Number 72

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

136times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.15σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

18.9average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

67longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

72 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 136 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +0.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 72, draw by draw

Drawn 136 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 18.9 draws · longest completed wait 67 · waiting 18 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 72 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 1.4
3rd smallest27 · chance 24.0
4th smallest109 · chance 110.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 47 60 75 3 21

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, 72 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 72 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-31	40	4th	51 68 69 72
2026-05-30	8	3rd	14 47 72 76
2026-05-11	11	4th	12 64 67 72
2026-04-15	22	4th	23 40 59 72
2026-02-23	3	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: 72 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

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