 10 17 38 43 46
2017-12-18	25	1st	4 9 15 29 33 46
2017-10-21	1	1st	4 14 19 35 40 43
2017-10-18	17	2nd	3 4 13 14 25 38
2017-09-09	16	2nd	1 4 13 21 30 37
2017-08-02	7	1st	4 13 19 27 28 39
2017-07-17	1	2nd	3 4 29 32 40 46
2017-07-15	3	1st	4 17 21 26 41 47
2017-07-08	28	1st	4 9 11 13 37 47
2017-05-03	5	2nd	1 4 7 12 29 38
2017-04-22	6	2nd	2 4 8 31 33 38
2017-04-08	5	1st	4 5 8 13 36 47
2017-03-27	26	1st	4 16 27 28 31 37
2017-01-25	7	1st	4 6 7 18 37 47
2017-01-09	2	2nd	1 4 6 15 20 36
2017-01-04	19	1st	4 31 40 41 45 48
2016-11-21	4	1st	4 9 19 31 35 47
2016-11-12	2	1st	4 9 18 19 25 42
2016-11-07	4	1st	4 12 28 33 41 42
2016-10-29	3	1st	4 5 8 25 29 37
2016-10-22	13	2nd	1 4 16 22 29 33
2016-09-21	8	1st	4 16 21 25 35 48
2016-09-03	1	2nd	2 4 16 17 37 48
2016-08-31	4	1st	4 6 15 21 38 40
2016-08-22	20	1st	4 27 31 33 43 45
2016-07-06	4	2nd	2 4 24 27 32 48
2016-06-27	4	1st	4 6 19 20 37 47
2016-06-18	3	1st	4 8 22 39 41 45
2016-06-11	4	2nd	3 4 10 41 43 46
2016-06-01	1	1st	4 16 18 20 39 46
2016-05-30	2	1st	4 12 29 32 43 46
2016-05-25	8	2nd	3 4 23 32 38 41
2016-05-07	5	1st	4 15 19 24 28 30
2016-04-25	2	2nd	1 4 5 10 15 33
2016-04-20	2	1st	4 19 24 26 34 35
2016-04-16	14	2nd	2 4 6 7 43 46
2016-03-14	5	1st	4 5 10 17 32 37
2016-03-02	11	1st	4 8 11 27 42 43
2016-02-06	6	1st	4 23 24 30 34 48
2016-01-23	34	2nd	3 4 27 39 41 48
2015-11-04	2	1st	4 9 21 26 42 45
2015-10-31	5	1st	4 5 16 17 38 46
2015-10-19	6	1st	4 5 16 17 27 32
2015-10-05	3	1st	4 19 23 27 31 39
2015-09-28	3	2nd	1 4 8 16 29 32
2015-09-21	9	3rd	1 2 4 12 30 34
2015-08-31	1	1st	4 13 19 29 32 48
2015-08-29	8	2nd	3 4 6 20 35 46
2015-08-10	4	1st	4 24 40 42 45 46
2015-08-01	35	1st	4 13 29 35 38 48
2015-05-11	4	1st	4 9 23 27 28 45
2015-05-02	12	1st	4 9 24 32 46 47
2015-04-04	9	1st	4 13 17 38 39 41
2015-03-14	4	2nd	1 4 5 14 30 47
2015-03-04	1	1st	4 5 18 22 33 36
2015-03-02	19	1st	4 7 11 37 39 44
2015-01-17	3	1st	4 8 23 24 26 36
2015-01-10	10	1st	4 9 13 15 33 35
2014-12-17	5	2nd	3 4 17 31 33 37
2014-12-06	12	1st	4 32 39 40 45 46
2014-11-08	17	2nd	3 4 12 31 33 34
2014-09-29	21	1st	4 5 23 36 41 44
2014-08-11	10	1st	4 6 12 22 38 48
2014-07-19	8	2nd	3 4 7 15 21 41
2014-06-30	30	2nd	2 4 13 23 25 47
2014-04-21	3	1st	4 8 9 37 38 47
2014-04-14	1	1st	4 9 20 25 30 44
2014-04-12	7	1st	4 5 7 19 20 21
2014-03-26	11	1st	4 15 29 39 40 47
2014-03-01	3	1st	4 24 32 34 38 47
2014-02-22	14	1st	4 7 11 17 20 43
2014-01-20	13	1st	4 13 20 24 29 41
2013-12-21	1	1st	4 7 32 34 40 45
2013-12-18	5	2nd	3 4 9 11 44 48
2013-12-07	2	1st	4 5 19 32 33 36
2013-12-02	19	2nd	3 4 5 10 13 31
2013-10-19	4	1st	4 6 9 11 28 32
2013-10-09	6	2nd	3 4 6 10 34 43
2013-09-25	7	1st	4 9 10 21 29 40
2013-09-09	4	2nd	3 4 26 33 46 48
2013-08-31	7	2nd	3 4 5 14 19 25
2013-08-14	12	1st	4 8 10 13 43 45
2013-07-17	5	2nd	2 4 12 26 37 38
2013-07-06	7	1st	4 5 14 27 31 46
2013-06-19	3	2nd	1 4 8 19 27 29
2013-06-12	16	1st	4 18 20 24 41 42
2013-05-06	9	1st	4 11 14 30 40 46
2013-04-15	2	1st	4 5 12 18 38 47
2013-04-10	1	1st	4 7 17 34 35 41
2013-04-08	13	1st	4 9 23 30 41 43
2013-03-09	12	2nd	2 4 13 14 39 42
2013-02-09	5	2nd	1 4 5 15 23 45
2013-01-28	13	2nd	2 4 11 12 43 48
2012-12-29	1	1st	4 6 11 12 43 44
2012-12-26	11	1st	4 7 15 17 37 46
2012-12-01	7	2nd	2 4 14 21 32 35
2012-11-14	4	1st	4 8 13 32 39 46
2012-11-05	8	1st	4 7 16 25 35 40
2012-10-17	15	2nd	2 4 5 7 15 42
2012-09-12	2	1st	4 6 11 24 39 48
2012-09-08	15	1st	4 28 30 39 42 47
2012-08-04	2	1st	4 5 18 20 32 47
2012-07-30	12	1st	4 13 17 34 40 48
2012-07-02	6	1st	4 8 10 17 22 37
2012-06-18	6	1st	4 9 11 19 23 39
2012-06-04	7	1st	4 7 30 36 38 42
2012-05-19	15	1st	4 6 17 20 34 38
2012-04-11	2	1st	4 5 19 39 40 43
2012-04-07	4	1st	4 18 28 40 47 48
2012-03-28	1	1st	4 7 12 22 32 45
2012-03-26	4	1st	4 5 7 16 35 47
2012-03-17	9	3rd	1 3 4 5 25 28
2012-02-25	18	1st	4 5 8 19 22 31
2012-01-14	2	3rd	1 2 4 5 19 45
2012-01-09	9	1st	4 18 20 24 41 45
2011-12-19	10	1st	4 20 30 32 37 46
2011-11-26	6	2nd	3 4 12 18 22 37
2011-11-12	6	1st	4 5 10 21 22 38
2011-10-29	9	1st	4 12 19 20 37 43
2011-10-08	3	1st	4 8 10 17 38 45
2011-10-01	1	1st	4 7 27 35 46 47
2011-09-28	1	2nd	2 4 16 26 33 40
2011-09-26	8	1st	4 9 17 25 28 31
2011-09-07	1	1st	4 6 10 15 32 33
2011-09-05	11	2nd	3 4 13 16 18 38
2011-08-10	1	2nd	2 4 5 28 30 33
2011-08-08	10	1st	4 9 10 11 13 20
2011-07-16	16	1st	4 11 14 26 29 31
2011-06-08	28	2nd	3 4 11 22 23 29
2011-04-04	2	1st	4 5 21 38 41 46
2011-03-30	13	1st	4 7 12 20 24 42
2011-02-28	1	1st	4 11 24 31 35 41
2011-02-26	3	2nd	3 4 13 21 25 42
2011-02-19	5	1st	4 12 17 20 28 45
2011-02-07	1	1st	4 10 23 32 34 36
2011-02-05	4	1st	4 14 18 26 34 47
2011-01-26	2	1st	4 8 9 15 23 35
2011-01-22	1	1st	4 6 17 25 32 44
2011-01-19	53	1st	4 13 21 38 39 45
2010-09-18	10	1st	4 13 19 24 26 28
2010-08-25	8	1st	4 7 11 14 31 40
2010-08-07	6	1st	4 6 16 23 33 48
2010-07-24	1	1st	4 22 37 38 40 47
2010-07-21	1	1st	4 16 17 19 26 31
2010-07-19	1	1st	4 10 29 31 42 45
2010-07-17	3	1st	4 6 11 21 29 41
2010-07-10	8	1st	4 15 18 30 36 42
2010-06-21	1	3rd	2 3 4 24 40 48
2010-06-19	1	1st	4 8 11 18 22 42
2010-06-16	4	2nd	2 4 19 37 38 41
2010-06-07	7	2nd	3 4 5 15 25 26
2010-05-22	6	1st	4 12 17 31 41 48
2010-05-08	4	1st	4 11 17 30 42 44
2010-04-28	9	2nd	1 4 24 32 38 42
2010-04-07	—	2nd	1 4 8 12 30 48