Number 56

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

148times drawn · chance expected 134 +1.22σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

17.4average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

100longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

56 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 148 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +1.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 56, draw by draw

Drawn 148 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 17.4 draws · longest completed wait 100 · waiting 5 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 56 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 smallest1 · chance 2.8
2nd smallest26 · chance 24.3
3rd smallest70 · chance 65.7
4th smallest51 · chance 55.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 60 67 25 12 76

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, 56 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 56 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	30	4th	14 39 48 56
2026-07-22	3	3rd	11 40 56 69
2026-07-15	26	3rd	10 37 56 61
2026-05-16	27	3rd	16 54 56 73
2026-03-14	23	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: 56 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-09-09	3	4th	23 31 41 56
2023-09-02	17	3rd	18 36 56 63
2023-07-24	33	3rd	49 52 56 60
2023-05-08	17	3rd	19 32 56 63
2023-03-29	28	3rd	5 16 56 63
2023-01-23	29	4th	3 36 47 56
2022-11-16	75	3rd	38 46 56 76
2022-05-25	63	4th	14 17 26 56
2021-12-29	5	2nd	50 56 70 71
2021-12-18	13	3rd	1 12 56 71
2021-11-17	5	3rd	1 16 56 74
2021-11-06	23	4th	7 19 43 56
2021-09-13	100	2nd	14 56 62 63
2021-01-23	3	3rd	2 18 56 64
2021-01-16	6	3rd	13 42 56 63
2021-01-02	21	3rd	9 44 56 68
2020-11-14	25	4th	12 22 51 56
2020-09-16	1	3rd	1 15 56 72
2020-09-14	48	4th	34 37 47 56
2020-05-25	9	1st	56 59 61 76
2020-05-04	20	3rd	12 23 56 72
2020-03-18	39	3rd	1 35 56 60
2019-12-18	3	4th	3 4 32 56
2019-12-11	3	3rd	28 49 56 60
2019-12-04	27	4th	15 22 48 56
2019-10-02	4	2nd	39 56 67 76
2019-09-23	2	3rd	12 40 56 65
2019-09-18	17	3rd	27 40 56 73
2019-08-10	24	3rd	4 46 56 57
2019-06-15	17	2nd	10 56 69 77
2019-05-06	29	4th	35 47 52 56
2019-02-27	5	3rd	7 17 56 65
2019-02-16	2	4th	20 37 52 56
2019-02-11	8	3rd	18 36 56 76
2019-01-23	8	3rd	11 26 56 74
2019-01-05	12	2nd	24 56 63 72
2018-12-08	1	4th	20 28 51 56
2018-12-05	9	3rd	16 26 56 76
2018-11-14	14	4th	11 25 42 56
2018-10-13	3	3rd	13 45 56 58
2018-10-06	5	4th	4 34 49 56
2018-09-24	13	2nd	54 56 64 71
2018-08-25	2	3rd	18 54 56 77
2018-08-20	5	3rd	49 53 56 76
2018-08-08	7	3rd	28 43 56 57
2018-07-23	5	4th	29 30 50 56
2018-07-11	2	3rd	4 19 56 63
2018-07-07	9	2nd	5 56 60 72
2018-06-16	1	4th	1 16 33 56
2018-06-13	14	3rd	34 38 56 76
2018-05-12	8	3rd	7 15 56 60
2018-04-23	27	3rd	28 34 56 71
2018-02-19	10	2nd	52 56 72 74
2018-01-27	3	3rd	48 54 56 72
2018-01-20	2	3rd	20 51 56 67
2018-01-15	27	3rd	15 29 56 68
2017-11-13	1	4th	7 22 55 56
2017-11-11	6	4th	9 29 46 56
2017-10-28	5	3rd	1 36 56 71
2017-10-16	55	3rd	15 50 56 71
2017-06-10	1	4th	32 33 36 56
2017-06-07	6	3rd	1 49 56 73
2017-05-24	17	4th	20 30 33 56
2017-04-15	8	4th	16 35 38 56
2017-03-27	32	4th	31 34 38 56
2017-01-11	2	2nd	4 56 57 67
2017-01-07	44	3rd	26 43 56 70
2016-09-26	11	4th	1 19 41 56
2016-08-31	11	4th	14 27 51 56
2016-08-06	33	4th	5 19 25 56
2016-05-21	38	2nd	18 56 67 77
2016-02-22	3	2nd	48 56 60 72
2016-02-15	19	3rd	25 49 56 64
2016-01-02	4	2nd	44 56 67 70
2015-12-23	21	2nd	52 56 67 76
2015-11-04	77	4th	21 25 55 56
2015-05-09	47	3rd	1 12 56 70
2015-01-19	19	4th	17 24 36 56
2014-12-06	13	2nd	11 56 62 73
2014-11-05	3	4th	20 29 54 56
2014-10-29	17	3rd	14 26 56 61
2014-09-20	6	3rd	19 22 56 63
2014-09-06	10	4th	11 24 45 56
2014-08-13	48	3rd	6 26 56 67
2014-04-23	29	3rd	27 42 56 64
2014-02-15	1	4th	30 41 53 56
2014-02-12	37	2nd	37 56 75 76
2013-11-18	9	3rd	25 52 56 72
2013-10-28	16	4th	18 25 43 56
2013-09-21	8	3rd	17 19 56 76
2013-09-02	2	4th	9 19 37 56
2013-08-28	13	3rd	29 36 56 65
2013-07-29	2	4th	24 27 29 56
2013-07-24	6	3rd	8 29 56 61
2013-07-10	35	4th	15 23 27 56
2013-04-20	26	2nd	35 56 60 65
2013-02-18	3	3rd	28 43 56 60
2013-02-11	2	3rd	10 31 56 58
2013-02-06	61	3rd	44 54 56 74
2012-09-17	10	4th	15 23 45 56
2012-08-25	1	2nd	46 56 72 77
2012-08-22	8	4th	3 25 27 56
2012-08-04	28	3rd	12 30 56 65
2012-05-30	23	3rd	7 37 56 61
2012-04-04	6	2nd	2 56 58 59
2012-03-21	19	2nd	20 56 65 68
2012-02-06	26	4th	6 25 27 56
2011-12-07	28	4th	16 34 42 56
2011-10-03	23	4th	29 45 50 56
2011-08-10	18	2nd	35 56 59 65
2011-06-29	45	2nd	24 56 68 74
2011-03-16	6	3rd	26 38 56 65
2011-03-02	14	3rd	9 12 56 65
2011-01-29	6	4th	21 44 55 56
2011-01-15	22	3rd	7 42 56 74
2010-11-24	9	2nd	17 56 60 66
2010-11-03	29	3rd	17 30 56 67
2010-08-28	7	4th	21 25 49 56
2010-08-11	19	3rd	6 12 56 62
2010-06-28	2	4th	26 37 53 56
2010-06-23	4	3rd	24 42 56 70
2010-06-14	2	3rd	37 46 56 59
2010-06-09	12	4th	10 30 44 56
2010-05-12	—	3rd	6 40 56 57