Number 73

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

128times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.56σ

22draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

20.0average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

89longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

73 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −0.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 73, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 20.0 draws · longest completed wait 89 · waiting 22 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 73 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 smallest2 · chance 0.8
3rd smallest12 · chance 18.6
4th smallest114 · chance 108.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 11 67 26 25 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 73 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 73 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-22	1	4th	29 33 67 73
2026-08-19	1	4th	14 25 48 73
2026-08-17	27	4th	39 53 55 73
2026-06-15	6	4th	28 35 49 73
2026-06-01	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: 73 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-13	33	4th	9 36 37 73
2024-02-26	9	4th	10 17 23 73
2024-02-05	36	3rd	20 25 73 76
2023-11-13	45	4th	24 69 70 73
2023-07-31	10	4th	23 41 64 73
2023-07-08	13	4th	15 28 34 73
2023-06-07	35	4th	3 7 26 73
2023-03-18	71	4th	34 46 57 73
2022-10-03	11	3rd	21 22 73 75
2022-09-07	48	4th	33 50 52 73
2022-05-18	7	4th	11 28 47 73
2022-05-02	39	4th	13 30 31 73
2022-01-31	56	4th	22 31 45 73
2021-09-22	3	4th	16 53 63 73
2021-09-15	33	4th	4 10 34 73
2021-06-30	8	2nd	4 73 74 75
2021-06-12	16	4th	10 16 62 73
2021-05-05	12	4th	10 25 46 73
2021-04-07	25	4th	1 30 70 73
2021-02-08	21	4th	21 63 69 73
2020-12-21	38	4th	2 7 69 73
2020-09-23	15	4th	31 52 54 73
2020-08-19	22	4th	28 49 55 73
2020-06-29	14	4th	43 48 71 73
2020-05-27	5	4th	12 20 38 73
2020-05-16	12	4th	18 41 63 73
2020-04-18	9	3rd	35 53 73 77
2020-03-28	12	4th	5 21 39 73
2020-02-29	8	4th	11 31 62 73
2020-02-10	18	4th	20 34 35 73
2019-12-30	10	4th	17 18 54 73
2019-12-07	5	3rd	21 47 73 74
2019-11-25	29	4th	20 30 60 73
2019-09-18	28	4th	27 40 56 73
2019-07-15	22	4th	26 30 67 73
2019-05-25	62	4th	10 63 64 73
2018-12-31	15	4th	6 11 19 73
2018-11-26	9	4th	1 4 30 73
2018-11-05	19	4th	26 45 65 73
2018-09-22	11	4th	1 6 25 73
2018-08-27	11	4th	12 13 29 73
2018-08-01	41	4th	14 24 63 73
2018-04-28	7	4th	25 34 67 73
2018-04-11	2	2nd	50 73 74 76
2018-04-07	2	3rd	5 22 73 77
2018-04-02	2	4th	11 19 60 73
2018-03-28	37	4th	14 26 71 73
2018-01-01	3	4th	8 11 68 73
2017-12-25	45	4th	29 30 67 73
2017-09-11	41	4th	1 44 49 73
2017-06-07	11	4th	1 49 56 73
2017-05-13	33	4th	14 26 34 73
2017-02-25	15	4th	20 45 48 73
2017-01-21	33	4th	13 44 60 73
2016-11-05	2	4th	11 19 55 73
2016-10-31	43	3rd	52 62 73 76
2016-07-23	4	4th	3 16 28 73
2016-07-13	10	4th	6 17 63 73
2016-06-20	53	4th	36 64 72 73
2016-02-17	32	3rd	22 52 73 76
2015-12-05	89	4th	45 57 59 73
2015-05-11	8	4th	42 62 64 73
2015-04-22	4	4th	11 17 47 73
2015-04-13	7	4th	39 54 67 73
2015-03-28	3	4th	7 12 23 73
2015-03-21	5	4th	4 25 38 73
2015-03-09	9	4th	20 23 60 73
2015-02-16	16	4th	7 19 65 73
2015-01-10	15	4th	12 48 65 73
2014-12-06	21	4th	11 56 62 73
2014-10-18	7	4th	16 35 45 73
2014-10-01	3	4th	46 60 70 73
2014-09-24	16	4th	26 46 65 73
2014-08-18	23	4th	12 15 39 73
2014-06-25	6	4th	52 69 70 73
2014-06-11	3	4th	14 51 68 73
2014-06-04	9	4th	12 34 69 73
2014-05-14	23	4th	9 66 67 73
2014-03-22	5	3rd	35 68 73 76
2014-03-10	27	4th	21 22 51 73
2014-01-06	9	4th	1 2 5 73
2013-12-16	31	4th	8 48 58 73
2013-10-05	28	4th	21 70 72 73
2013-07-31	53	4th	35 42 48 73
2013-03-30	16	4th	33 50 52 73
2013-02-20	8	4th	8 28 59 73
2013-02-02	2	4th	21 37 61 73
2013-01-28	2	4th	24 37 71 73
2013-01-23	3	3rd	45 61 73 74
2013-01-16	16	4th	2 14 54 73
2012-12-10	41	4th	23 26 58 73
2012-09-05	33	4th	12 47 58 73
2012-06-20	23	3rd	14 38 73 76
2012-04-25	29	4th	2 66 67 73
2012-02-18	11	4th	4 6 33 73
2012-01-23	76	4th	18 48 65 73
2011-07-30	1	4th	18 37 52 73
2011-07-27	56	4th	24 27 38 73
2011-03-19	8	4th	4 33 62 73
2011-02-28	12	4th	2 10 43 73
2011-01-31	22	4th	7 31 63 73
2010-12-11	63	4th	19 26 66 73
2010-07-17	15	4th	15 26 57 73
2010-06-12	—	4th	7 47 66 73