Number 52

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

149times drawn · chance expected 134 +1.30σ

46draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

17.1average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

107longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

52 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 149 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +1.30σ. Each draw is independent: after 46 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 52, draw by draw

Drawn 149 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 17.1 draws · longest completed wait 107 · waiting 46 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 52 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 4.9
2nd smallest26 · chance 32.4
3rd smallest70 · chance 67.6
4th smallest45 · chance 44.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 37 49 11 19 53

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 52 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 52 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-06-27	3	4th	10 36 49 52
2026-06-20	19	4th	28 33 47 52
2026-05-06	8	3rd	7 45 52 54
2026-04-18	21	2nd	33 52 67 73
2026-02-28	9	4th

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

2023-08-16	10	3rd	26 39 52 66
2023-07-24	13	2nd	49 52 56 60
2023-06-24	11	4th	18 46 50 52
2023-05-29	2	3rd	40 42 52 71
2023-05-24	11	4th	13 32 44 52
2023-04-29	19	4th	34 40 49 52
2023-03-15	3	3rd	11 38 52 54
2023-03-08	62	3rd	4 44 52 54
2022-10-15	16	4th	4 12 13 52
2022-09-07	13	3rd	33 50 52 73
2022-08-08	8	3rd	21 41 52 58
2022-07-20	4	3rd	2 22 52 63
2022-07-11	6	3rd	6 36 52 62
2022-06-27	10	3rd	16 33 52 74
2022-06-04	9	4th	15 34 43 52
2022-05-14	6	4th	18 28 37 52
2022-04-30	12	2nd	31 52 60 76
2022-04-02	4	2nd	18 52 53 72
2022-03-23	5	4th	9 17 37 52
2022-03-12	7	3rd	30 37 52 64
2022-02-23	2	3rd	20 27 52 62
2022-02-19	10	2nd	5 52 62 72
2022-01-26	7	1st	52 64 66 71
2022-01-10	4	4th	32 35 40 52
2022-01-01	41	2nd	28 52 55 70
2021-09-27	10	4th	34 39 44 52
2021-09-04	1	3rd	6 26 52 64
2021-09-01	21	4th	1 11 40 52
2021-07-14	12	3rd	33 49 52 77
2021-06-16	40	2nd	27 52 58 75
2021-03-15	3	4th	12 13 37 52
2021-03-08	1	1st	52 59 63 68
2021-03-06	29	4th	14 44 46 52
2020-12-28	6	3rd	21 24 52 53
2020-12-14	16	3rd	7 15 52 70
2020-11-07	11	1st	52 55 60 70
2020-10-12	8	4th	16 20 37 52
2020-09-23	2	2nd	31 52 54 73
2020-09-19	17	3rd	33 44 52 61
2020-08-10	35	3rd	4 10 52 69
2020-05-20	25	3rd	19 48 52 68
2020-03-23	11	3rd	47 48 52 75
2020-02-26	22	2nd	30 52 58 66
2020-01-06	84	3rd	20 21 52 55
2019-06-24	8	3rd	19 27 52 72
2019-06-05	11	3rd	19 51 52 62
2019-05-11	2	3rd	19 34 52 69
2019-05-06	12	3rd	35 47 52 56
2019-04-08	6	4th	11 19 50 52
2019-03-25	16	1st	52 53 54 58
2019-02-16	1	3rd	20 37 52 56
2019-02-13	11	2nd	19 52 69 76
2019-01-19	36	3rd	1 4 52 71
2018-10-27	107	2nd	31 52 58 74
2018-02-19	3	1st	52 56 72 74
2018-02-12	35	3rd	2 17 52 74
2017-11-22	14	3rd	11 22 52 68
2017-10-21	54	2nd	30 52 71 77
2017-06-17	13	3rd	11 33 52 60
2017-05-17	19	4th	23 38 43 52
2017-04-03	14	4th	9 10 14 52
2017-03-01	12	4th	4 10 36 52
2017-02-01	2	4th	13 48 50 52
2017-01-28	14	3rd	24 26 52 70
2016-12-26	8	3rd	1 27 52 54
2016-12-07	2	3rd	13 26 52 64
2016-12-03	6	4th	8 19 49 52
2016-11-19	8	3rd	1 6 52 53
2016-10-31	25	1st	52 62 73 76
2016-09-03	52	3rd	9 36 52 69
2016-05-04	5	3rd	12 49 52 54
2016-04-23	1	4th	36 41 51 52
2016-04-20	17	2nd	25 52 57 58
2016-03-12	10	4th	2 5 6 52
2016-02-17	3	2nd	22 52 73 76
2016-02-10	1	3rd	17 30 52 53
2016-02-08	5	3rd	6 10 52 63
2016-01-27	2	3rd	19 39 52 59
2016-01-23	6	3rd	42 47 52 70
2016-01-09	7	2nd	28 52 53 75
2015-12-23	63	1st	52 56 67 76
2015-07-29	22	4th	28 37 49 52
2015-06-08	9	3rd	16 34 52 63
2015-05-18	33	3rd	27 38 52 59
2015-03-02	2	3rd	30 48 52 66
2015-02-25	30	2nd	2 52 54 60
2014-12-17	24	3rd	26 50 52 64
2014-10-22	51	2nd	45 52 53 70
2014-06-25	11	1st	52 69 70 73
2014-05-31	6	3rd	26 27 52 67
2014-05-17	7	4th	20 24 51 52
2014-04-30	9	3rd	20 50 52 74
2014-04-09	30	4th	11 14 23 52
2014-01-29	31	4th	1 5 32 52
2013-11-18	36	2nd	25 52 56 72
2013-08-26	32	3rd	2 38 52 66
2013-06-12	13	4th	4 36 37 52
2013-05-13	19	4th	15 38 39 52
2013-03-30	34	3rd	33 50 52 73
2013-01-09	30	2nd	24 52 54 69
2012-10-31	1	4th	10 36 44 52
2012-10-29	44	3rd	1 4 52 53
2012-07-18	17	3rd	10 29 52 59
2012-06-09	41	3rd	27 32 52 65
2012-03-03	29	2nd	35 52 60 76
2011-12-26	23	4th	23 26 40 52
2011-11-02	11	3rd	28 31 52 69
2011-10-08	13	3rd	23 39 52 55
2011-09-07	16	2nd	16 52 64 74
2011-08-01	1	4th	2 17 42 52
2011-07-30	15	3rd	18 37 52 73
2011-06-25	7	4th	20 33 50 52
2011-06-08	7	4th	6 30 51 52
2011-05-23	59	3rd	9 31 52 64
2011-01-05	16	4th	27 38 40 52
2010-11-29	5	4th	6 30 51 52
2010-11-17	4	3rd	21 48 52 66
2010-11-08	12	3rd	36 40 52 57
2010-10-11	3	3rd	8 24 52 63
2010-10-04	17	3rd	13 31 52 77
2010-08-25	9	3rd	12 35 52 75
2010-08-04	12	3rd	24 42 52 53
2010-07-07	30	3rd	16 35 52 68
2010-04-28	3	4th	15 22 33 52
2010-04-21	—	3rd	8 19 52 68