Number 4

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 4 from 1–77.

130times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.38σ

43draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

19.5average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

115longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 130 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, −0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 43 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 130 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 19.5 draws · longest completed wait 115 · waiting 43 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 smallest112 · chance 115.0
2nd smallest18 · chance 14.6
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.4
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

57 72 36 55 67 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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 77. 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
2026-07-01	108	1st	4 65 67 71
2025-10-22	1	1st	4 17 35 57
2025-10-20	3	1st	4 18 37 63
2025-10-13	8	1st	4 32 36 50
2025-09-24	23	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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-03-25	7	1st	4 26 55 62
2023-03-08	16	1st	4 44 52 54
2023-01-30	16	1st	4 5 68 77
2022-12-24	3	1st	4 10 48 70
2022-12-17	1	1st	4 40 57 77
2022-12-14	26	1st	4 22 24 68
2022-10-15	54	1st	4 12 13 52
2022-06-11	2	1st	4 13 14 37
2022-06-06	13	1st	4 7 44 62
2022-05-07	36	2nd	2 4 8 23
2022-02-12	8	1st	4 17 23 59
2022-01-24	14	1st	4 6 38 42
2021-12-22	29	2nd	2 4 33 43
2021-10-16	13	2nd	1 4 5 77
2021-09-15	14	1st	4 10 34 73
2021-08-14	3	2nd	3 4 54 57
2021-08-07	7	1st	4 6 37 69
2021-07-21	9	1st	4 11 42 55
2021-06-30	3	1st	4 73 74 75
2021-06-23	60	1st	4 7 48 67
2021-02-03	17	1st	4 11 33 43
2020-12-26	22	1st	4 23 36 68
2020-11-04	3	1st	4 31 38 59
2020-10-28	32	1st	4 31 41 72
2020-08-15	2	1st	4 15 33 55
2020-08-10	5	1st	4 10 52 69
2020-07-29	5	1st	4 29 32 77
2020-07-18	7	2nd	3 4 65 72
2020-07-01	35	1st	4 36 38 76
2020-04-11	4	1st	4 6 35 75
2020-04-01	10	1st	4 16 40 53
2020-03-09	35	1st	4 20 53 66
2019-12-18	1	2nd	3 4 32 56
2019-12-16	1	1st	4 12 49 58
2019-12-14	45	1st	4 29 47 66
2019-08-31	3	1st	4 27 39 62
2019-08-24	6	1st	4 7 13 17
2019-08-10	37	1st	4 46 56 57
2019-05-15	12	1st	4 26 39 50
2019-04-17	13	1st	4 12 23 76
2019-03-18	1	1st	4 6 60 66
2019-03-16	20	1st	4 17 19 38
2019-01-28	4	1st	4 29 38 70
2019-01-19	23	2nd	1 4 52 71
2018-11-26	1	2nd	1 4 30 73
2018-11-24	21	1st	4 9 47 49
2018-10-06	24	1st	4 34 49 56
2018-08-11	3	1st	4 17 43 55
2018-08-04	6	1st	4 13 32 46
2018-07-21	4	1st	4 17 47 74
2018-07-11	22	1st	4 19 56 63
2018-05-21	25	1st	4 45 67 69
2018-03-24	20	2nd	1 4 18 39
2018-02-05	79	2nd	2 4 26 68
2017-08-05	13	1st	4 12 23 55
2017-07-05	22	1st	4 14 46 47
2017-05-15	32	1st	4 22 30 54
2017-03-01	7	1st	4 10 36 52
2017-02-13	9	1st	4 32 36 75
2017-01-23	5	1st	4 14 27 69
2017-01-11	43	1st	4 56 57 67
2016-10-03	17	1st	4 20 46 50
2016-08-24	23	1st	4 49 57 72
2016-07-02	9	1st	4 32 58 61
2016-06-11	3	1st	4 5 14 16
2016-06-04	29	1st	4 26 45 62
2016-03-28	13	1st	4 45 62 67
2016-02-27	17	1st	4 22 37 39
2016-01-18	55	1st	4 5 19 72
2015-09-12	20	1st	4 12 44 59
2015-07-27	46	1st	4 5 12 14
2015-04-11	9	1st	4 35 65 67
2015-03-21	12	1st	4 25 38 73
2015-02-21	73	1st	4 6 37 64
2014-09-03	10	1st	4 18 42 76
2014-08-11	23	1st	4 31 45 65
2014-06-18	12	1st	4 11 36 62
2014-05-21	44	1st	4 8 22 44
2014-02-08	12	1st	4 49 65 77
2014-01-11	17	1st	4 66 72 75
2013-12-02	17	1st	4 36 49 61
2013-10-23	3	1st	4 7 57 64
2013-10-16	49	1st	4 10 34 72
2013-06-24	5	1st	4 22 42 76
2013-06-12	17	1st	4 36 37 52
2013-05-04	2	1st	4 35 68 72
2013-04-29	11	2nd	1 4 60 77
2013-04-03	4	1st	4 8 38 64
2013-03-25	9	2nd	2 4 55 67
2013-03-04	33	1st	4 14 43 63
2012-12-17	21	1st	4 36 51 60
2012-10-29	15	2nd	1 4 52 53
2012-09-24	25	1st	4 15 21 70
2012-07-28	2	1st	4 53 57 75
2012-07-23	12	1st	4 19 21 72
2012-06-25	13	1st	4 47 57 72
2012-05-26	41	1st	4 24 64 72
2012-02-18	18	1st	4 6 33 73
2012-01-07	11	1st	4 6 55 58
2011-12-12	115	1st	4 34 42 69
2011-03-19	13	1st	4 33 62 73
2011-02-16	6	1st	4 48 55 67
2011-02-02	42	1st	4 35 50 77
2010-10-27	6	2nd	3 4 9 50
2010-10-13	60	1st	4 13 55 76
2010-05-26	—	1st	4 8 63 74