Number 45

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

136times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.16σ

67draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number

18.5average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

96longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

45 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 136 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, +0.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 67 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 45, draw by draw

Drawn 136 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 18.5 draws · longest completed wait 96 · waiting 67 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 45 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 smallest9 · chance 9.6
2nd smallest54 · chance 42.2
3rd smallest52 · chance 58.6
4th smallest21 · chance 25.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 62 69 17 22 70

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, 45 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 36th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 45 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-05-06	4	2nd	7 45 52 54
2026-04-27	15	4th	9 25 34 45
2026-03-23	17	4th	14 26 30 45
2026-02-11	5	3rd	14 34 45 77
2026-01-31	4	2nd

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: 45 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-06-26	7	4th	1 24 33 45
2023-06-10	12	3rd	20 30 45 69
2023-05-13	31	2nd	22 45 67 76
2023-03-01	31	2nd	19 45 69 75
2022-12-19	4	2nd	32 45 60 67
2022-12-10	11	1st	45 63 65 77
2022-11-14	7	3rd	26 27 45 67
2022-10-29	33	4th	6 14 15 45
2022-08-13	9	4th	10 34 35 45
2022-07-23	17	3rd	12 24 45 61
2022-06-13	57	4th	22 32 44 45
2022-01-31	24	3rd	22 31 45 73
2021-12-06	46	2nd	44 45 49 50
2021-08-21	23	4th	8 9 13 45
2021-06-28	8	1st	45 58 72 74
2021-06-09	48	3rd	20 42 45 47
2021-02-17	40	4th	9 10 36 45
2020-11-16	29	2nd	17 45 51 68
2020-09-09	1	3rd	17 31 45 77
2020-09-07	6	2nd	15 45 63 70
2020-08-24	9	2nd	32 45 54 77
2020-08-03	6	2nd	28 45 46 50
2020-07-20	88	2nd	7 45 47 65
2019-12-28	34	2nd	1 45 55 65
2019-10-09	13	2nd	29 45 46 64
2019-09-09	5	2nd	9 45 59 71
2019-08-28	13	2nd	12 45 68 69
2019-07-29	11	2nd	19 45 58 61
2019-07-03	22	1st	45 47 51 62
2019-05-13	18	2nd	10 45 63 67
2019-04-01	4	3rd	2 31 45 74
2019-03-23	47	2nd	19 45 60 76
2018-12-03	1	4th	17 29 38 45
2018-12-01	11	3rd	5 7 45 65
2018-11-05	10	2nd	26 45 65 73
2018-10-13	6	2nd	13 45 56 58
2018-09-29	35	3rd	13 19 45 77
2018-07-09	3	2nd	35 45 55 70
2018-07-02	13	2nd	26 45 50 70
2018-06-02	5	3rd	3 11 45 62
2018-05-21	2	2nd	4 45 67 69
2018-05-16	3	3rd	43 44 45 63
2018-05-09	1	2nd	30 45 57 69
2018-05-07	8	2nd	26 45 50 62
2018-04-18	8	4th	7 16 43 45
2018-03-31	6	3rd	22 32 45 57
2018-03-17	8	3rd	17 29 45 70
2018-02-26	8	3rd	5 39 45 55
2018-02-07	28	3rd	26 34 45 51
2017-12-04	18	2nd	34 45 47 61
2017-10-23	96	4th	5 16 34 45
2017-03-13	7	4th	16 35 37 45
2017-02-25	16	2nd	20 45 48 73
2017-01-18	70	3rd	17 26 45 57
2016-08-08	28	3rd	14 20 45 68
2016-06-04	11	3rd	4 26 45 62
2016-05-09	1	3rd	16 29 45 72
2016-05-07	14	3rd	22 28 45 60
2016-04-04	3	3rd	5 13 45 62
2016-03-28	5	2nd	4 45 62 67
2016-03-16	6	2nd	21 45 48 75
2016-03-02	8	4th	12 33 42 45
2016-02-13	13	4th	3 29 35 45
2016-01-13	8	2nd	25 45 49 69
2015-12-26	4	2nd	19 45 62 72
2015-12-16	5	3rd	11 23 45 61
2015-12-05	2	1st	45 57 59 73
2015-11-30	1	2nd	20 45 60 76
2015-11-28	1	3rd	13 20 45 69
2015-11-25	41	4th	19 32 41 45
2015-08-22	17	3rd	35 40 45 49
2015-07-13	32	3rd	10 18 45 60
2015-04-29	11	3rd	12 15 45 55
2015-04-04	48	2nd	17 45 51 66
2014-12-13	22	4th	12 28 41 45
2014-10-22	2	1st	45 52 53 70
2014-10-18	18	3rd	16 35 45 73
2014-09-06	11	3rd	11 24 45 56
2014-08-11	6	3rd	4 31 45 65
2014-07-28	19	1st	45 51 60 65
2014-06-14	18	2nd	22 45 59 70
2014-05-03	7	4th	16 17 38 45
2014-04-16	1	2nd	27 45 61 65
2014-04-14	78	3rd	12 29 45 49
2013-10-14	27	2nd	38 45 57 66
2013-08-12	18	4th	10 35 38 45
2013-07-01	11	2nd	30 45 55 62
2013-06-05	7	3rd	1 32 45 46
2013-05-20	1	3rd	30 33 45 54
2013-05-18	7	4th	13 26 29 45
2013-05-01	42	3rd	9 22 45 70
2013-01-23	55	1st	45 61 73 74
2012-09-17	15	3rd	15 23 45 56
2012-08-13	5	2nd	11 45 58 61
2012-08-01	7	2nd	21 45 62 64
2012-07-16	7	2nd	28 45 64 71
2012-06-30	40	3rd	33 39 45 72
2012-03-26	48	3rd	8 41 45 63
2011-12-05	20	1st	45 59 63 70
2011-10-19	7	3rd	9 41 45 74
2011-10-03	24	2nd	29 45 50 56
2011-08-08	23	2nd	13 45 50 59
2011-06-15	9	3rd	3 26 45 70
2011-05-25	15	4th	23 41 43 45
2011-04-20	26	3rd	25 31 45 58
2011-02-19	43	3rd	33 36 45 64
2010-11-10	4	3rd	8 44 45 62
2010-11-01	31	2nd	20 45 51 71
2010-08-21	11	1st	45 55 71 72
2010-07-26	33	2nd	13 45 71 77
2010-05-10	1	2nd	1 45 66 69
2010-05-08	—	3rd	18 22 45 68