Number 61

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

133times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.11σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

18.7average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

121longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

61 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 133 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 61, draw by draw

Drawn 133 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 18.7 draws · longest completed wait 121 · waiting 8 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 61 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 1.1
2nd smallest12 · chance 13.6
3rd smallest50 · chance 53.6
4th smallest70 · chance 64.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

58 12 74 20 37 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 61 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 61 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-23	19	4th	20 39 55 61
2026-08-10	11	3rd	11 58 61 74
2026-07-15	25	4th	10 37 56 61
2026-05-18	2	3rd	26 50 61 74
2026-05-13	2	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: 61 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-06	32	4th	21 46 57 61
2024-04-22	14	4th	28 32 33 61
2024-03-20	5	4th	10 36 48 61
2024-03-09	42	3rd	17 20 61 65
2023-12-02	11	3rd	34 53 61 74
2023-11-06	4	3rd	18 53 61 63
2023-10-28	34	4th	2 4 36 61
2023-08-09	74	3rd	37 47 61 74
2023-02-18	3	2nd	31 61 62 69
2023-02-11	46	4th	14 23 43 61
2022-10-26	1	4th	25 34 54 61
2022-10-24	2	1st	61 66 69 74
2022-10-19	3	4th	14 30 34 61
2022-10-12	1	4th	1 37 54 61
2022-10-10	22	2nd	39 61 63 68
2022-08-20	4	3rd	3 34 61 62
2022-08-10	8	4th	16 38 43 61
2022-07-23	8	4th	12 24 45 61
2022-07-04	6	3rd	19 24 61 77
2022-06-20	42	4th	36 44 54 61
2022-03-14	2	3rd	39 40 61 63
2022-03-09	7	3rd	32 41 61 77
2022-02-21	61	4th	20 24 48 61
2021-10-02	35	3rd	5 38 61 75
2021-07-12	23	4th	24 30 53 61
2021-05-19	37	4th	12 23 36 61
2021-02-22	7	4th	26 30 50 61
2021-02-06	8	2nd	48 61 65 67
2021-01-18	8	3rd	30 49 61 74
2020-12-30	6	4th	21 33 57 61
2020-12-16	10	4th	1 11 30 61
2020-11-23	28	3rd	23 57 61 67
2020-09-19	48	4th	33 44 52 61
2020-05-30	2	4th	42 53 54 61
2020-05-25	12	3rd	56 59 61 76
2020-04-27	22	3rd	23 35 61 72
2020-03-07	22	4th	12 28 37 61
2020-01-15	46	3rd	22 44 61 70
2019-09-30	17	3rd	11 17 61 68
2019-08-21	10	3rd	51 59 61 69
2019-07-29	3	4th	19 45 58 61
2019-07-22	49	4th	36 47 54 61
2019-03-30	14	4th	26 33 41 61
2019-02-25	8	4th	11 26 28 61
2019-02-06	7	4th	18 33 43 61
2019-01-21	121	3rd	13 19 61 62
2018-04-14	4	4th	10 13 29 61
2018-04-04	48	2nd	15 61 62 74
2017-12-13	4	4th	3 22 27 61
2017-12-04	75	4th	34 45 47 61
2017-06-12	19	2nd	5 61 74 76
2017-04-29	2	4th	1 13 58 61
2017-04-24	32	3rd	3 10 61 65
2017-02-08	4	3rd	13 31 61 70
2017-01-30	21	4th	9 33 58 61
2016-12-12	8	3rd	22 48 61 69
2016-11-23	3	3rd	50 60 61 72
2016-11-16	13	3rd	5 37 61 65
2016-10-17	46	2nd	34 61 71 74
2016-07-02	53	4th	4 32 58 61
2016-02-29	19	4th	15 28 57 61
2016-01-16	13	2nd	29 61 64 75
2015-12-16	31	4th	11 23 45 61
2015-10-05	1	4th	13 18 43 61
2015-10-03	19	4th	34 58 60 61
2015-08-19	8	4th	27 44 53 61
2015-08-01	4	4th	16 25 55 61
2015-07-22	6	3rd	12 40 61 62
2015-07-08	28	4th	24 35 59 61
2015-05-04	22	3rd	26 60 61 64
2015-03-14	12	3rd	37 58 61 64
2015-02-14	17	3rd	3 8 61 69
2015-01-05	5	4th	29 42 55 61
2014-12-24	24	4th	10 13 20 61
2014-10-29	2	4th	14 26 56 61
2014-10-25	18	4th	6 44 58 61
2014-09-13	32	3rd	21 27 61 72
2014-06-30	16	4th	9 15 20 61
2014-05-24	16	4th	2 12 60 61
2014-04-16	12	3rd	27 45 61 65
2014-03-19	10	3rd	43 58 61 76
2014-02-24	1	2nd	12 61 71 75
2014-02-22	24	4th	19 26 47 61
2013-12-28	6	4th	7 32 39 61
2013-12-14	5	4th	9 20 58 61
2013-12-02	1	4th	4 36 49 61
2013-11-30	26	4th	1 19 23 61
2013-09-30	29	4th	1 18 59 61
2013-07-24	23	4th	8 29 56 61
2013-06-01	51	4th	5 14 38 61
2013-02-02	4	3rd	21 37 61 73
2013-01-23	10	2nd	45 61 73 74
2012-12-31	32	2nd	37 61 69 71
2012-10-17	28	3rd	21 46 61 76
2012-08-13	32	4th	11 45 58 61
2012-05-30	4	4th	7 37 56 61
2012-05-21	4	4th	16 17 41 61
2012-05-09	11	3rd	5 28 61 67
2012-04-14	21	4th	22 26 47 61
2012-02-25	2	4th	15 22 48 61
2012-02-20	9	4th	8 13 25 61
2012-01-30	18	3rd	9 51 61 68
2011-12-19	29	3rd	35 54 61 68
2011-10-12	24	4th	29 33 36 61
2011-08-17	41	3rd	11 12 61 65
2011-05-14	9	4th	14 48 53 61
2011-04-23	9	3rd	34 53 61 64
2011-04-02	50	3rd	6 39 61 71
2010-12-06	—	4th	21 35 58 61