Number 1

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

327times drawn · chance expected 304 +1.39σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

34longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 327 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +1.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 327 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 11 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 1 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest327 · chance 327.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 5 32 18 26 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 38. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-04-09	2	1st	1 18 26 29 31
2025-04-07	3	1st	1 19 21 23 24
2025-04-04	7	1st	1 5 6 7 28
2025-03-28	4	1st	1 5

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: 1 is drawn with probability 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-08	1	1st	1 14 26 29 33
2024-09-07	2	1st	1 3 11 32 34
2024-09-05	5	1st	1 6 19 23 32
2024-08-31	1	1st	1 14 32 34 35
2024-08-30	15	1st	1 5 9 16 38
2024-08-15	2	1st	1 14 24 33 35
2024-08-13	3	1st	1 6 11 18 31
2024-08-10	1	1st	1 16 22 27 34
2024-08-09	7	1st	1 6 9 15 33
2024-08-02	12	1st	1 3 8 26 34
2024-07-21	12	1st	1 9 16 35 37
2024-07-09	1	1st	1 14 24 25 38
2024-07-08	4	1st	1 18 20 21 35
2024-07-04	4	1st	1 13 28 34 38
2024-06-30	9	1st	1 2 23 25 33
2024-06-21	17	1st	1 5 7 9 29
2024-06-04	15	1st	1 25 28 32 37
2024-05-20	9	1st	1 8 18 20 28
2024-05-11	6	1st	1 6 22 29 33
2024-05-05	10	1st	1 6 7 13 35
2024-04-25	8	1st	1 17 24 34 37
2024-04-17	9	1st	1 9 28 29 34
2024-04-08	1	1st	1 3 4 17 27
2024-04-07	8	1st	1 7 19 24 25
2024-03-30	2	1st	1 3 11 17 38
2024-03-28	3	1st	1 5 8 10 19
2024-03-25	1	1st	1 12 14 21 33
2024-03-24	3	1st	1 11 25 28 34
2024-03-21	14	1st	1 4 8 26 34
2024-03-07	6	1st	1 6 7 17 32
2024-03-01	5	1st	1 3 4 11 32
2024-02-25	1	1st	1 3 23 31 32
2024-02-24	19	1st	1 2 3 22 33
2024-02-05	5	1st	1 4 16 25 33
2024-01-31	6	1st	1 7 9 21 37
2024-01-25	3	1st	1 5 17 26 35
2024-01-22	1	1st	1 2 8 13 19
2024-01-21	3	1st	1 2 8 25 32
2024-01-18	5	1st	1 3 5 32 36
2024-01-13	2	1st	1 13 14 19 27
2024-01-11	16	1st	1 3 13 24 32
2023-12-26	12	1st	1 18 25 27 31
2023-12-14	5	1st	1 8 9 28 31
2023-12-09	9	1st	1 4 14 32 34
2023-11-30	20	1st	1 14 18 25 37
2023-11-10	14	1st	1 12 26 27 38
2023-10-27	6	1st	1 4 6 14 22
2023-10-21	7	1st	1 3 6 15 24
2023-10-14	25	1st	1 5 9 16 35
2023-09-19	27	1st	1 9 13 20 38
2023-08-23	7	1st	1 6 20 29 35
2023-08-16	19	1st	1 21 30 35 38
2023-07-28	5	1st	1 18 19 35 36
2023-07-23	15	1st	1 4 9 22 34
2023-07-08	3	1st	1 4 20 37 38
2023-07-05	4	1st	1 3 13 14 30
2023-07-01	5	1st	1 11 13 19 24
2023-06-26	18	1st	1 4 15 24 31
2023-06-08	2	1st	1 2 6 12 19
2023-06-06	11	1st	1 12 21 28 29
2023-05-26	6	1st	1 3 9 19 21
2023-05-20	6	1st	1 15 17 24 26
2023-05-14	6	1st	1 10 23 32 35
2023-05-08	9	1st	1 6 12 29 36
2023-04-29	7	1st	1 10 24 29 37
2023-04-22	6	1st	1 4 10 23 31
2023-04-16	21	1st	1 6 11 14 30
2023-03-26	5	1st	1 8 9 14 35
2023-03-21	3	1st	1 2 26 27 37
2023-03-18	5	1st	1 4 7 21 36
2023-03-13	3	1st	1 11 27 34 37
2023-03-10	25	1st	1 3 14 17 32
2023-02-13	7	1st	1 12 14 17 33
2023-02-06	4	1st	1 9 17 18 34
2023-02-02	1	1st	1 6 11 24 32
2023-02-01	7	1st	1 3 9 13 34
2023-01-25	15	1st	1 16 18 19 29
2023-01-10	1	1st	1 14 23 30 38
2023-01-09	2	1st	1 2 17 23 26
2023-01-07	1	1st	1 12 24 29 37
2023-01-06	6	1st	1 5 6 7 22
2022-12-31	6	1st	1 10 11 14 38
2022-12-25	12	1st	1 3 7 20 25
2022-12-13	10	1st	1 3 27 32 36
2022-12-03	1	1st	1 17 18 33 37
2022-12-02	13	1st	1 5 12 17 38
2022-11-19	2	1st	1 5 27 29 30
2022-11-17	1	1st	1 5 15 24 33
2022-11-16	2	1st	1 20 28 31 33
2022-11-14	3	1st	1 4 9 13 21
2022-11-11	4	1st	1 18 22 33 34
2022-11-07	5	1st	1 6 13 17 33
2022-11-02	14	1st	1 8 13 36 37
2022-10-19	5	1st	1 2 9 13 33
2022-10-14	3	1st	1 4 8 34 35
2022-10-11	20	1st	1 3 10 20 32
2022-09-21	25	1st	1 5 17 20 38
2022-08-27	3	1st	1 2 19 23 26
2022-08-24	17	1st	1 10 24 25 33
2022-08-07	17	1st	1 10 15 21 30
2022-07-21	6	1st	1 2 5 10 13
2022-07-15	30	1st	1 3 8 27 34
2022-06-15	16	1st	1 4 11 22 33
2022-05-30	2	1st	1 14 15 28 32
2022-05-28	2	1st	1 6 19 34 36
2022-05-26	7	1st	1 14 17 36 37
2022-05-19	3	1st	1 7 25 29 34
2022-05-16	1	1st	1 24 27 30 38
2022-05-15	1	1st	1 2 5 17 27
2022-05-14	7	1st	1 19 22 23 37
2022-05-07	5	1st	1 9 17 28 30
2022-05-02	13	1st	1 9 11 21 29
2022-04-19	2	1st	1 3 8 19 35
2022-04-17	5	1st	1 12 18 27 29
2022-04-12	13	1st	1 4 10 20 32
2022-03-30	14	1st	1 23 28 35 36
2022-03-16	11	1st	1 16 20 21 31
2022-03-05	1	1st	1 5 20 27 38
2022-03-04	7	1st	1 5 10 21 32
2022-02-25	9	1st	1 3 6 13 22
2022-02-16	2	1st	1 16 19 26 32
2022-02-14	13	1st	1 8 20 30 38
2022-02-01	13	1st	1 6 16 20 33
2022-01-19	1	1st	1 7 12 28 37
2022-01-18	6	1st	1 2 17 24 30
2022-01-12	4	1st	1 8 15 21 33
2022-01-08	5	1st	1 8 10 27 34
2022-01-03	15	1st	1 8 15 21 35
2021-12-19	20	1st	1 12 16 19 20
2021-11-29	1	1st	1 20 24 26 36
2021-11-28	3	1st	1 18 27 37 38
2021-11-25	1	1st	1 8 12 14 18
2021-11-24	14	1st	1 6 15 25 32
2021-11-10	12	1st	1 2 23 31 34
2021-10-29	12	1st	1 14 17 19 35
2021-10-17	7	1st	1 8 24 32 35
2021-10-10	11	1st	1 2 3 26 30
2021-09-29	6	1st	1 5 6 29 32
2021-09-23	4	1st	1 2 17 21 28
2021-09-19	5	1st	1 7 15 16 17
2021-09-14	7	1st	1 5 22 24 30
2021-09-07	6	1st	1 13 22 31 34
2021-09-01	7	1st	1 2 5 10 18
2021-08-25	13	1st	1 15 21 30 32
2021-08-12	3	1st	1 19 26 33 38
2021-08-09	10	1st	1 6 9 24 26
2021-07-30	8	1st	1 4 11 13 32
2021-07-22	4	1st	1 23 29 35 37
2021-07-18	1	1st	1 4 5 6 31
2021-07-17	2	1st	1 6 7 8 30
2021-07-15	2	1st	1 7 20 25 26
2021-07-13	2	1st	1 3 17 34 35
2021-07-11	3	1st	1 11 18 23 29
2021-07-08	1	1st	1 2 11 18 20
2021-07-07	6	1st	1 15 26 32 34
2021-07-01	12	1st	1 4 23 26 31
2021-06-19	6	1st	1 14 25 28 38
2021-06-13	8	1st	1 4 16 23 33
2021-06-05	5	1st	1 2 27 32 37
2021-05-31	16	1st	1 4 12 16 32
2021-05-15	5	1st	1 11 24 25 28
2021-05-10	3	1st	1 2 4 22 23
2021-05-07	2	1st	1 3 16 17 32
2021-05-05	15	1st	1 5 9 22 38
2021-04-20	8	1st	1 8 16 18 22
2021-04-12	6	1st	1 5 22 29 31
2021-04-06	11	1st	1 5 10 17 32
2021-03-26	23	1st	1 3 9 24 28
2021-03-03	1	1st	1 8 29 37 38
2021-03-02	10	1st	1 8 9 17 29
2021-02-20	4	1st	1 14 15 30 37
2021-02-16	5	1st	1 18 30 31 38
2021-02-11	9	1st	1 4 15 25 34
2021-02-02	6	1st	1 20 21 24 27
2021-01-27	1	1st	1 13 22 30 32
2021-01-26	14	1st	1 4 31 33 36
2021-01-12	2	1st	1 18 27 33 35
2021-01-10	7	1st	1 8 9 22 28
2021-01-03	14	1st	1 20 24 31 38
2020-12-20	3	1st	1 3 17 22 29
2020-12-17	9	1st	1 11 12 13 21
2020-12-08	7	1st	1 7 24 35 36
2020-12-01	4	1st	1 13 21 22 34
2020-11-27	2	1st	1 24 32 34 38
2020-11-25	10	1st	1 8 13 17 37
2020-11-15	2	1st	1 9 11 15 22
2020-11-13	9	1st	1 10 13 28 30
2020-11-04	4	1st	1 3 8 26 28
2020-10-31	2	1st	1 5 24 28 35
2020-10-29	11	1st	1 5 18 20 38
2020-10-18	6	1st	1 6 18 21 25
2020-10-12	3	1st	1 2 6 10 30
2020-10-09	12	1st	1 15 19 21 22
2020-09-27	2	1st	1 3 9 16 31
2020-09-25	4	1st	1 12 24 31 37
2020-09-21	8	1st	1 9 11 13 26
2020-09-13	34	1st	1 10 11 36 38
2020-08-10	10	1st	1 2 7 16 37
2020-07-31	18	1st	1 6 24 32 36
2020-07-11	3	1st	1 10 18 25 32
2020-07-04	9	1st	1 19 23 31 33
2020-06-13	12	1st	1 3 7 31 34
2020-05-16	2	1st	1 10 12 24 34
2020-05-12	2	1st	1 13 17 22 27
2020-05-07	5	1st	1 4 15 27 32
2020-04-25	15	1st	1 8 17 23 35
2020-03-21	3	1st	1 3 7 19 33
2020-03-14	4	1st	1 2 4 8 33
2020-03-05	5	1st	1 8 12 25 34
2020-02-22	3	1st	1 6 17 21 29
2020-02-15	6	1st	1 8 21 26 27
2020-02-01	2	1st	1 7 9 12 21
2020-01-28	6	1st	1 9 13 20 27
2020-01-14	1	1st	1 11 15 18 35
2020-01-11	2	1st	1 9 23 29 34
2020-01-07	3	1st	1 18 23 26 27
2019-12-31	2	1st	1 2 6 15 30
2019-12-26	4	1st	1 5 12 13 24
2019-12-17	7	1st	1 2 6 14 28
2019-11-30	5	1st	1 2 3 4 20
2019-11-19	7	1st	1 18 21 30 35
2019-11-02	4	1st	1 10 20 30 31
2019-10-24	2	1st	1 7 9 21 26
2019-10-19	3	1st	1 5 14 15 18
2019-10-12	3	1st	1 11 23 25 26
2019-10-05	3	1st	1 4 6 20 33
2019-09-28	7	1st	1 3 23 26 28
2019-09-12	1	1st	1 6 9 18 35
2019-09-10	9	1st	1 2 18 19 20
2019-08-20	12	1st	1 16 21 27 30
2019-07-23	2	1st	1 16 25 26 28
2019-07-18	1	1st	1 2 20 22 25
2019-07-16	2	1st	1 8 10 29 30
2019-07-11	12	1st	1 6 7 25 33
2019-06-13	32	1st	1 7 8 14 21
2019-03-30	12	1st	1 5 12 15 26
2019-03-02	4	1st	1 10 11 12 33
2019-02-21	16	1st	1 4 5 13 29
2019-01-15	16	1st	1 9 10 13 26
2018-12-08	1	1st	1 3 17 19 29
2018-12-06	12	1st	1 3 4 10 27
2018-11-08	5	1st	1 5 13 17 28
2018-10-27	1	1st	1 6 15 16 29
2018-10-25	3	1st	1 3 10 18 28
2018-10-18	5	1st	1 4 10 11 22
2018-10-06	2	1st	1 4 7 15 27
2018-10-02	5	1st	1 3 11 17 20
2018-09-20	8	1st	1 7 17 22 29
2018-09-01	1	1st	1 5 14 34 35
2018-08-30	2	1st	1 13 20 25 29
2018-08-25	2	1st	1 7 23 24 25
2018-08-21	10	1st	1 10 18 31 34
2018-07-28	3	1st	1 7 9 15 16
2018-07-21	2	1st	1 4 13 21 22
2018-07-17	4	1st	1 9 10 15 18
2018-07-07	4	1st	1 5 10 17 20
2018-06-28	1	1st	1 3 15 25 26
2018-06-26	1	1st	1 8 13 18 32
2018-06-23	11	1st	1 5 13 14 34
2018-05-29	5	1st	1 3 6 11 16
2018-05-17	5	1st	1 5 7 8 24
2018-05-05	3	1st	1 3 5 17 26
2018-04-28	2	1st	1 2 5 9 12
2018-04-24	2	1st	1 18 19 27 28
2018-04-19	23	1st	1 3 5 29 31
2018-02-24	5	1st	1 22 23 31 32
2018-02-13	4	1st	1 12 22 23 26
2018-02-03	1	1st	1 12 13 21 33
2018-02-01	1	1st	1 2 8 9 19
2018-01-30	8	1st	1 4 26 27 35
2018-01-11	18	1st	1 11 14 18 23
2017-11-30	3	1st	1 16 18 26 28
2017-11-23	10	1st	1 3 12 13 26
2017-10-31	1	1st	1 3 8 12 35
2017-10-28	3	1st	1 11 14 30 32
2017-10-21	12	1st	1 19 24 25 35
2017-09-23	1	1st	1 17 24 32 35
2017-09-21	4	1st	1 8 16 20 29
2017-09-12	17	1st	1 16 17 18 28
2017-08-03	7	1st	1 18 21 25 32
2017-07-18	20	1st	1 4 12 26 32
2017-06-01	6	1st	1 5 7 10 12
2017-05-18	1	1st	1 3 18 20 21
2017-05-16	1	1st	1 6 13 31 33
2017-05-13	18	1st	1 4 5 12 20
2017-04-01	1	1st	1 11 13 19 35
2017-03-30	1	1st	1 9 12 14 27
2017-03-28	1	1st	1 5 15 27 32
2017-03-25	1	1st	1 4 23 24 28
2017-03-23	1	1st	1 4 12 25 26
2017-03-21	2	1st	1 2 15 19 21
2017-03-16	5	1st	1 10 11 19 23
2017-03-04	8	1st	1 13 16 25 35
2017-02-14	4	1st	1 2 25 26 35
2017-02-04	1	1st	1 11 19 27 32
2017-02-02	2	1st	1 19 26 31 35
2017-01-28	3	1st	1 7 18 24 27
2017-01-21	3	1st	1 3 10 27 34
2017-01-14	7	1st	1 5 21 28 31
2016-12-29	1	1st	1 13 14 26 34
2016-12-27	12	1st	1 9 18 33 35
2016-11-29	4	1st	1 10 16 17 26
2016-11-19	—	1st	1 4 9 24 25