Number 46

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

116times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.62σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 95% for any number

22.3average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

100longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

46 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, −1.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 46, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 22.3 draws · longest completed wait 100 · 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 46 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 smallest8 · chance 7.4
2nd smallest35 · chance 34.5
3rd smallest56 · chance 50.6
4th smallest17 · chance 23.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

64 30 1 9 13 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.8 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 46 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 46 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-05	10	1st	46 49 58 66
2026-09-12	20	1st	46 50 51 60
2026-07-27	57	4th	8 11 40 46
2026-03-16	7	3rd	5 44 46 66
2026-02-28	11	3rd

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

2023-12-11	20	2nd	17 46 48 74
2023-10-25	28	4th	2 7 17 46
2023-08-21	25	2nd	26 46 60 72
2023-06-24	21	2nd	18 46 50 52
2023-05-06	21	4th	1 13 28 46
2023-03-18	22	2nd	34 46 57 73
2023-01-25	11	2nd	44 46 63 67
2022-12-31	4	3rd	2 28 46 71
2022-12-21	15	2nd	20 46 62 69
2022-11-16	49	2nd	38 46 56 76
2022-07-25	100	1st	46 49 53 64
2021-12-04	15	3rd	16 31 46 69
2021-10-30	57	1st	46 49 57 67
2021-06-19	18	4th	1 13 36 46
2021-05-08	1	4th	5 19 30 46
2021-05-05	26	3rd	10 25 46 73
2021-03-06	1	3rd	14 44 46 52
2021-03-03	8	1st	46 53 60 72
2021-02-13	83	3rd	15 43 46 75
2020-08-03	10	3rd	28 45 46 50
2020-07-11	2	3rd	31 34 46 59
2020-07-06	5	3rd	33 35 46 59
2020-06-24	34	3rd	15 39 46 64
2020-04-06	14	3rd	39 42 46 68
2020-03-04	1	3rd	16 18 46 58
2020-03-02	15	4th	2 23 38 46
2020-01-27	3	3rd	22 26 46 66
2020-01-20	26	3rd	9 25 46 60
2019-11-20	18	3rd	2 16 46 55
2019-10-09	26	3rd	29 45 46 64
2019-08-10	52	2nd	4 46 56 57
2019-04-10	38	2nd	41 46 49 51
2019-01-12	69	3rd	11 28 46 69
2018-08-04	61	4th	4 13 32 46
2018-03-14	11	2nd	32 46 63 64
2018-02-17	1	3rd	14 33 46 77
2018-02-14	25	3rd	12 31 46 53
2017-12-18	16	3rd	21 41 46 50
2017-11-11	1	3rd	9 29 46 56
2017-11-08	27	4th	10 14 41 46
2017-09-06	3	2nd	27 46 53 55
2017-08-30	8	3rd	13 31 46 69
2017-08-12	16	3rd	6 21 46 68
2017-07-05	37	3rd	4 14 46 47
2017-04-10	22	3rd	29 33 46 67
2017-02-18	35	4th	12 19 33 46
2016-11-28	9	3rd	30 33 46 49
2016-11-07	7	3rd	31 36 46 51
2016-10-22	1	3rd	13 38 46 64
2016-10-19	6	3rd	10 23 46 75
2016-10-05	1	2nd	18 46 47 50
2016-10-03	4	3rd	4 20 46 50
2016-09-24	46	2nd	33 46 72 75
2016-06-08	30	3rd	15 32 46 62
2016-03-30	61	3rd	1 42 46 64
2015-11-09	21	2nd	42 46 47 70
2015-09-21	41	2nd	14 46 74 75
2015-06-17	60	3rd	13 28 46 66
2015-01-28	13	2nd	40 46 53 70
2014-12-29	38	3rd	9 27 46 74
2014-10-01	3	1st	46 60 70 73
2014-09-24	7	2nd	26 46 65 73
2014-09-08	40	3rd	8 23 46 68
2014-06-07	21	3rd	28 41 46 47
2014-04-19	16	3rd	27 33 46 58
2014-03-12	4	4th	6 35 42 46
2014-03-03	51	4th	1 6 22 46
2013-11-04	45	3rd	8 9 46 74
2013-07-22	1	3rd	31 38 46 68
2013-07-20	1	2nd	38 46 55 58
2013-07-17	18	3rd	12 30 46 71
2013-06-05	33	4th	1 32 45 46
2013-03-20	14	3rd	35 44 46 70
2013-02-16	52	2nd	20 46 58 60
2012-10-17	3	2nd	21 46 61 76
2012-10-10	20	3rd	14 17 46 76
2012-08-25	15	1st	46 56 72 77
2012-07-21	19	2nd	19 46 70 76
2012-06-06	67	4th	6 22 23 46
2011-12-31	17	2nd	12 46 50 64
2011-11-21	7	2nd	17 46 55 63
2011-11-05	29	4th	5 30 38 46
2011-08-29	2	2nd	38 46 68 77
2011-08-24	31	2nd	30 46 48 62
2011-06-13	7	3rd	27 30 46 62
2011-05-28	3	3rd	12 16 46 55
2011-05-21	59	3rd	7 40 46 53
2011-01-03	45	3rd	9 41 46 62
2010-09-20	42	1st	46 51 62 76
2010-06-14	12	2nd	37 46 56 59
2010-05-17	6	2nd	10 46 58 77
2010-05-03	—	3rd	1 40 46 67