Number 51

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

141times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.60σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

18.4average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

110longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

51 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 141 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 51, draw by draw

Drawn 141 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 18.4 draws · longest completed wait 110 · waiting 4 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 51 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 smallest11 · chance 5.2
2nd smallest35 · chance 32.6
3rd smallest55 · chance 63.9
4th smallest40 · chance 39.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

74 6 34 41 57 60

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 51 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 51 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	9	2nd	21 51 63 68
2026-09-12	5	3rd	46 50 51 60
2026-08-31	30	1st	51 68 69 72
2026-06-22	17	3rd	6 10 51 74
2026-05-13	13	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: 51 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-11	1	4th	10 16 36 51
2024-11-09	31	4th	8 40 41 51
2024-08-28	12	4th	6 44 50 51
2024-07-31	31	2nd	12 51 53 77
2024-05-20	6	2nd	34 51 52 74
2024-05-06	4	3rd	23 46 51 59
2024-04-27	8	1st	51 60 67 76
2024-04-08	35	1st	51 58 71 74
2024-01-17	70	4th	37 42 44 51
2023-08-07	29	4th	4 27 35 51
2023-05-31	13	3rd	1 35 51 72
2023-05-01	10	4th	8 13 28 51
2023-04-08	12	2nd	1 51 60 71
2023-03-11	6	2nd	29 51 70 71
2023-02-25	7	3rd	24 41 51 66
2023-02-08	10	2nd	40 51 63 76
2023-01-16	110	1st	51 54 63 69
2022-05-04	27	3rd	1 41 51 74
2022-03-02	48	2nd	49 51 58 64
2021-11-10	6	3rd	7 24 51 55
2021-10-27	12	4th	2 15 30 51
2021-09-29	14	4th	19 23 41 51
2021-08-28	10	3rd	32 36 51 60
2021-08-04	2	2nd	18 51 57 72
2021-07-31	17	4th	21 26 49 51
2021-06-21	6	1st	51 57 62 74
2021-06-07	11	3rd	39 42 51 65
2021-05-12	70	4th	6 17 34 51
2020-11-30	6	2nd	7 51 58 66
2020-11-16	1	3rd	17 45 51 68
2020-11-14	1	3rd	12 22 51 56
2020-11-11	70	2nd	50 51 70 74
2020-06-01	10	4th	2 12 32 51
2020-05-09	39	4th	5 26 33 51
2020-02-08	1	1st	51 60 71 75
2020-02-05	1	3rd	2 6 51 70
2020-02-03	1	2nd	42 51 57 65
2020-02-01	61	3rd	5 8 51 74
2019-09-11	9	4th	14 21 33 51
2019-08-21	21	1st	51 59 61 69
2019-07-03	12	3rd	45 47 51 62
2019-06-05	24	2nd	19 51 52 62
2019-04-10	48	4th	41 46 49 51
2018-12-19	5	4th	11 21 27 51
2018-12-08	13	3rd	20 28 51 56
2018-11-07	3	2nd	47 51 54 76
2018-10-31	12	4th	22 23 31 51
2018-10-03	1	2nd	3 51 68 75
2018-10-01	9	4th	27 30 50 51
2018-09-10	18	3rd	13 19 51 65
2018-07-30	31	4th	1 16 19 51
2018-05-19	43	4th	3 8 18 51
2018-02-07	2	4th	26 34 45 51
2018-02-03	6	3rd	3 34 51 75
2018-01-20	15	2nd	20 51 56 67
2017-12-16	58	3rd	2 13 51 59
2017-08-02	8	3rd	16 41 51 67
2017-07-15	43	2nd	44 51 60 77
2017-04-05	44	4th	18 25 48 51
2016-12-24	20	4th	3 23 35 51
2016-11-07	4	4th	31 36 46 51
2016-10-29	25	2nd	34 51 69 71
2016-08-31	14	3rd	14 27 51 56
2016-07-30	13	3rd	3 36 51 58
2016-06-29	15	4th	14 22 37 51
2016-05-25	14	1st	51 57 62 70
2016-04-23	78	3rd	36 41 51 52
2015-10-24	11	3rd	5 30 51 67
2015-09-28	13	3rd	17 29 51 58
2015-08-29	29	3rd	20 27 51 69
2015-06-22	9	4th	5 17 34 51
2015-06-01	16	3rd	10 37 51 77
2015-04-25	4	4th	14 23 49 51
2015-04-15	5	3rd	17 23 51 59
2015-04-04	25	3rd	17 45 51 66
2015-02-04	1	3rd	26 34 51 63
2015-02-02	81	3rd	15 37 51 63
2014-07-28	20	2nd	45 51 60 65
2014-06-11	11	2nd	14 51 68 73
2014-05-17	4	3rd	20 24 51 52
2014-05-07	23	4th	31 43 47 51
2014-03-15	2	3rd	9 48 51 65
2014-03-10	4	3rd	21 22 51 73
2014-03-01	48	4th	5 40 41 51
2013-11-09	13	4th	6 30 33 51
2013-10-09	1	1st	51 64 74 77
2013-10-07	4	3rd	13 42 51 72
2013-09-28	22	2nd	2 51 54 57
2013-08-07	17	3rd	11 39 51 70
2013-06-29	31	4th	35 40 42 51
2013-04-17	52	1st	51 57 71 77
2012-12-17	2	3rd	4 36 51 60
2012-12-12	14	4th	16 23 30 51
2012-11-10	26	4th	24 31 32 51
2012-09-10	28	3rd	18 32 51 77
2012-07-07	6	3rd	3 14 51 66
2012-06-23	38	3rd	7 26 51 55
2012-03-24	23	4th	7 12 33 51
2012-01-30	9	2nd	9 51 61 68
2012-01-09	10	2nd	1 51 54 59
2011-12-17	44	4th	11 15 18 51
2011-09-05	2	3rd	26 35 51 65
2011-08-31	21	4th	2 5 44 51
2011-07-13	7	4th	32 35 40 51
2011-06-27	8	2nd	11 51 72 74
2011-06-08	22	3rd	6 30 51 52
2011-04-18	16	2nd	15 51 53 70
2011-03-12	2	2nd	13 51 54 65
2011-03-07	42	3rd	10 49 51 54
2010-11-29	4	3rd	6 30 51 52
2010-11-20	8	3rd	9 12 51 70
2010-11-01	5	3rd	20 45 51 71
2010-10-20	13	2nd	12 51 59 70
2010-09-20	16	2nd	46 51 62 76
2010-08-14	52	4th	9 23 34 51
2010-04-14	1	2nd	9 51 57 63
2010-04-12	—	3rd	17 42 51 58