Number 49

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

129times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.47σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

20.1average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

106longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

49 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 129 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −0.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 49, draw by draw

Drawn 129 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 20.1 draws · longest completed wait 106 · waiting 3 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 49 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 smallest7 · chance 6.0
2nd smallest26 · chance 33.3
3rd smallest70 · chance 58.0
4th smallest26 · chance 31.7

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.

52 13 4 17 20 25

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 76 numbers; chance expects about 0.5 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 49 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 49 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-05	43	2nd	46 49 58 66
2026-06-27	5	3rd	10 36 49 52
2026-06-15	28	3rd	28 35 49 73
2026-04-11	9	3rd	8 39 49 54
2026-03-21	51	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: 49 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-04	28	2nd	37 49 52 67
2023-08-30	16	3rd	1 20 49 55
2023-07-24	15	1st	49 52 56 60
2023-06-19	22	3rd	20 27 49 69
2023-04-29	10	3rd	34 40 49 52
2023-04-05	37	4th	4 28 32 49
2023-01-09	67	4th	14 18 19 49
2022-08-06	5	1st	49 62 75 76
2022-07-25	3	2nd	46 49 53 64
2022-07-18	22	4th	5 16 40 49
2022-05-28	35	3rd	18 26 49 72
2022-03-07	2	3rd	3 21 49 68
2022-03-02	37	1st	49 51 58 64
2021-12-06	16	3rd	44 45 49 50
2021-10-30	39	2nd	46 49 57 67
2021-07-31	7	3rd	21 26 49 51
2021-07-14	21	2nd	33 49 52 77
2021-05-26	19	4th	1 19 21 49
2021-04-12	3	3rd	9 13 49 57
2021-04-05	15	2nd	3 49 58 62
2021-03-01	18	3rd	23 28 49 68
2021-01-18	19	2nd	30 49 61 74
2020-12-05	24	3rd	14 27 49 74
2020-10-10	22	3rd	5 24 49 75
2020-08-19	3	2nd	28 49 55 73
2020-08-12	2	4th	6 12 36 49
2020-08-08	56	3rd	19 29 49 76
2020-03-30	45	3rd	21 42 49 63
2019-12-16	2	3rd	4 12 49 58
2019-12-11	19	2nd	28 49 56 60
2019-10-28	41	4th	11 38 47 49
2019-07-24	16	3rd	24 41 49 69
2019-06-17	7	3rd	15 42 49 58
2019-06-01	16	3rd	3 39 49 74
2019-04-24	6	3rd	26 31 49 76
2019-04-10	2	3rd	41 46 49 51
2019-04-06	57	2nd	39 49 59 60
2018-11-24	21	4th	4 9 47 49
2018-10-06	20	3rd	4 34 49 56
2018-08-20	10	1st	49 53 56 76
2018-07-28	4	3rd	14 17 49 55
2018-07-18	6	3rd	3 13 49 75
2018-07-04	3	3rd	23 40 49 64
2018-06-27	24	4th	6 10 26 49
2018-05-02	3	2nd	12 49 67 69
2018-04-25	26	3rd	35 43 49 64
2018-02-24	6	4th	26 29 44 49
2018-02-10	10	3rd	13 40 49 63
2018-01-17	2	4th	6 33 40 49
2018-01-13	4	3rd	20 38 49 75
2018-01-03	2	2nd	28 49 55 59
2017-12-30	8	2nd	36 49 55 71
2017-12-11	23	3rd	10 38 49 64
2017-10-18	15	3rd	13 20 49 76
2017-09-13	1	3rd	15 29 49 64
2017-09-11	41	3rd	1 44 49 73
2017-06-07	3	2nd	1 49 56 73
2017-05-31	15	3rd	30 39 49 70
2017-04-26	22	1st	49 63 71 77
2017-03-06	40	2nd	13 49 64 70
2016-12-03	2	3rd	8 19 49 52
2016-11-28	41	4th	30 33 46 49
2016-08-24	27	2nd	4 49 57 72
2016-06-22	21	4th	10 16 29 49
2016-05-04	34	2nd	12 49 52 54
2016-02-15	6	2nd	25 49 56 64
2016-02-01	8	4th	11 17 18 49
2016-01-13	62	3rd	25 45 49 69
2015-08-22	10	4th	35 40 45 49
2015-07-29	28	3rd	28 37 49 52
2015-05-25	1	3rd	24 41 49 57
2015-05-23	3	3rd	17 23 49 68
2015-05-16	9	3rd	8 16 49 71
2015-04-25	26	3rd	14 23 49 51
2015-02-23	16	4th	5 9 10 49
2015-01-17	9	3rd	42 47 49 72
2014-12-27	12	4th	3 12 30 49
2014-11-29	61	3rd	1 34 49 74
2014-07-09	31	3rd	13 38 49 62
2014-04-28	3	2nd	28 49 75 77
2014-04-21	3	4th	16 18 33 49
2014-04-14	9	4th	12 29 45 49
2014-03-24	19	3rd	39 44 49 54
2014-02-08	29	2nd	4 49 65 77
2013-12-02	44	3rd	4 36 49 61
2013-08-21	104	2nd	36 49 69 76
2012-12-22	27	3rd	9 14 49 57
2012-10-20	106	3rd	25 31 49 74
2012-02-13	39	4th	17 43 48 49
2011-11-14	17	4th	11 31 33 49
2011-10-05	17	3rd	25 44 49 60
2011-08-27	10	1st	49 62 67 77
2011-08-03	6	3rd	18 27 49 59
2011-07-20	13	3rd	6 27 49 70
2011-06-20	19	3rd	7 20 49 54
2011-05-07	26	3rd	5 20 49 54
2011-03-07	35	2nd	10 49 51 54
2010-12-15	6	4th	14 16 30 49
2010-12-01	29	3rd	15 31 49 60
2010-09-25	7	4th	11 17 36 49
2010-09-08	5	4th	2 17 32 49
2010-08-28	45	3rd	21 25 49 56
2010-05-15	4	3rd	1 25 49 71
2010-05-05	4	4th	10 13 31 49
2010-04-26	—	3rd	20 25 49 54